Today our class went on an expedition to find the illusive and mysterious Yeti. We discovered, not the actual beast of legend, but a substantial footprint making us believe we had stumbled on it's path. With only a pencil in our pack to take measurements, we deduced that the Yeti foot was exactly two pencils long. Our own foot being closer to a mere one pencil length, we hypothesized we could recreate the Yeti form by doubling our own body measurements. Students groups set out to decide their tool and method and complete the task of recreating their assigned body part. We engaged in lots of good discussion as they problem solved the most accurate methods for the job. Next week, like any good explorer/mathematician/scientist, we will work to communicate our discovery and findings as we see if our final product proportions "measure up."
For our language arts focus, we returned to our fable of
The Ant and the Dove to look at details of the story and how they help us create mental pictures of the events. We categorized "good turns" and looked at the moral,
one good turn deserves another, to see if we could find other generalizations from the text.
Students continue to impress me with their work on the analogy practice we have been using to Jumpstart our day. We also finished our Thrively strength assessments and some students were able to explore some of the "spark" activities provided in their personal interest fields.
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