Building HousesWe had so much fun investigating different materials with which to build! On the first day, we worked with partners to make houses from paper. Then, on another day, we worked together to build houses from cardboard. We discovered many things about the materials we were using to build. In some ways we thought the paper was easier to work with, but the cardboard definitely made stronger houses. We had to persist in our work. It didn't always work out the way we first intended. We had to go back to the drawing board on many occasions. Our teachers wouldn't tell us how to make the house, so we had to really think and problem solve! We talked with other teams and learned from them. This collaboration was very helpful! Creating and innovating is GREat fun! Take a look at a few of our creations!
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Shape Puzzles
We have been working with pattern block shapes to solve shape puzzles. Each puzzle can be solved in multiple ways. First we solving the puzzle with blocks and then we record our solution with paper pattern block pieces and note how many of each kind of block was used. We also determine the total amount of blocks used. We are working to be accurate in our counting and recording. This work takes a lot of organization and planning skills, as well as, focus on the task.
Thinking about Characters
Can you name a favorite book character? Can you tell something about that character? Readers think about characters to help them understand the story and make predictions. We met a fun new character named Petunia in the story A Pet for Petunia by Paul Schmid. We talked about what we learned about Petunia from this story. Then we read another story about her. We were curious to see if what we learned from the first story about Petunia might also be true in the next story, Petunia Goes Wild, and it was! We hope Paul Schmid writes more stories about Petunia!
Upstairs, Downstairs and Basement Letters
Since coming back to school in January we have been thinking about how letters are formed and how they look. You may heard your child referring to different letters as upstairs, downstairs, and basement letters. This is in reference to imagining the letters in a house. This terminology has helped us to think about which letters should be the same size(downstairs), which letters are taller(upstairs) and which letters drop down(basement). We will continue to work on this thinking throughout the year.
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