Great week...until that snow fall (what's with that??).

In math, we continue many different projects. We continue to work on our facts and skills with algorithms, but we also continue to work on more authentic tasks, such as our tower building. As we work on these, I'm reminded of the saying 'everything takes longer than it takes'! We are slowly getting there. It's been a challenge, but a great learning opportunity. One student yelled out loud today and jumped up and down when she finally figured out a key problem to getting her tower to the right scale. She was so proud of herself, as I was of her. Here's some of what we've been getting done:

We also worked on Mrs. Wickland's latest math challenge (you can find these on our school website or her blog). 

In our writing, we continued work on our Field Guide, working on our tiger or elephant entries. 

Also in social studies, we started a small art project centered on henna, the body art tradition popular in India. Students traced their hands in their visual journals and then used examples to create their own henna designs. 

As symmetry is an important element of some henna designs, we also learned more about symmetry and how to try and create it. One student remembered there is a mirror and kaleidoscope function in our classroom iPad cameras and he used it to demonstrate symmetry to his peers.