April Adventures!

Although we were only in school for about 1 week in April we've already had quite a few... 

APRIL ADVENTURES

This month we launched our exploration into nonfiction texts. Working hard to "Rev-up" our minds for nonfiction reading in a similar way that we prepare ourselves to read a fiction book. We have been working hard to identify the Main Idea of a text and pull out the important supporting details. We learned that "pop-out" sentences, titles, headings, and subheadings can be really helpful when trying to determine the Main Idea of a text. We've also learned that Boxes & Bullets really allow us to organize the information we obtain from reading nonfiction texts. 

Adventure #2 was Mr. Font's Annual Peep Catapult Challenge. Here you had to work collaboratively to design a catapult that would send your Peep the furthest distance down the hallway. Even though many of you had difficulty in your first trial run- you were able to head back to your design, conduct some research, and make great improvements in the distance your Peep could travel. 

Adventure #3 took us to Poricy Park for our class trip. We spent time learn gin about the pond ecosystem and the animals that can survive in the ecosystem. Even though it was cold- we had a good time. 

 I'm wondering... How did you feel about our April Adventures? Let me know in the comments below!

Welcome to Leprechaun Village

Top O' the Morning to Ya!

Hello Wee-ones!

This past week we have had a blast applying our Math skills of measurement, area, and perimeter to design and construct a building in a Leprechaun Village.

First we hoped we were channeling the lucky of the Irish when, with a partner, we randomly selected the building we were going to be responsible for designing. Some of us pulled the Leprechaun Police Station and School, while others were now responsible to design the Dance Studio and Sports Stadium. Partners quickly got to work designing our respective buildings.

The next day we choose boxes Mr. Font collected to stand for the base of our building based on our design. We were responsible for measuring our box, finding the perimeter, and area. Mr. Font even taught us a wee bit about a fourth grade measurement skill called volume to find out how many units cubed our buildings will hold. Lastly we divided our building into smaller rooms and found the area and perimeter of our smaller rooms.

Finally, it was time to design. Room #21 was covered in green paper and shamrocks as we worked together to make our buildings look like our design. It was so much fun! Our finished buildings, and the Math behind it, can be found on our Seesaw accounts. Check it out!