I learned so much in my kindergarten experience, but now I'm back to being a 3rd grade teacher again! :) It was my first week back and I came back to an awesome poster, many smiling faces and hugs, a great mentor teacher, and two sweet new students. Can't wait to finish out the year with such a great class!
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| The welcome back poster I found taped to my desk - I loved it! |
We ended the week with our 'Math Olympics'. My students have been studying measurement, so this was a great way to wrap up the unit. Parents and other faculty came to volunteer and helped make the following 'events' possible:
- Javelin throw (aka throwing a straw)
- Discus throw (throwing a plate)
- Shotput (cottonballs :)...a little lighter than the real thing ;) )
- Long Jump
Students were placed into groups of 4 and rotated 'events'. After students completed an event, they had to measure their distance. The group got to choose what type of measurement they'd like to use and had to justify their reasoning (i.e. inches vs. feet, feet vs. yards, etc.). Students recorded their measurements and the adult running the event kept track of everyone's measurements as well.
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| The discuss toss :) |
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| Jen showing a student how to line up the yard stick to measure her javelin throw. |
At the end of the olympics, we announced the gold, silver, and bronze medalist for each event. We had the olympian music and everything! The kids absolutely loved it and kept thanking Jen and me for a 'fun lesson in math today'...although I'd like to think we try to make every lesson fun ;).
