To become familiar with another non-fiction genre I read a biography about Walt Disney and we collected facts while reading. We talked about non-fiction features such as the table of contents, headings, and captions and how they help us a readers navigate through a non-fiction text. We worked together to identify key details of Walt Disney's life that we should know. Students then worked with a partner or two to read another Walt Disney biography online using our PebbleGo.com resource and they wrote down more facts. Today I introduced to the students the Keynote app (similar to PowerPoint) and they are working with their partners to create a presentation biography about Walt Disney.
We have been up to a lot of learning about measurement recently!
First students got the idea of how to measure things effectively without overlapping or leaving gaps between measuring tools by cutting apart an inch ruler and then recreating it. Next we used cut out paper feet to measure smaller items in our classroom and then using the paper feet we created 5 "foot" measuring tools to measure larger things in the classroom. Some kids even measured each other! We then switched to using small measuring tools like the above paper ladybugs and worms. We also have be comparing sizes and ordering objects from smallest to largest and largest to smallest. |
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May 2015
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