Going The Distance

We've been spending A LOT of time on adding and subtracting with regrouping in math, so this week it's been nice to put those new skills to the test as we've revisited measuring in inches and in centimeters. We've been measuring everything height, width, distance, and even circumference using our rulers, meter sticks, and measuring tapes. 

One of our favorite things to measure was our JUMPING! Each of the giraffes took turns jumping from the tile to the rug and once they landed, their partners would measure their distance in inches and in centimeters. Some of the giraffes jumped over 5 feet! 

Next week, we are going to take our measuring skills outside where we will really put our measuring skills to the test :) Stay tuned!

Math Mania

While our last few units of math have revolved around learning different strategies for adding and subtracting, we are switching gears for our newest unit of study, which will revolve around measuring and telling time! While we started the week off with practicing time to the hour and half hour, we are now working towards our goal of telling time in 5-minute intervals. Here are some fun games you can play at home to help practice telling time:

ABCYa-Learn to Tell Time

Giraffe Dash-Time

We've also begun to practice measuring this week (and learned a lot about working together as a team!) We began making our tie fleece blankets for Project Linus during our Friday Centers, where we got a lot of practice measuring with a ruler, cutting, and tying. We also brought our own lovies to school for some extra helping hands :)

Mr. Fosher gave us some great tips for measuring and cutting our tabs!

We also worked together in groups during math time to create snowmen to winterize our bulletin board. The next day, we measured the different parts of our snowmen in inches using rulers and measuring tapes. 

Before we know it, there will be enough snow outside to make some real snowmen :) We can't wait to continue to make our blankets next week and practice a bit more with measuring and telling time. 

Surprise Visitors and More Measuring Madness!

On Thursday, we were beginning to get our room ready for the wax museum when we were visited by The Dot Fairy and Father Folktale! Both knew lots and lots about fairy tales and folk tales, and they told us a bit about the characters we were about to become and how their stories began!

After Father Folktale left to find The Dot Fairy, we got to measuring our wax museum portraits before hanging them up around the room. We measured their torsos, waists, necks, wrists, ankles, legs, arms, and heights! We did all of our measuring in inches using measuring tapes.

We recorded our measurements and began to think about how our measurements were different from the measurements we've already begun to do on ourselves. Next week, we will do a bit more measuring and compare all of our results!