Leprechaun Math
This week in math we have started dabbling in measurement. Learning where to start and end when measuring an object and then learning the importance of telling people what you used to measure an object with. Our measurement this week was St. Patrick's themed in that students were measuring how tall leprechauns are! It was so fun to see them exploring measuring with different items and problem solving when they didn't fit just so. Great math thinking going on!
Leprechaun Directed Drawing and Writing
This week we did a directed drawing of a leprechaun that turned out so great! Of course we started in pencil like always, traced the outline with a sharpie and then this week we used watercolors to paint a rainbow in the background. In addition to drawing our leprechauns we got to brainstorm what we would do if we were leprechauns! The students came up with some hilarious ideas like paint people's faces green, make a mess, and take all the gold! I was thoroughly impressed!
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| I would paint my dog house green. |
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| I would have someone make gold bigger. |
Leprechaun Traps
Our week culminated in the making of our leprechaun traps. Students were asking all week, when are we going to make the traps and were so excited when the day finally came! First we started out brainstorming ideas to catch leprechauns. Then students got to draw their plan and finally they got to construct their plans into actual traps. Of course no trap is complete without it being covered in green paint and gold glitter! |
| A student glues his trap. |
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| A student attaches a ladder to her trap. |
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| A student paints his trap green. |
Cheers to our last week before spring break!
Smiles,
Miss Adams
