We worked on our por,olios picking our
best work and reflec6ng about it!
Self portraits came out amazing!
Our latest ac6vi6es….
A por&olio tells one person’s story….
...this is why they are important and this is what keeps them current….
Making a line plot…. ..working on a tally chart about
number of siblings….
…..students learned how to show results of a survey using a
line plot.
Playing “Two-‐fisted penny addi6on”….
Children recorded complements of
numbers from 5 to 9 as a means of developing readiness for addi6on and subtrac6on facts, and understanding the commuta6ve property
of addi6on.
Reading “TIME for kids” …. This division magazine of TIME is specially published for children and wriPen by young reporters.
It contains some na6onal news, a “cartoon of the week” and a
variety of ar6cles concerning
popular culture.
“Exploring dot pa9erns on dominoes”
Students played “domino top-‐it”.
They took turns finding the total number of dots and deciding who the winner was.
Children learned how to es6mate sums using dominoes.
On their journals they used
diagrams: parts and total, to find the total number
of dots on dominoes.
Units self-‐assessment…
Students reflected upon their unit work and how they can improve it. Self-‐assessment encourages them to think about their learning and
design strategies to reach our goals.
“Two-‐fisted penny addi6on”
Children recorded complements of numbers from 5 to 9…
Exploring personal “foot” and standard foot.
Children compared their personal foot length measuring different things in our classroom.
Developing their measuring skills…
Measuring with a measuring tape…
Students measured around and across things…
They talked about the advantages and disadvantages of measuring tapes
compared to rulers, yard s6cks, and meter s6cks.
Building structures with base 10 blocks…
Exploring shapes on the Geoboard..
We began our 3rd unit of inquiry: How do we express ourselves. Our central idea is : People explain belief systems through stories. We began learning about fables and read: The crow and the pitcher.
If you have any ideas for our unit, would like to par6cipate in a storytelling session or specific workshop, please let me know!