Here are the photos from our introduction to Roman Numerals in week 8.
Here is my complete list of our stories, poems, riddles, art projects, and hands-on activities for this year's Quality of Numbers block, 1 to 10 / I to X.
Week 9 for us was the week that began on October 30th. Here are some more blog posts that may be helpful:
This week we continued Charlotte's Web by E.B. White as our lunchtime read aloud. We also read Thunderstorm by Arthur Geisert as part of Morning Math (this wordless picture book only tells you the time each illustration took place). The older children had to show each of the times on an analog clock.
In Morning Math we also read The King, the Dragon, and the Witch by Jerome Corsi to introduce our lessons on Elapsed Time. In this fun but out-of-print book, the witch curses the king to have something bad happen to him each day at exactly 4 o'clock (one day his throne breaks, one day all the books fall off his library shelves, etc.). How much time is it until 4 o'clock???
We did a lot of reading for our main lesson blocks. For Roman Numerals, we read Peter and the North Wind retold by Freya Littledale (4 / IV), The Pea Blossom retold by Amy Lowry Poole and The Princess and the Pea retold by Rachel Isadora (5 / V), and Song of the Hermit Thrush: An Iroquois Legend (Native American Lore and Legends) retold by Gloria Dominic (6 / VI).
For Shelters, we read about two kinds of schools (Steamboat School by Deborah Hopkinson and Rain School by James Rumford) and then started on houses with Building Manhattan by Laura Vila (for wigwam & longhouse).
Here are some
photos from week 9:
we make our list of goals at Morning Meeting
the three dried beans have sprouted!
one child draws the three bean seedlings...
and the other draws the three treasures Jack got from the giant
a knitted gnome is nearly completehe's only missing his beard
done!
a kitten is also born today
squiggly glue lines for the Four WindsNorth / East / South / West
dividing the classroom for a lesson on Time Zones
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the Four Winds Artwork dries clear
this is so simple to do and always gives such a great effect!
looking for patterns in the Roman numerals for 4 and 5now we see that 4 is IV because it's one-from-five
what do you think the Roman numeral for 6 will be?
special sensory play for Halloween
thank you to Ms. Megan for lending us this book!
getting out ALL of the beautiful Grimm's Spiel und Holz rainbow wooden blocks to make a palace for "The Princess and the Pea"
adding Steamboat School to the MLBbeautiful work!
she is so proud of her balanced day!
they spend several weeks on the Elapsed Time task cards, working with partners to do a few problems each day
this gives enough time for the new concept to really sink in
getting out the Stamp Game to help solve a problem
this problem calls for The Clock Exercise
our next shelter: wigwam & longhouse
so eager to sew up her Piggie!
this week in Science Club, marble-powered cars
they take three trial runs, measuring the distance each time, and calculate the average
designing a folded index card "car"
designing a file folder ramp for the marble to roll down
the marble goes into the index card car and it rolls away!
we got the best results with 4x6" index cards and shooter marbles
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