Making Inferences On Monday, we partnered with Mrs. Lipe's class to work on our inferencing skills. Students formed groups to have a silent conversation. First, they observed the photo, then they wrote their inferences and their text evidence. Then, they rotated to another corner of the paper to respond to someone's inference. We did this several times until they read several different inferences and added their thinking. I was impressed with some of their deep thinking! Great way to practice using text evidence! Number Talks and Adding On Using a Number Line Some great thinking was going on during math during our number talk. These were two of the strategies explained by students after they solved 113+56 mentally. After our number talk, we practiced adding using the strategy of adding on using a number line. Making Inferences from a Photo Story We viewed a slide show of photos from Hurricane Harvey that told a story. The kiddos made inferences based on text evidence from the photos. Everyone was so engaged and worked hard to record their thinking. Observing Matter Changing States We headed outside to observe ice melting in the sun vs. in the shade. But...our plan didn't quite work out. As we headed outside hoping for the sun was out, we discovered it had turned into a rainy afternoon. We found a covered flat surface and decided to go for it, (I'm sure it took longer for the ice to melt). We recorded the progress of the ice melting every two minutes and observed how it changed. It turned out being more exciting in the rain since raindrops were splashing on us and the laminated page with the ice cube. A few groups tried to move their page out of the rain and the melted ice flowed off the page. Good thing there were many other groups to join. After 20 minutes, the ice completely melted, so we quickly recorded our final results and headed inside. Investigating Heat Changing States of Matter We used a special thermometer that connects to the Smartboard to observe changes in the temperature of a pot of ice as it changed from a solid to a liquid and then to a gas. Of course we also observed the changing states. You can see in the photos that the program records the data of the temperature in a table and on a line graph. It took a while, but it is really neat to see the data pop up on the screen. Enrichment Time Last week the kiddos met with their interest group during enrichment (E-SLOT) for the first time. They will meet with these groups for four weeks, (maybe five). I was able to sneak away from my group for a minute and catch some action shots of kiddos designing and building arcade games, cooking, creating art, painting kindness rocks, and using Google Earth to travel the world. One group was in the library using Scratch on the Ipads, so I didn't get any photos of them. Lots of creativity, collaboration, and fun happening!
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November 2019
Mrs. Swyers3rd Grade Teacher |