We are learning to write nonfiction teaching books. Each day I teach them something new to make their writing better. Then they give it a try!
Here are the big ideas we have learned and tried:
Math snapshots...
Learning to write 10 and some more (teen numbers) equations vertically-we call them "stacked equations". Trying to build good habits early of lining up the ones and tens columns.
We did a lot of work with equivalency. I did not capture very good pictures though! We built trains of different colors representing the numbers 6, 7, 8, 9. Then we placed different trains or equations on each side of the equal sign. If it was a true statement we put a "t" on our boards, if it was false an "f".
Students pulled handfuls of unifix cubes, linked them into trains and compared their trains. We learned how to use the greater than or less than symbol to compare the quantities. Then we used addition to figure out how many were needed for the trains to be of equal length.
Another day we did the same activity but instead learned how to use subtraction to find the difference between the two towers. We read these equations as "the difference between 11 and 5 is 6."
Quilting is math! We had fun with this Thanksgiving inspired project:
Mystery Science-we learned why leaves change color and fall in autumn. Then traced leaves-thank you very much for the donations of leaves!
What is a growth mindset? It means understanding that we get frustrated but we we don't quit. We persevere. We read Beautiful Oops and then turned scribbles into new beautiful works of art!
Our new chapter book read aloud:
