Grade 2 students worked on measuring the distance travelled today. To understand this, we looked at the game of baseball. We wanted to measure the distance between first and third bases; however, we cannot measure this as a straight line like the below: Instead, we have to measure first to second base PLUS second to third base. Without that, we skip a base and break the rules on the game. Look at the below picture with your student, how far does the ant travel to get to school? Grade 1s continued their work on "how many more" today. Look at the below grid (we use a grid because it makes pairs for us): How many circles are there? (3) How many squares are there? (4) How many more squares than circles are there? (1). Therefore: Students should work on finding more, and can do so with the below questions (requires them to draw shapes) OR by using objects found around the house: crackers, socks, toys, lego - anything that gets them physically finding more!! Practicing awareness that numbers get larger while we count in order helps students remember that if a number comes later than another, it's larger (ie. 3 is never more than 5!). In science, we looked at WHY some of our houses were so difficult to build the last time we explored with our materials. Today, students were given extra materials (fasteners) and directed to re-attempt building their stick houses using any of the materials provided. Students got really creative with their limited supplies of toothpicks, tape, and string in order to build a house that had walls and roof (extra challenge if they could build a door). Afterwards, we discussed the difference from last class and students realized that their ability to create something 3D that actually stayed together was entirely dependent on fasteners. See some creations and their process below:
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