Making these 3D shapes out of modeling clay was very tricky for us! The hardest part was working in the clay, to make it softer, and making the straight edges. We all agreed that making the sphere was the easiest!
OUTCOMES / Expectations:
We are visiting Patterns again! Students will practice recognizing, describing and increasing patterns, as they explain the pattern rule, and create their own. They will be able to find the mistake and use the pattern to solve problems. They will make patterns with a variety of materials, with a focus on geometrical shapes. They will name, recognize, compare, describe, and build 3-D objects. Students will identify common attributes of various cylinders, cones, spheres, and cubes and other prisms. They will use those attributes to sort objects and will describe their sorting rule. We will play "mystery shape" games, and I will give them pre-sorted groups of shapes, for which they will tell me what the sorting rule is, and what other shapes would fit. We will participate in some cross-curricular art activities as the students will create and describe 3-D objects with clay, and paint. Students may also revisit graphing as they work with 3-D geometry. Activities to Try at Home:
OUTCOMES & Expectations:
This is our second unit on Number Sense, Students will continue to represent, compare and order numbers to 100. They will continue to practice making and counting with groups of tens and ones (working on place value). We will do this with manipulatives, numbers and pictures. They will practice finding mistakes on a 100 chart, and explore estimating, and even/odd numbers. Students will be able to explain that why, for any number, the amount doesn't change no matter how it is represented, grouped or counted. They will model "equality" using manipulatives and construct sets that are equal or unequal. We will introduce number sentences with the = sign, and solve for the "missing piece" using word problems we have written. Ex: Mrs. Duffy had 3 students, and after recess, she had 10. How many new students did she get? 3+ ?=10 Activities to try at home: "Number of the Day"
Unit 4 Measurement & Statistics
Outcomes & Expectations: This unit will provide an introduction to graphing and data collection. Students will create questions that can be answered by gathering information from others, and will organize the data they collect using concrete objects, tallies, checkmarks, charts or lists. They will create graphs, pictographs and determine common attributes among them. They will use this information to answer questions, draw conclusions and solve problems. The calendar will be revisited as they collect information about favorite days, months, birthday months, or days of the week when particular events occur. Activities to Try at Home: - Create your own graphs! Use up to three categories. For example, what do I have more of: red cars, blue cars or green cars? What conclusions can you draw from your graph? - Create your own questionnaire, and graph it (three categories)! For example, what do you like best for breakfast? Cereal, toast or pancakes? What conclusions can you draw from your graph? - Create a pictograph to chart the weather over a two week period. Chose a symbol to record the weather. Discuss the weather at the end of the two weeks. What conclusions and comparison's can you make? - Use tally marks to record answers, then transfer them into a graph. For example, ask your family members what color they like the best (3 categories). Record their answer with a tally, then make a bar or a pictograph to chart the answers. What comparisons and conclusions can you make? - Reinforce calendar skills everyday! Have your child record the day of the week, and date on your grocery list. Ask them questions such as: What is the date one week from today? How many days has it been since Christmas? I am going on a trip on Feb 2 and I return the following Tuesday - what's the date for the day I will be home? - Months of the year - write a riddle for the months for your child to solve! Example: I am a winter month. The first part of my name rhymes with "pan." Which month am I?" Students will continue to: (our outcomes)
ACTIVITIES TO TRY AT HOME:
Stay tuned! I am compiling a list of apps and websites (AVRSB approved) to help with math practice at home :)
Mystery Bags - I filled cloth bags with a variety of items (>100). The students had to sort them into groups of ten, skip count by 10s and singles to see what their final total was. They had to work through as many bags as they could & tell me which one had the most when they were finished! Try this at home with cheerios!
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