Geometry and Pizza?

What amazing imaginations grade one students have!  Students used their knowledge of 3D shapes such as cylinders, spheres, pyramids, rectangular prisms, cubes, and cones to create and write about these in their very own 3D Shape Books.

After exploring the properties of 2D shapes and 3D objects, students built edible cubes by problem solving using 8 mini-marshmallow vertices and 8 toothpick edges. Next, they tried constructing pyramids.  

 Students built a 2D shape pizza by cutting and counting geometric toppings of onions, sausages, peppers,  and cheese.  Next they created math addition equations from their data. 

St. Patrick's Day 2015

Leprechaun trap blueprint

After reading The Night Before St. Patrick’s Day, grade ones planned and created blueprints of their leprechaun traps.  After sharing their traps, students set their traps around the room before going home. 

We also tried some Clever Tom math!

When we returned the next day, our indoor shoes were gone, and our classroom was a mess!  Although we did not catch a leprechaun (this time), all the traps had a note left by a leprechaun visitor, along with gold coins!

We wrote poems about leprechauns and learned about how St. Patrick shared meaning of the trinity using the shamrock.  We created our own shamrocks to remind of his beautiful story.

The Trinity as told by St. Patrick

Math - Patterns

After reading and listening to the story Caps For Sale by  Esphyr Slobodkina, students buddied up to create a pattern for their peddlars!  This activity allowed students to design as complex a pattern as they wished, while providing them with the opportunity to translate their patterns using letters.