Daily Message: March 11
This week our Famous Face is George Washington Carver. Ask your child about his early childhood.
The math conference yesterday was great. I have many new activities to help children understand number sense. I'll be using them in math class during the rest of the year. Today we began looking at odd and even numbers. Many people assume there is not much to learn about odd and even. After all, most of us have memorized the rule that if a number ends in 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8 it is even, and all other numbers are odd. While this rule is important, knowing it does not mean that one understands the concept. At school we'll do some activities to help the children construct a deeper understanding of the mathematical terms odd and even. One way to determine if a group of objects contains an odd or even number of things is to FAIR SHARE the objects into two separate piles. If this divides the original pile evenly, without an extra one, there is an even number of objects. If there is one left over there is an odd number. In math class each child began with a handful of pennies. Then she determined whether there was an odd or even number by the fair share method rather than by counting. THEN she counted to verify.
In language arts we practiced words with CH. If your child needs extra review she can read and write the following: inch, chick, bunch, March, chapter, and porch.
During health class we continued investigating the nutrition labels and using two types of balance scales to measure objects. This introduction to food labels is intended to interest the kids in what they are eating. Much of the information is open to interpretation as to what is healthy and what is not. I hope that discussions are happening at home and that you have the opportunity to discuss this topic with your children. Please see the note below, and in folders today, explaining our food group lunch tomorrow.
Yesterday the children shared the story of the princess and the pea; enjoy the project found in folders today. I'm happy that the children remain focused despite the upcoming two-week break:)
Barb
PS As part of our nutrition unit we will be having a special lunch tomorrow. The challenge for all the students will be to have something on their tray from each of the five food groups. A secondary goal is to have each child try and new food that they have not tried before. We will go to the cafeteria a little early to give everyone time to choose their food. Then we will come back to the classroom and lunch together while talking about their choices. If your child brings cold lunch we would like to include them and give them hot lunch for this day at no cost. If they would prefer to bring their own lunch from home that is also ok and we will look for all of the food groups in their lunch.
The cafeteria menu for tomorrow is:
Hamburgers, veggie burgers
Potato chips
Steamed Peas
PB and J or Cheese sandwich
Various salads
Fresh fruit
Fresh baked cookies.
Barb and I think this is a great way to apply what we are learning.
Scott
The math conference yesterday was great. I have many new activities to help children understand number sense. I'll be using them in math class during the rest of the year. Today we began looking at odd and even numbers. Many people assume there is not much to learn about odd and even. After all, most of us have memorized the rule that if a number ends in 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8 it is even, and all other numbers are odd. While this rule is important, knowing it does not mean that one understands the concept. At school we'll do some activities to help the children construct a deeper understanding of the mathematical terms odd and even. One way to determine if a group of objects contains an odd or even number of things is to FAIR SHARE the objects into two separate piles. If this divides the original pile evenly, without an extra one, there is an even number of objects. If there is one left over there is an odd number. In math class each child began with a handful of pennies. Then she determined whether there was an odd or even number by the fair share method rather than by counting. THEN she counted to verify.
In language arts we practiced words with CH. If your child needs extra review she can read and write the following: inch, chick, bunch, March, chapter, and porch.
During health class we continued investigating the nutrition labels and using two types of balance scales to measure objects. This introduction to food labels is intended to interest the kids in what they are eating. Much of the information is open to interpretation as to what is healthy and what is not. I hope that discussions are happening at home and that you have the opportunity to discuss this topic with your children. Please see the note below, and in folders today, explaining our food group lunch tomorrow.
Yesterday the children shared the story of the princess and the pea; enjoy the project found in folders today. I'm happy that the children remain focused despite the upcoming two-week break:)
Barb
PS As part of our nutrition unit we will be having a special lunch tomorrow. The challenge for all the students will be to have something on their tray from each of the five food groups. A secondary goal is to have each child try and new food that they have not tried before. We will go to the cafeteria a little early to give everyone time to choose their food. Then we will come back to the classroom and lunch together while talking about their choices. If your child brings cold lunch we would like to include them and give them hot lunch for this day at no cost. If they would prefer to bring their own lunch from home that is also ok and we will look for all of the food groups in their lunch.
The cafeteria menu for tomorrow is:
Hamburgers, veggie burgers
Potato chips
Steamed Peas
PB and J or Cheese sandwich
Various salads
Fresh fruit
Fresh baked cookies.
Barb and I think this is a great way to apply what we are learning.
Scott
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