I hope you had a fun week off (from school at least). I've heard about lots of trips, visits, movies, projects and loose teeth!! Each student not only told our class what they did en français, but also wrote it in their journal.
A reminder that we
Just before the break, we had been working on some open-ended math problems (where there are multiple approaches and solutions) and discussing our strategies. Our problems centered around organizing counters in ways that would make it easy to tell which colour had more or less (plus/moins) or in a way that would make it easier to estimate/count the total number. Students worked in pairs on these tasks and came up with some great strategies, which they presented to the class. We have started building a "good ideas" board, where we name helpful strategies after the students who thought of them. We can all look to this board for a good idea during future problem solving.
If you would like to learn more about open-ended problem solving, or get some ideas for math activities to try at home, please join us next Wednesday, March 27th from 6:30-7:30 pm in the gym for our interactive Family Math Night. Don't forget to bring your student!
During our centre time, we have been trying out group rotations as a way to mix things up a little. Students stick with their assigned groups and move through 4 centres for 10 minutes each during the block of time. This gets them trying out activities they don't always self-select and playing with different friends. The challenges are the added transitions - having to tidy up quickly each time the timer dings, not having that long at each centre, and possibly missing one entirely if you have a meeting with Mlle. So far, this system has been very successful and the kids have been enjoying the variety of activities they get to try. We still have free choice lots of the time, but centre rotations are my new favourite thing!
Below, one group tries to line up all the animals according to size while another group compares lengths with Mme Diamond.
These vacationers are drinking juice on an airplane and below, 2 kids try out dino-soccer!
Ask your expert how we divided the dinosaurs into teams!
We have been enjoying the sunshine this week and have been able to get out some books and toys that we haven't seen in a while!
Here are some every day words to review:
s’il te plaît
j’ai fini
un garçon
une fille
When talking about March break, we all said and wrote: Je suis allé(e)...
Hope to see you next Wednesday evening!