News from the Classroom (Halloween Edition!)

News from the Classroom

News from the Classroom

Our Trip to Meadow Ledge Farm

Bump, bump, bump went the schoolbus.  We rode the bus to Meadow Ledge Farm.  We got off the bus and saw a lot of apples and some pear trees.   We met Farmer Lou.  He told us not to whack the bees.  He said if a bee landed on your apple, put the apple gently on the ground and step slowly away.

We got to ride a tractor.  We had to sit criss cross applesauce.  The tractor went on a dirt road with lots of puddles and mud.  We saw a pond.   The tractor had no sides and no seat belts.  The tractor trailer had big wheels.  We saw a lot of other tractors.  We saw a silo.

We met Lenny.  He showed us how to pick apples.  Lenny was cool.  He had a bucket with a strap and a bottom that opened so he could put the apples in a bucket.  The bottom opened up.

When we got back to the picnic tables we got eat snack and drink apple cider.
The apple cider and the apples were delicious.

It was a fun, exciting and yummy day!

Math Problem Solving

We had a problem.    What is the best way to count a whole pile of blocks?  If you count by ones it would be easy to make a mistake and lose track of which blocks you had already counted.  One student suggested that we count by fives.  What a great idea!  This is what the project looked like in our classroom.  Look at the concentration of the students!

We wrote down what we did and recorded our tallies.  Here is a sample.

We learned several things about problem solving.

1.  Think about the problem.

2.  Make a plan.  ( Our plan was to make groups. )

3.  Draw or write what you did.

4.  Check your work.

Great work first graders!

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