Over the past few weeks, we have learned about measurement through a project simulation of a community pool. The students brainstormed what would be needed in a community pool and what information they needed to know in order to design the pool. Next, we needed to work on individual 2-D models before we could design our class 3-D model. Students were familiar with the terms "2-D" and "3-D", but weren't sure what the differences were. We measured everything we put in our designs to make sure they were of an appropriate size. We learned how to measure the perimeter of the pool so that we could put a fence around it! The students really had some great ideas and learned a lot about the importance of accurate measurement!
What a wonderful day we had celebrating the 100th day of school! We started the day thinking about when 100 of something is a lot, and when 100 of something is NOT a lot. Here are some of our ideas:
We discovered after generating these lists that we disagreed on some things. Some said 100 ants was not a lot, because they were tiny animals. Others said that if you had 100 ants on your foot, that would be A LOT! We enjoyed using our REASONING SKILLS to convince others of our OPINIONS!
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February 2017
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