October 2 - 6th
It is hard to believe that we have already finished our first week of October! We have had a wonderful start to the season of Fall through making connections with one another, to the land, to the season and through our learning.
This week we spent time thinking about Autumn and reflecting on how this is a time to be thankful and explored the word gratitude. as an emotion, attitude and trait. We read several books such as Gratitude is my Superpower by Alicia Ortega, Giving Thanks by Chief Jake Swamp and We are Grateful by Traci Sorell. Our next step was to brainstorm a list of things, people places, food, feelings and important times that we were grateful for. Students were then given an opportunity to create word art - images built out of words to represent their ideas. Here are a few of the student's pieces -
say |
great |
where |
help |
through |
much |
before |
line |
right |
too |
Math - I can identify how patterns grow and I can describe increasing patterns.
A pattern with a repeated increase of some sort is called an increasing (or growing) pattern. Here are some examples:
1, 2, 3, 4, … (The term values increase by 1 each time.)
3, 8, 13, 18, 23, … (The term values increase by 5 each time.)
Increasing patterns can also be shapes or actions instead of numbers, for example:
Clap 1 time, clap 3 times, clap 5 times, clap 7 times,
Students have been involved in tasks to create increasing patterns and to identify or explain the pattern
by discussing the rule.
They have been challenged to represent growing patterns in different ways such as with blocks, a number line and actions.
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