QUESTIONING
For the next few weeks we will be learning about and practicing asking good questions when we read.
Some quetions are easy to answer. Some questions are more difficult and don't necesarily have a right or a wrong answer or only one answer. These quesstions are THICK questions and help us think deeply about what we are reading:
Heat Conduction
This week we have been focusing on WHAT is HEAT and WHAT is TEMPERATURE. We made a mind map of things that have different heat and we brainstormed things that we would want to either know the temperature of or measure the temperature of. For example we are all very interested in knowing the temperature of our bodies, the temperautre of the sun, and the temperature of the core of our earth, the temperatue of icebergs and glaciers, and sea ice. We are excited to measure our body temperatures.
Interactive Thermometer:
https://www.mathsisfun.com/measure/thermometer.html
We have been talking about Heat Conduction.
We did an experiment where we had to make a hypothesis about which materials would conduct heat better?
We also brainstormed why it would be important to know what materials are GOOD conductors of heat and what materials are POOR conductors of heat. Ask me what I think?
Collecting DATA for a Line Graph
This week we have been observing the temperature in Calgary, Alberta as well as in Iqaluit, Nunavut. We are comparing the daily temperatures in these two distinct Canadian Cities. Once we have collected our data for 7 days we will then plot this information on a line graph.
As a class we have predicted that the daily temperature in Iqaluit will be colder than in Calgary. We also think thhat they will have more preciipitation. We will see if our predictions are correct. We will be collecting this date until Feb 12 and then making our very own line graphs. A line graph will show us changes in the weather over time.
You can explore the daily weather and weekly forecast to:
In math we have been adding past 100 and seeing what happens when we have ten 10's! We have been totalling inventory for our T-Shirt Factories so that when orders start coming into our store and we start selling our T-shirts we can keep track of how many we have left.
We have also been practicing adding 3 numbers together instead of only two.
Proof Drawings using Place Value/Base Ten Blocks
Adding multiple 2-Digit numbers:
Triple Digit Addition Fun:
SOAPSTONE CARVING
We were so lucky to welcome Teacher's Pet into our classroom this week to get some instruction practicing carving soapstone. Soapstone carving is a traditional Inuit Art. We praticed sanding, rasping, smoothing, curving, and finally oiling our creation. Ask me what the hardest part was?
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