Number Lines

Math this week was themed around number lines.  Each lesson began with the students making an estimate for how many items were contained in a jar.

They wrote their estimates on a sticky note which they then placed on a number line in the approximate place their number would be.  For this jar, they placed their estimates between 20 and 50.  The special helper then counted the poker chips and there were 27. 

 

One follow-up lesson carried over 3 days.  I Spy Number Line was the activity.  Students chose from a variety of number line cards which varied in level of difficulty (pink for numbers 1-20 for the younger learners, 20-100 in yellow, then 100 plus in green).  The job was to fill in the missing numbers.

Having a wide variety of learners means that lessons have to be accessible to all students.  They had to choose which number lines suited them and could adapt the level they chose depending on their success as they proceeded to work through the cards.  The following learner chose 2 pink cards and then challenged themselves to yellow cards.  Each student then made MY NUMBER LINE on the bottom of their sheet, which I copied for all the students to do the next day.  They really enjoyed working to complete each other's number lines.

These types of activities reinforce the concepts of ordering, printing, comparing and estimating numbers, as well as counting by 1s, 2s, 5s, 10s and 100s.

Beautiful Oops

Monday's art lesson was centered around this idea...

 

 

In the morning, I took a few students at a time to use a straw to blow a drop of ink across a blank piece of paper.  I didn't tell the students why, just that it had to do with our art lesson in the afternoon.

At the beginning of our art lesson, I read the book, Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fZjMYdQjGM

I reminded the students how I often ask them to try and turn mistakes into part of their artwork.  I then showed the following video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K93mGzVk8VY

The children soon realized what they had to do with their ink splatter that was created in the morning.  They went off, talked to their friends, turned papers this way and that until they settled on what creation they had in mind.  Here are a few:

 

 

Division 1 is certainly not short on creativity!

 

 

 

 

 

Poppies

Yesterday the children used fine-tip Sharpies to draw a poppy from a picture of their choice.  They observed the picture carefully for shapes and details.  Next, they used water colours and painted in the picture.  The results were absolutely incredible!!

 

 

Here are the cinquain poems written by Division 1 students:

Grade 1's

 

Poppy

red     black

growing     blooming     moving

it reminds us

Poppy

Poppy

flower     red

blooming     growing     remembering

remembering the soldiers that passed away

Poppy

 

 

Poppy

red     like a rose

blessing     blowing     growing

to remember, I feel sad

Poppy

 

 

 

Poppy

flower     red

blowing     growing     moving

to help us remember

Poppy

 

Poppy

 

Red    plant

blooming     blowing     growing

to help us remember

Flower

 

 

 

Grade 2's

 

Poppy

smell     people

blowing     blooming     showing

it looks pretty

Flower

Poppy

white     beautiful

covering     growing     swaying

I feel peaceful

Poppy

 

Poppy

red     beautiful

blooming     showing     blowing

I am thankful

Flower

 

Poppy

black middle     red flower

growing     making peace     waving

to stop war

Flower

 

Poppy

red     soft

remembering     blooming     growing

to remember the people who passed away at war

Poppy

 

Poppy

alive     red

blooming    blowing      helping

to help us remember

Poppy

 

Flower

 

pretty     beautiful

 

blowing     remembering     blooming

 

I am thankful for remembering

 

Poppy

 

Poppy

flower     beautiful

blooming     growing     blowing

I’m thankful

Poppy

 

Poppy

red     green

growing     blooming     planting

I feel sad

Poppy

 

 

Grade 3's

 

 

Poppy

white     stem

covering     helping     planting

to remember when the soldiers fell

Poppy

 

 

 

Poppy

red     green

moving     blowing     blooming

to help us remember the people that fought in the war

Poppy

 

Poppy

beautiful     red

blooming     remembering     growing

it’s a symbol

Remembering

 

Poppy

soft     delicate      flower

swaying     blooming     sparkling

feels soft and peaceful

Poppy

Poppy

beautiful     together

blooming     waving     flowing

remember the soldiers that fell

Poppy

Poppy

white     flower

covering     remembering     blowing

helps us remember

Poppy

 

  

Red Poppy

beautiful     black middle     red petals

flowing     petals blowing     swaying

it’s a symbol and I am thankful

Orange Poppy

 

All of the poems and poppies are displayed in the classroom.

Heartfelt Advice

Students with learning disabilities give their

teachers some heartfelt advice.

 

 

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