Show me your evidence...

Thanks again (as always) to all of our Mystery Readers!

 

 

The big question I keep asking is "how do you know this" or "show me the evidence".  Instead of just giving answers we are not working on telling or showing where the evidence to prove the answer is.  We've started this with using our reading books.  Working on partner groups they've been working on answering questions about the story but then they have to write down the page that the evidence can be found.  This has taken lots of patience from them because sometimes they say "but I just remember it".  I have to remind them that sometimes you need to site evidence and give proof for your answer.  They are getting better and better at this!

3D shape hunt!

With our study of 3D shapes we took the opportunity to walk around the school and hunt for some in our own environment!  Everyone got a clipboard and created a tally chart to keep track of how many of each shape we found.  We found lots of cubes, cylinders, rectangular prisms, and spheres.  Cubes were the hardest shape to find but between the office and Mrs. Ardrey letting us come explore her room and we found some for our tally charts! 

 

 

Complete Sentences!

We've been working hard on writing complete sentences that are 1st grade quality.  The major focus has been on making sure the first letter is capitalized and the end has punctuation.  With a bit of focus on this we've been doing so much better over the past few weeks. 

 

Indoor Recess STEM fun!

We have a new favorite STEM material for indoor recess!  It's a hit and I highly suggest if you see it grab it as a present for some amazing child :). 

 

Here are some pic of us enjoy them the first time they came out.  Fun can even be had during recess on rainy days!

 

 

3D shapes!!!

Thanks for being an awesome mystery reader Cooper's dad!!!

 

 

While some of our friends were on a CLUE field trip we reviewed the 3D shapes we've been working on!  I kept telling them math was going to be awesome and for some reason they just didn't totally believe me :).  Once I pulled out the marshmallows and toothpicks they figured out I wasn't lying!  We had a great time making the 3D shapes we've learned about as well as some more abstract ones that they invented. 

 

A typical day!

We had lots of fun during literacy centers today! 

 

 

In math we've been working on both 2D and 3D shapes.  After working on labeling and identifying them everyone got to make their own shape design using the pattern blocks!