We've been working hard on adding to our bank of math strategies this week. We worked with our math partners to tackle a very difficult question involving a mystery number of chickens and pigs. We discovered the guess and check strategy and also that there are different ways to approach the same problem - in this case, some students started by counting legs, while others began by drawing animals. Both approaches led to success! Here are some mathematicians at work:
We also had some fun working together to re-write one of our favourite poems. "Patapi-Patapiège" is a winter poem and talks about getting buried in snow. We were going to just add to the ending, since the kids always do when they say it anyway, but since the weather has turned so warm and it looks like we're going to be buried in rain, we decided to rewrite the entire thing for our current weather. Everybody helped come up with the new rhymes, actions and write the words. Ask your poet to recite both the original and the new version for you! Here it is:With March break coming up, I want to make sure everyone who needs extra books gets them, and that anyone who needs their indoor shoes brings them home. Please let your child know (or email me) if they should be getting extra books for the week off, or bringing home their running shoes. I will remind everyone on Friday.
Thanks!