In math, we have begun working on the continued development of our understanding of number. Through this study we will explore different ways to represent numbers and look at the recurring pattern in our place value chart that helps us to create and record larger numbers. Students have created numbers with Base Ten materials, represented them with symbols in a chart, and are learning about writing numbers in expanded form. As we continue to explore the world of larger numbers, students will continue to focus on reading and writing larger numbers (to 1 000 for grade 3 and 10 000 for grade 4) as well as to developing mental math strategies for adding and subtracting 2 and 3-digit numbers. Students have been developing an understanding of our science inquiry question in our continued science study of animal classification and life cycles. We gave our students a list of words (our inquiry question, in a scrambled order) and asked them to rearrange them to make a question that made sense using all of the words. does, how, change, an, interaction, identity, with, an, human, animals' Students focused on many characteristics of language to support them with this task, including:
After seeing the possibilities the students created, we actually changed our question to: "How does human interaction with animals change an identity?" allowing us to focus more broadly on both animal and human identity. A follow-up activity to support students with understanding the question, was to work to develop definitions of "interaction" and "identity". Using ideas of other students and the dictionary definition we developed a class definition of interaction and began to explore what makes an identity. Students began by brainstorming ideas of what makes them who they are. We continued the conversation around what makes your identity, thinking about significant features that allow us to recognize a person. Some of the students' ideas included:
Students then thought about a particular experience that changed or influenced their identity and drew a related picture.
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AuthorsMrs. Montanaro, Mr. Messer and Mrs. Austman teach grades 3/4 at Elbow Park School in Calgary AB. Archives
April 2017
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