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Over the past couple of weeks we have been reviewing place value up to ten thousands. It was great to see that overall, everyone understood and could state the place and values of digits. We did many activities to reinforce these skills. For example, we played Number Top It to create the greatest number out of the cards that were dealt, dice games to create numbers and express the value of each digit as well as drew how they would be represented using base-ten blocks. When we were ready, we moved to tenths and hundredths. We used our base ten blocks to help us understand what these new places represented. We created fractions and decimals based on the flat, longs, and small cubes. We first did this as a class, and moved on to working with a partner. We also used our meter sticks to investigate how how many longs it would take to cover the length of it. We turned our findings into decimals, and continued using our meter sticks to create new fractions and decimals to the tenths and hundredths. This was our first go at fractions and decimals this year and the students all did great!
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We just finished our second UOI, focused on rice, natural resources, and conservation. Moving towards our final project, we learned about production, consumption, natural resources, and conserving. Students learned that all products start with a natural resource. We sorted products we have in our lives into the natural resource they come from. Once we discussed conserving versus wasting, we took a tour around our school. We looked for examples of conserving natural resources, as well as wasting natural resources. Students then reflected on what they saw around the school. They decided that we could teach others how to conserve resources. In groups, the created presentations. Some wrote scripts, some created a poster, on how students can conserve different resources. After practicing, they presented to the grade one class. They did a great job teaching them what natural resources are, what conserving means, and how they can do it at home and at school. Great job, everyone!
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