One of the most popular choices during morning meeting is Magic Number. For this activity, students all stand around the edge of our carpet and we choose a way to count. We might count by 1s, 2s, 5s, or 10s. … Read More
Building and taking apart polygons gave us a chance to explore them in lots of different ways. We figured out how we could make new polygons from others and how we could take one polygon apart and make different polygons.
Indoor recess is almost never our first choice (barring pouring rain) but we do manage to have a lot of fun.
During our study of geometry, we used Desmos (a math website) and a specific activity called Polygraph. Students are paired up with a partner. One partner secretly chooses one shape from a set of 16. The other partner asks yes/no … Read More
Talking about our thinking and our questions helps us and our classmates to learn. We had lots of thoughts about the Nile river and ancient Egypt.
We worked with fraction bars to help us understand fractions. Sometimes, drawing out our thinking helps too.
In counseling, with Mr. B. the students had the opportunity to work in groups to try and solve this maze. It was intense!
We do a lot of different work in our morning meetings. We use them to start our day off working together and building our community. We also practice some academic skills from previously in the year. In order to give … Read More
Fractions are complicated. Numbers that aren’t whole numbers take some time to understand and the idea of equality is crucial. It’s a lot. Building fractions with fraction bars or other tools can help us get a better understanding of them.
Playing Four Square at recess is great fun. Skills are getting stronger at returning the ball and planning for where to send it next.
