We worked on addition word problems in small groups. We did an example of this task as a whole group first. The students needed to count the items in their ziplock bags and create an addition word problem with these objects. Then they needed to solve the word problem by making the number sentence and finding out the sum. They also needed to show their addition work by using a ten frame and number line to show their answer.
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Our Science STEM Challenge was to build the tallest most stable structure with only the objects given in our zip lock bags. The students worked hard together to build and measure their structures. When asked how to make a "stable" structure the students were able to explain that the base of their structure needs to be wide so it does not fall down easily.
We are practicing the Reading strategy of Visualization. We read the poem, Green Giant, by Jack Prelutsky and visualized what that giant would look like. Here are our visualizations.
We have been focusing on using descriptive words to make our stories more interesting. We used the candy Pop Rocks to write descriptive words about. The children were given a very small amount of this candy. You should have seen the looks on their faces when the candy started to fizzle. All of a sudden they began to shout out words to describe the sensation, smell and taste of this fun candy! We talked about it with our classmates and made a Pop Rocks web of our ideas. The kids came up with some fantastic words and phrases. My favorite was when Jamie said "It feels like there is a party going on in my mouth!" Take a look at all the other ideas they had!
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