Math
Outdoor Adventures
This week we ventured into “Mother Nature” and “Baby Court” (also known as our garden and the grassy field right next to it) to do some exploring. We planned two activities: Build the first letter of your name using sticks and raffia Measure the items that have begun to grow in our garden and record … Continue reading
Symmetry In Geometry
Today we revisited the word symmetry. You might remember that our art show project involved symmetrical bugs! This time we used geometric pattern blocks to create our symmetrical patterns. If the pattern is symmetrical we could ‘cut’ it in half and fold it up to match each side. We had to use our critical thinking skills … Continue reading
Math Tangram
Today we used our critical thinking skills along with our technology skills to share our math knowledge in a new way. We learned a little history of how the Tangram was invented (one of many versions we found out!). Long ago in China there was a new Emperor, and everyone in the land was bringing … Continue reading
Crazy Cats
On Friday for art we looked at the very colourful work of Laurel Burch. We learned how to draw a cat in her ‘style’ via directed drawing, and then used beautiful liquid water colours to duplicate her bold work. Take a look as we progress from drawing to painting:
100th Day of School
We’ve made it to the 100th day of school!! Yippee!!! On Wednesday of last week we celebrated our 100th day of school with a variety of fun activities. We made 100 crowns. We stamped 100 stamps. We did 10 jumping jacks. We had a 10 minute dance party. We built structures with 100 cups. We … Continue reading
Counting Big Numbers
We have been working on building and counting big numbers. We have been using Base 10 blocks. The manipulative allow us to learn the concepts of ‘10’s and 1’s‘ and ‘counting on‘. We began with a numeral (e.g. 25) then we built that numeral with the blocks then we drew a picture to represent the … Continue reading
Skip Counting
This week we have been working on skip counting with a focus on counting by 2’s. We have been doing math activities around skip counting. Our shared reading book is about skip counting as well. During this process we are learning about the difference between even and odd numbers. We have learned how to … Continue reading
Comparing Shortest to Longest
This past week we explored some measurement in Math. We read a story called “How Long? Wacky Ways to Measure Length”. It is a great book about using unusual items to measure with–like sandwiches (960 equals a football field!), licorice sticks (7 stuck together equals a peacock tail!) and peanuts (42 equals an elephants trunk!). … Continue reading
Math Games
We have been working hard on building our numeracy skills through the use of a variety of math games. (Some of these skills are for Kindergarten and Grade One students–some are just Grade One.) That includes: Subitizing: To subitize is to identify the number of things in a set simply by quickly looking at them—not by counting … Continue reading
Numbers
We’ve been working on showing numbers in a variety of ways…not just numerals!! Here are some our recent discoveries: How many different ways can you show numbers???