After waiting three weeks for the weather to cooperate the children finally had an opportunity to go leaf jumping. But wait, just as we reached our adventure destination we heard a loud roaring sound. As we walked out the door we saw Mr. Tim, the greens and grounds superintendent, collecting all of the leaves in a machine. He could see the disappointment on our faces, he then smiled and pointed to the front circle and drove off. We looked and there in the middle of the car circle were bunches and bunches of beautiful fall leaves. "Yeah," was reaction as the children carefully crossed the street to begin their long awaited fun. The class had a great time raking leaves and gathering them by hand or basket until they had made a huge "mountain". The last measurement showed that the children had collected 3 feet (36") of leaves. Look at the album to see how the children reacted after their goal had be achieved. Later in the week, the children were asked to make a patterned necklace by stringing beads in three groups of ten. Some children started with no pattern. A classmate would step in and say,"Don't we need a pattern in our necklace?" Someone said, "I think I'll put a hundred beads on the necklace. Someone said, "I think we need only thirty beads". Another statement, "Yes, 30 is 3 groups of 10. The counting was just as interesting. Some children counted the beads by ones. Others counted them by twos, while still others
decided to count by fives. I asked that they bring the necklace to me, when it was ready to be tied, show me three groups of ten, and then count it. I know this may sound simplistic to you as a reader of the blog, but as a teacher I was thrilled to see the various strategies the children used throughout this lesson. The cooperation, caring and support they gave another was tremendous. The outcome was that many more children truly know that 3 groups of 10 does equal 3o! This weekend's
Home Link page is to make a colored or pattern-shaped necklace. The children thought it would be more fun to make the necklaces out of
Apple Jack, Cheerios or Fruit Loops. Perhaps this activity could be done over the long Conference weekend, Thanksgiving, or even over winter Break. Please do it someday with you change and watch his/her mind at work.
PS Please ask your child to return the necklace he/she may have taken home by mistake Friday. We need to use the necklaces for further math activities. See you at Conferences!
After waiting three weeks for the weather to cooperate the children finally had an opportunity to go leaf jumping. But wait, just as we reached our adventure destination we heard a loud roaring sound. As we walked out the door we saw Mr. Tim, the greens and grounds superintendent, collecting all of the leaves in a machine. He could see the disappointment on our faces, he then smiled and pointed to the front circle and drove off. We looked and there in the middle of the car circle were bunches and bunches of beautiful fall leaves. "Yeah," was reaction as the children carefully crossed the street to begin their long awaited fun. The class had a great time raking leaves and gathering them by hand or basket until they had made a huge "mountain". The last measurement showed that the children had collected 3 feet (36") of leaves. Look at the album to see how the children reacted after their goal had be achieved. Later in the week, the children were asked to make a patterned necklace by stringing beads in three groups of ten. Some children started with no pattern. A classmate would step in and say,"Don't we need a pattern in our necklace?" Someone said, "I think I'll put a hundred beads on the necklace. Someone said, "I think we need only thirty beads". Another statement, "Yes, 30 is 3 groups of 10. The counting was just as interesting. Some children counted the beads by ones. Others counted them by twos, while still others
decided to count by fives. I asked that they bring the necklace to me, when it was ready to be tied, show me three groups of ten, and then count it. I know this may sound simplistic to you as a reader of the blog, but as a teacher I was thrilled to see the various strategies the children used throughout this lesson. The cooperation, caring and support they gave another was tremendous. The outcome was that many more children truly know that 3 groups of 10 does equal 3o! This weekend's Home Link page is to make a colored or pattern-shaped necklace. The children thought it would be more fun to make the necklaces out of Apple Jack, Cheerios or Fruit Loops. Perhaps this activity could be done over the long Conference weekend, Thanksgiving, or even over winter Break. Please do it someday with you change and watch his/her mind at work. PS Please ask your child to return the necklace he/she may have taken home by mistake Friday. We need to use the necklaces for further math activities. See you at Conferences!
Hello Mrs. Camp and the Super Duper Skers,
ReplyDeleteWOWIE! Lilian, Gus and I just read your busy blog. What beautiful necklaces you made and how cool that you know that 3 groups of 10 makes 30. Do you all know what 5 groups of 10 makes? I bet you do. Your leaf pile was humungous. What fun to throw and jump in so many leaves.
Hugs, Mrs. Jochmann
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I LIKED JUMPING IN LEAVES. XOXO LILIAN