3-D Shapes

Geometry

Identify and describe various three-dimensional figures (cubes, prisms, pyramids)

Sort and classify three-dimensional figures by their geometric properties using concrete materials

Create models and skeletons of prisms and pyramids

Build a structure using three-dimensional figures and describe the the two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional figures in the structure

edge

face

vertex (a corner)

vertices (more than one corner)

above

below

behind

to the right

to the left

on top

under

We are starting our unit on Geometry.  This unit is short as there are only a few curriculum expectations we need to cover.  

The students always enjoy this unit and they jumped right in!

We started off with some building using three-dimensional solids (borrowed from JK/SK...thanks!!)

While one group of students was building, the other group was hard at work identifying

edges, faces, and vertices with the teacher. 

The next day we brought out the marshmallows and toothpicks for building. 

Happy Healthy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Welcome back to a new year of fun and learning!

To start off the new year on a positive note, we read Squirrel's New Year's Resolution.

Making a resolution was a new idea for many of the students in our class 

so we thought of some great ideas. 

 As a class we are going to try to be more healthy.

Take a look at the ideas from your children...

In order to learn how to keep their bodies and their minds calm, the students will be taking part 

in mindfulness activities, including breathing exercises, songs, and 

stretches.

We talked about the 4 food groups today and did some sorting activities.  

Tomorrow they will be sorting their snacks and lunches into the different

food groups.  I will be strongly encouraging them to choose healthy snacks from their 

lunch pails for their morning snack.  Can you please help your child regularly pack

at least one healthy item to choose for their morning snack so they 

can take part in our healthy challenge.

 The students really enjoyed listening to this story this morning...they wanted to hear it twice!

Math Centers

As part of our measurement unit, students practiced using a ruler (cm ruler and m stick)

to measure the distance traveled by a toy car.  They used some Hot Wheels tracks

and went to work!  

Another way to practice their ruler skills (using a 30 cm ruler)...

One person laid on the chart paper and the others traced their silhouette.

Then they went to work measuring how long each arm was and how thick their wrist or ankle was.

It was great practice using the ruler, remembering to start measuring at zero and holding the ruler steady.

How to Catch an Elf...

The students LOVE having an Elf on the Shelf in the classroom so.....we decided to 

write and draw elves!  First the students wrote stories of how they would catch an elf

if they had the chance.  Many invented traps and would try to lure the elf with cookies!

After the stories were complete, the students participated in a guided drawing 

through Art Hub and made amazing elves sitting on shelves.

The finished products were amazing!  

SNOW DAY!

What did we do on our SNOW DAY?

Well...we had to get outside in the snow...it was knee deep in the back field!

We took a walk to the dollar store to get some craft supplies for a very secret project!!!

We reviewed the science experiments that we did last week about dissolving, absorption, and mixing liquids.  One of the kids had the idea of testing fish crackers to see if they would dissolve or absorb.  We also watched absorption into a paper towel.

Mixing water and liquid soap...

We finished off the day by making airplanes and measuring how far they flew.  

Everyone wrote a sentence about each flight on a dry erase board.