Math and Science Fun

Math and Science Fun

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Well….

Second day done and our first full day is now complete. It was a busy day full of story writing, library, DEAR and other new things happening.

Two of the highlights were Math and Science. In Math today, students played a math game involving adding, subtracting and division along with a lot of strategy and reasoning. Students rolled dice, completed an operation to get their results and tried to build three of a kinds, four of a kinds and doubles as they played. It’s hard to explain but the students had a lot of fun playing. As students played, we talked about strategies for getting similar results and we talked about what patterns they saw. In the next few days, we will look more closely at some of the math concepts associated with the game.

In Science, we talked about the importance of listening to instructions and teamwork. I wanted to emphasize that we all have strengths and weaknesses. If we work together as a team, we become stronger. If we don’t listen, follow directions and don’t communicate, then, not only do we hurt ourselves; we hurt our team/class. The activity we did to emphasize this was so much fun to watch. Students had a number of plastic cups that were arranged on the floor. Using only string tied to elastic, students needed to move the cups into a pyramid shape. The kids really rose to the challenge and several groups were very inventive in solving the problems that arose. It was a great team activity, a lot fun and allowed us to explore the importance of working positively as a class.

 

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