Poetry Response We have been reading and responding to poems the past few weeks. Students have recorded their thinking, questions, inferences, etc. I gave them a challenging poem this week and asked the kiddos to make inferences about the author's message as they read. They worked with a partner and had to discuss their thinking. The kiddos really rose to the challenge! There was so much deep thinking going on and I was blown away by some of their inferences! Noticing and Wondering about Doubles Students rotated to different arrays and equal groups and recorded what they noticed and wondered. I asked them to notice how all of the images were related and what math ideas they represented. After viewing the images and talking with their group, everyone was able to connect all of the images to multiplication and doubling. Great way for mathematicians to discover ideas and discuss their thinking! Guess the Landform Students observed photos of land forms around the room and guessed which landform was shown in the image. It was a great way to introduce our unit on earth's forces and to get everyone up and moving. Estimating with Halloween Images On a recent trip to Target, I took photos of seasonal items to use for estimating and multiplication. Students rotated around the room to make estimates. They also had to think of an estimate that was too high and too low. Then, they recorded their estimates on a number line to show the range of their estimates and to help them determine if their estimates are reasonable. Using Clues to Find a Special Treat Students solved math problems to earn parts of a skeleton. Once their group successfully solved all of the problems, (including a mystery number and a mystery word), each group was given a clue as to where the next clue was located. Once they found that clue, they were given a clue as to the location of the skeleton parts. The kiddos were soooo excited about this and they didn't even realize the skeleton parts were cookies! One student said it was better than a party but it was math! Each group was delighted to find skeleton cookie bones. Then their group put the parts together to create a skeleton. And of course, they ate the bones. It was a perfect ending to the day on Halloween! In case you are wondering, the cookies were from Target. I'll be looking for those again next year. Nature Sketch Poetry We used items from nature as inspiration for poetry. Students observed and sketched their object from nature and recorded observations in a poetic way. Then, they used their notes/observations to write a poem. Making a Skeleton with Bone Cookies-YUM The Magic Pot-Double, Double During math, we read a book about a magic pot that doubles everything when you put it in. We quickly realized that doubling is the same as multiplying by two. Then, a few days later, we imagined what would happen if something went in the pot, double, and then went back in the pot. We acted different situations out using dry erase boards and counters/tiles. We discovered that when you double, then double again, it is the same as multiplying by four. So much math thinking going on! Noticing and Wondering-Double, Double, Double Students were challenged to discover the math concept represented by various images while noticing and wondering. They recorded their thinking on the paper with the image, and had to read what other people wrote. We noticed that all of the images represented multiplication. Most of the kiddos realized the arrays and equal groups doubled and then doubled again. This made it easier to understand that one strategy for eight facts is to double, double, double. For example, if you start with 4 you can double it to get 8, (twos fact). Eight can be doubled to get 16, (fours fact), and the 16 can be doubled to get 32, (eight fact). Applying Knowledge about Landforms to Mapping As part of science and social studies, we used our knowledge of landforms to create an interactive map of landforms in the United States. We used maps to help us locate information. Enrichment Time
Everyone had a great time during enrichment as they worked in various interest groups. I wasn't able to get photos of all the groups. Below are mostly pictures of the STEM group in action designing circuits or hot wheel courses. There are a few photos of the kids in the cooking group, and one in the string art group.
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November 2019
Mrs. Swyers3rd Grade Teacher |