{"id":1743,"date":"2016-02-01T17:20:17","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T01:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/?p=1743"},"modified":"2016-02-01T17:20:17","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T01:20:17","slug":"measuring-area-capacity-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/2016\/02\/01\/measuring-area-capacity-mass\/","title":{"rendered":"Measuring Area, Capacity &#038; Mass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we learned about &#8216;area&#8217; in math.<\/p>\n<p>What is <strong>area<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The size of a surface.<\/li>\n<li>The amount of space inside the boundary of a flat (2-dimensional) object such as a triangle or circle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We compared the area of our chairs\u00a0to the\u00a0area of our desks using index cards&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC02673.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1744 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC02673-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02673\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC02677.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1745 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC02677-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02677\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Working with a partner we also tried to &#8216;cover&#8217; a rectangle with blocks with a dice game and unifix blocks&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC02674.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1746 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC02674-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02674\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC02675.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1747 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC02675-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02675\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC02680.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1748 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2016\/02\/DSC02680-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DSC02680\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We have also done work on measuring &#8216;capacity&#8217; (or volume) with water, ask us how we made predictions and then determined which container held more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2016\/02\/balance-sclae.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1750 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2016\/02\/balance-sclae-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"balance sclae\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Today we began measuring\u00a0&#8216;mass&#8217; using a balance scale.<\/p>\n<p>Ask us how we know which item is heavier&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we learned about &#8216;area&#8217; in math. 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