Weight

Weight

To begin our unit on weight we learned how to use a balance scale to determine a classroom object was heavier or lighter than another classroom object. We also used bear and frog manipulatives to measure the weight of the objects. The bears and the frogs come in three different sizes so they are good to use for more critical thinking to and get a more exact weight. For instance, if the students were using only large bear or frog counters and 1 more counter made the scale uneven one way or the other the students figured out that they could use a medium or small counter to even it out.

Pumpkin Math

To celebrate the letter P, we are learning about pumpkins. Everyone brought a pumpkin to school and we used them to do some fun math activities. On Monday we used string to measure the circumference of our pumpkins. We also weighed our pumpkins. The biggest pumpkin weighed 14lbs and the smallest pumpkin weighed 3 lbs. We compared the weight of our pumpkins to other objects and named things that weigh more and less than our pumpkins.

We used non-standard measurement to tell how many pumpkins tall we are. Everyone was either 9,10, or 11 pumpkins tall.

On Thursday we estimated how many cubes tall we thought our pumpkins were. Then we measured how tall our pumpkins were using snap cubes. The students then recorded their measurements in Our Pumpkin Discovery Book.