Morning Math Activities

This year we are trying something different. In the past,  I have always started the morning with reading, either with families or just peers. This year we have Family Reading two days a week and math  activities two days a week. The other day is reserved for our weekly assembly. 

We love morning math. This is a time when we play math games or try math activities that we have previously learned. It is also a time where some of us are starting to create our own math games.  Math morning is a time where we work with others, either with a partner or in a group. We learn to listen to each other, problem solve, cooperate and take turns. We learn to work together and to value each other. We also build on our numeracy skills. 

We love our math mornings!

Do you have math mornings? 

Rocks are minerals

Today we had a fantastic workshop about rocks. We used our five senses to observe rocks. We scratched, streaked and washed rocks. We sorted rocks using various rules such as size, weight, colour, texture, hard, soft etc...We learned that:

Rocks are minerals

Some rocks are hard

Some rocks are soft

Some rocks float and some sink

Some rocks have holes

Some rocks have layers

Some rocks are conglomerates and some are sandstone

Some rocks came from volcanoes

Some rocks have been used as tools

Some rocks are magnetic

Observing salt.

Salt is a mineral 

Sulphur is a mineral and has an interesting smell

When we were finished exploring with our rocks we used them to create our own inukshuks.

We are so excited to learn even more about rocks.

Using a flashlight to observe rocks.

Wow look at all my rocks.

Observing rocks and sorting them.

Sorting rocks

Streaking rocks to see if they are hard or soft.

Streaking my rock to see if it is soft or hard.

Look at my rock!

Does the rock float?

Look my rock is floating!

Scratching a rock to find out if it is soft or hard.

Smelling sulphur.

Making inukshuks

Halloween

On Thursday we had a great time celebrating Halloween. We visited other classrooms to do different Halloween activities. We came to school in our costumes. We also brought lots of great food to share with our friends. In the afternoon, we paraded through the school and then joined our whole school for the Monster Mash. Our whole school danced in the gym. We also had a pumpkin carving contest. How did you celebrate Halloween?

Happy Halloween

We are dancing.

We are dancing.

Making toilet paper roll monsters.

We had so much fun painting witches.

Look at all of our yummy food.