Math
Skip Counting
Hello All! Welcome back after our wonderful two week break. I hope you are all rested up and ready for a new year of learning experiences together!! Yesterday during our Outdoor School Math–we were practicing skip counting by 2’s. We read a story called The Big Fat Hen…(it’s a version of 1-2 Buckle my Shoe) … Continue reading
Bird Watching
Yesterday for nature school we went bird watching… But you can’t really bird watch without some binoculars–so we each made a pair during art class. Our Materials: 2 toilet paper rolls tape & white glue coloured paper scraps & stickers markers string hole punch We were so happy to finally have a day without … Continue reading
Dice & Drawing
We have been working with Dominoes and dice in math. The ability to recognize the ‘dots’ on dominoes or dice is an important math skill (subitizing). What does subitize mean? “To subitize is to identify the number of things in a set simply by quickly looking at them—not by counting them one by one.” This week … Continue reading
Math Fun
Each morning as we settle into the classroom we have table activities to work on. This past week we have introduced: Book Of Fun (a book of puzzles, games, reading & math activities) Playdough LEGO Pattern Blocks We have also been using some of these items for math lessons as well. We played Subtraction Smash … Continue reading
Shadows
This is our last Games & Choices Challenge of the year: It’s Shadows! Walk around your house/yard…what shadows do you notice? How do they change? What surfaces are they on? Can you create your own shadows? How can you play with the shadows…? Make them longer? Shorter? Coloured? Lighter or darker? Options: Draw your … Continue reading
3D Shapes
As we continue our online learning, I often think about what we would be doing in class if we could be there. That got me thinking about our Poem Of The Week. I wondered if you have been reading the old poems in your Poem Book? Those poems (along with the books of the week) … Continue reading
Growing Project
This week’s challenge for Games & Choices invites us to use our green thumbs and grow something either inside or outside our homes. (I like the idea that we can grow our own food.) Once again we are able to combine science, math, writing, and maybe even some art. I know that some of you … Continue reading
Build Your Room
Yesterday for Math you were asked to build a model of your bedroom using the floor plans you had made (or by looking in your room!!). 😉 You could use Lego,or another building medium like Duplo, Keva, wooden blocks, tinker toys… or choose to build a room inside a shoe … Continue reading
Finding Shapes
I hope you had a good time looking for more shapes after our Zoom call yesterday. I’m sure if you tried you could find so many. I was thinking about what to write about for today, and I thought it might be fun to have a math read aloud. So I went to Math Tumble … Continue reading
Structures
A Building Project As we near the end of our measurement unit in math, I looked for a project that would incorporate what we have learned and make some connections to work we have completed. This project includes opportunities to practice: Drawing a bird’s eye view of your structure like we did for our room … Continue reading