Growing Patterns

We had a great time today creating patterns that GROW

They continue to surprise me with their creativity.

Whenever these kids have freedom to show what they know 

they take full advantage of the opportunity!

The Miracles of Jesus

The Miracles of Jesus

Haiku Style

April was poetry month....

...we read poems on our own...

...we read poems with our friends...

...we memorized poems and presented them...

...we wrote our own poems...

The students worked very hard creating their own Haiku poems

about one of Jesus' miracles. 

Their poems were so fantastic, we just had to add some details to their poems.

Check out these amazing art pieces...

What are the chances...???

We started a mini unit on probability.  The students enjoyed playing 

spinner games and doing word problems about probability.

'This spinner is unfair...'

'It is very unlikely that palm trees would grow next to an igloo..'

'The spinner needs to land on blue the most...and yellow and blue the same number of times....'

'This is a fair spinner...'

'I'm making a spinner that has a 2 in 3 chance of landing on yellow.'

'There is a 1 in 10 chance I will get the yellow block...'

Maps, maps, and more maps...

The students were put in groups of 4-5 a few weeks ago.  They were asked to make a map.

They had complete creative freedom to make whatever kind of map they wanted.

One group was focused on making sporting facilities, like the Palace.  Another group

made houses for each group member and added trees and parks to their map.

First, the maps were used to learn about perimeter, the distance around an object.

Next, the maps were used to learn about area, the amount of space inside an object.

Then, the maps were used to learn about moving on a grid.

Finally, the maps were sent home.

Way to go everyone!