Gymnastics and Cow Magnets

We kicked off the week with our Leader in Me assembly, it's been a long while since we had one. Ava received her Begin with the End in Mind pencil for trying to remember to bring her lunch containers home before they get moldy. Holt received his Be Proactive pencil for always completing his work before moving on to something new.

In Science we learned about magnets in the real world.  We looked at pictures of electric can openers, went on a walk to the staffroom to see how fridge doors stay closed with the help of magnets and watched a short clip about cow magnets.  Parker recognized that the cruise ship he was on uses magnets to keep the cupboards and drawers from swaying open and closed when the ship is rocking.

SPECIAL QUESTION????

WHAT DOES A COW MAGNET DO?  WHY DO FARMERS USE COW MAGNETS?

In Math were are reviewing odd and even numbers, the days of the week, months of the year and seasons.  We are still continuing to look at place value and order numbers in ascending and descending order.

In Gym we began gymnastics, please wear comfortable clothing this week. We will try to snowshoe next week when the weather permits us to do so.

Math and Snowshoeing

We are continuing our journey is number sense.  Below is a new link for subitizing.  I've also included some pictures of both grades for math.  The grade 1s are working on counting on from a given number and breaking a given number into 2 groups.  The grade 2s are working on reading and writing number number ordinals and figuring out what numbers come after, before and between a given number.

Secret Blog Question:

What was one of George Washington's Characteristics?


Subitizing #4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dVqV5ZEhSc

Snowshoeing was a lot of fun once we got going! Putting snowshoes on is a new skill for most of us. I tried to stress the importance of not getting stressed.  We are working on our independence and persistence, this means trying to put on your snowshoes before asking for help and trying more than once.

Floor Hockey and Math

In Math we are continuing to look at numbers, place value, representing numbers and using referents to estimate a set of objects.  The picture below is an example of how we use referents.  On the far right side the students saw 6 blocks.  They knew that the middle set was greater than 6.  Some students guessed double the amount (12) while others guessed in the high 30s.  We figured out there were 39 in the middle group. We then looked at a 3rd group.  By using the first 2 groups are referents students were able to estimate that this group must have many more than 39.

In gym we played floor hockey.  Two of our grade 1 boys were fearless and wanted to play in net for the entire time!  You couldn't pay me to play in net! Students worked on keeping their sticks on the ground when running and shooting.  They also worked on passing to open players and getting into an open position.