Wind Socks in Action What a great way to start the week! After adding the finishing pieces to our wind socks, we took them outside along with compasses to determine the wind direction. Don't these look like real wind socks? It wasn't very windy, but our wind socks worked. Readers' Theatre We read a myth written as a play and formed groups to practice parts. We learned that readers need to read smoothly with expression and that characters should have voices. As students practiced, I challenged to give their characters an appropriate voice to make them sound like their character. Each group performed the myth for the class. I was impressed with the expression and character voices! They did such a good job and it was a lot of fun! Estimating, Multiplying, and Data with Candy Hearts During math, we used boxes of candy hearts to work on estimation, making arrays, and dot plots. First, we estimated the number of hearts in the box. Students made a too low, too high, and just right estimate and recorded them on a number line. Then we counted the number of hearts and added the data to our number line. We also used the hearts to make as many different arrays as possible. Then, we collected the data from the entire class. The number of hearts in the box ranged from 26-32. The next day, we used the data to create dot plots. This was a fun way to review lots of math concepts. And of course, the kiddos got to eat their hearts. I wish I had gotten more photos of their work! Practicing Math Facts The kiddos love playing games to practice math facts. This game involved nines and tens facts to encourage building down from tens facts to find nines facts. Valentines Day Party Our party was so much fun! Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time to help at a station and/or donated items to our party. The kiddos especially liked exchanging cards and goodies. I tried to get a photo of all the kiddo during the party, but it was hard to do with everyone going to different rooms. Hopefully, I at least captured each kiddo while exchanging cards. Constructing Anemometers As part of our weather data collecting, we learned that meteorologists use many weather tools to predict the weather. We made our own anemometers to determine wind speed. When we went outside to test our anemometers, we noticed there were wind gusts. Everyone was excited that our tools actually worked, (some needed a bit of tweaking). Class Picture
We said good bye to Irene this week. She was only here for a short time, but we will miss her. We took a few class photos so Irene would have a photo of our class as a keepsake and as a way to remember her.
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November 2019
Mrs. Swyers3rd Grade Teacher |