{"id":1377,"date":"2015-01-23T22:01:25","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T06:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2015-01-23T22:01:25","modified_gmt":"2015-01-24T06:01:25","slug":"measuring-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/2015\/01\/23\/measuring-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Measuring Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past week\u00a0we have been working on measuring <strong>area,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>capacity<\/strong> and <strong>mass<\/strong>. \u00a0You might be wondering &#8216;What does that look like in Kindergarten and Grade One?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Area:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was as easy as 1\u20262\u20263&#8230;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>First, we traced our hands<\/li>\n<li>Then, we estimated how many fruit loops it would take to cover that <strong>area<\/strong>, then glued them on&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Next, we counted how many fruit loops it took to fill the\u00a0<strong>area<\/strong>\u00a0of our hand<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Come check out our results on the hallway bulletin board\u2026and ask us (Grade Ones) which has a greater area&#8211;our chair or our desk\u2026and ask us to explain how we know&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Capacity:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is always popular with the students\u00a0because we use lots of containers and <span style=\"color: #3366ff; font-size: 14pt;\">water!!! \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>THE PROCESS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each child chose 2 different containers<\/li>\n<li>Then they had to predict which one would\u00a0have <strong>more<\/strong> capacity<\/li>\n<li>Next they\u00a0moved to a tub of water to\u00a0test our predictions\u2026Hmm\u2026how do we do that?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Aspen says,<em> &#8220;you fill the one you think has <strong>less<\/strong> (capacity) and then dump it into the other one and if it overflows it has <strong>more<\/strong> capacity, but if it doesn&#8217;t fill it, it has less&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(You may have noticed our Poem of the Week is called &#8220;<strong>Overflow<\/strong>&#8220;\u2026there is a method to the madness of the Poem of the Week!)<\/p>\n<p>The next challenge was\u00a0to find two containers that held &#8216;<strong>about the same<\/strong>&#8216; amount of water. \u00a0This was much harder to do&#8211;as we could not choose two that looked the same! \u00a0You may want to try this at home&#8211;the bathtub is a great place for them to experiment&#8211;then clean plastic\u00a0containers is all you\u00a0need! \u00a0This is a great way to get them to tell you about what they are learning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Mass: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2015\/01\/mfnFrVhEXngZYkb6FZoY7kQ.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1378\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2015\/01\/mfnFrVhEXngZYkb6FZoY7kQ-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"mfnFrVhEXngZYkb6FZoY7kQ\" width=\"119\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2015\/01\/mfnFrVhEXngZYkb6FZoY7kQ-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2015\/01\/mfnFrVhEXngZYkb6FZoY7kQ.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 119px) 100vw, 119px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We also really love to measure mass because we get to use the\u00a0balance scales (thanks to Siena &amp; Scarlett for helping me carry them\u2026).<\/p>\n<p>For this activity, we worked in small groups led by the Grade One Boys. \u00a0Each group had to find items that were: &#8216;<strong>about the same as<\/strong>&#8216;, &#8216;<strong>lighter<\/strong>&#8216; and &#8216;<strong>heavier<\/strong>&#8216; than our book \u00a0(we used these <a href=\"https:\/\/img1.etsystatic.com\/029\/0\/6376423\/il_340x270.618117929_45ce.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Beatrix Potter books<\/a>\u00a0as a referent) using a balance scale. \u00a0We then recorded\u00a0our\u00a0findings in our\u00a0math books.<\/p>\n<p>The groups found something\u00a0<strong>lighter\u00a0<\/strong>and something\u00a0<strong>heavier<\/strong>\u00a0with ease, but finding something that was<strong>\u00a0about the same <\/strong>was much harder! \u00a0But each group completed their tasks and we are now skilled at\u00a0using a balance scale. \u00a0We will keep\u00a0some available in the classroom for further exploration during Games and Choices time each day.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">OUR LEARNING OUTCOMES:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">identify common attributes, such as length (height), mass (weight), volume (capacity), and area, that could be used to compare a given set of two objects (Gr. 1)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">determine which of two or more given objects has the greatest\/least area by covering and explain the reasoning\u00a0(Gr. 1)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">determine which of two or more given objects is heaviest\/lightest by comparing and explain the reasoning\u00a0(Gr. 1)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">determine which of two or more given objects holds the most\/least by filling and explain the reasoning\u00a0(Gr. 1)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #993300;\">compare the volume (capacity) of two given objects and explain the comparison using the words less, more, bigger, smaller, or almost the same (K)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #993300;\">compare the mass (weight) of two given objects and explain the comparison using the words lighter, heavier, or almost the same (K)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2014\/03\/i-love-math-face.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-532 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2014\/03\/i-love-math-face-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"i love math face\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2014\/03\/i-love-math-face-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2014\/03\/i-love-math-face.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past week\u00a0we have been working on measuring area,\u00a0capacity and mass. \u00a0You might be wondering &#8216;What does that look like in Kindergarten and Grade One?&#8217; Area: This was as easy as 1\u20262\u20263&#8230; First, we traced our hands Then, we estimated how many fruit loops it would take to cover that area, then glued them on&#8230; &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/2015\/01\/23\/measuring-fun\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3048,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3048"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1377"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1386,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions\/1386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}