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This week in math we
revisited a place value game we played a lot at the beginning of the year –
high number / low number. This game also has a lot of probability and strategy
involved, so it is a nice one that combines review of place value (what numbers
actually mean) and our current theme. We also played a few new games, and
talked about what makes a game “fair”. Rock, Paper, Scissors was played a
couple of days – one time in a way that was deemed “fair”, and one time in a
way that was decidedly “unfair”. We will continue to explore fairness in math
games next week.
Big news in the world of
mealworms! All of our mealworms pupated over the long weekend! And, on Friday,
Lexi discovered that she is the proud parent of our first darkling beetle. This
has been an exciting classroom science activity, and students are making very
careful sketches and observations.
Lexi and Mia were our
special readers this week, and we wrote in our memory books (for the first time
in a loooong time! Children did well on the spelling challenges on Friday, and
practiced their handwriting skills to music. These have all been routines we
have done all year, and students agreed that improvements have definitely been
made.
A very special event
happened on Thursday – our culminating event for the City Pen Pal project. The
postmasters delivered an invitation to a popsicle picnic in the courtyard for
1:00p.m. All pen pals came with their final letter to deliver in person. Some
children knew who their secret pen pal was, but some did not. But all was
revealed in a few minutes. It was a great end to a really lovely project.
On Friday, children did
their very final project in Cardboard City. Teams of children had various
supplies (cardboard, bendy straws, tape, pencils, string, pipe cleaners) and a
mission to make a drawbridge. This was a tricky challenge, but all met with success
and had a lot of fun. We have really learned to design, test, modify, and learn
from our mistakes.
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