The JK students were introduced to patterns this past week and the SK students were challenged to extend there understanding by identifying different attributes (shape, size, colour) in a pattern. Alex, Logan, Jacob and Seth had fun using coloured elastics and paint sticks to create repeated patterns. Lacey, Eli and Molly use sponge shapes to create repeated patterns. Take a close look. All of them have gone beyond a simple ABA pattern to create more complex patterns. Way to go! We gave a pair of students a bag of connecting blocks. They had to work together to create one pattern train. They did such a great job! Excellent team work! They even had fun making patterns out of pool noodles. Finally, to kick off the holiday season some students created patterns with a holiday theme. Molly and Makena created a repeated pattern that shows three different attributes; size, colour and shape.
One day one of the children walked around the classroom asking friends what their favourite colour was. So at her math circle, Mrs. Jennings decided to create a tally chart asking friends if they liked fall or winter. The children loved doing the survey so we decided to place some small clipboards and tally charts at the math centre.
Each child had the opportunity to choose two different primary colours, place them in a zip-lock bag and then mix.
We placed some black play dough, google eyes, pipe cleaners and beads at the play dough centre. The children made some really cool play dough spiders. Take a look. Molly takes out her order book and takes the customers order. Logan looks carefully at the menu to see what he would like to order.
I had the opportunity to sit with Noah at the sand table and inquire about what he was doing.
TP: What are you doing Noah? Noah: I am making a ramp. The marble is going really fast. TP: What will happen to the marble if we add more sand to the ramp? Noah: It still goes down but it goes a little slower. TP. Let's add some more sand to the ramp. Noah: The marble stopped because there is too much sand. I am going to put another marble behind it, Look the marbles went down! TP: Why did that happen? Noah: It's because the marble hit that marble so it was heavier, so it went down the ramp and through the sand. |
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June 2015
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