This is an education-related blog written by Mrs. Leah Obach @LeahO77. Leah is currently working as the Literacy with ICT Teacher Leader for Park West School Division, working with K-12 students and teachers to help them use technology for teaching and learning. She has taught at the early years, middle years and high school levels. Student work, teacher reflection, resources and samples from classrooms around PWSD are included in this blog.
Monday, January 23, 2012
January 23-30 Words of the Week: Antlers
Our words of the week this week are built from the letters in the word "antlers". We read this word in our story called "Is This a Moose?" by Jenny Armstrong. Have fun building words!
Doubles
Materials:
* a die
* a gameboard for each player
* blocks or other objects for markers - 9 for each player
How to Play:
*the first player rolls the die
*say the doubles fact for that number (example: 6+6=12)
*cover the square that goes with that fact
*the next player goes and follows the same steps
*someone wins when all the squares are covered.
Variations:
* cover 3 in a row
* a die
* a gameboard for each player
* blocks or other objects for markers - 9 for each player
How to Play:
*the first player rolls the die
*say the doubles fact for that number (example: 6+6=12)
*cover the square that goes with that fact
*the next player goes and follows the same steps
*someone wins when all the squares are covered.
Variations:
* cover 3 in a row
Friday, January 20, 2012
Math Game:100 Chart Tic Tac Toe
Materials:
100 chart
deck of cards with face cards and 10s removed
bingo chips, pennies or other small object - different type for each player
How to play:
*first player draws two cards and states the 2 digit numbers he or she can make (ie: cards 4 and 8 can make 48 or 84)
*first player covers the numbers with their marker
*second player draws two cards and states the 2 digit numbers he or she can make (ie: cards 4 and 8 can make 48 or 84)
*second player covers the numbers with their marker
* covered sqaures can be "captured" if opponent draws the correct cards to cover the space
Repeat until a winner is declared.
Object of the game:
Cover 3 numbers in a row.
Variations:
Play with more players
Try covering 4 numbers to win, 5 numbers etc.
Create your own number chart and adjust cards accordingly.
After 1 player gets 3 in a row, both players count each marker on the board as 2 points regardless of location on the board and count each capture as 5 points. Tally points after a set number of rounds and declare a winner.
100 chart
deck of cards with face cards and 10s removed
bingo chips, pennies or other small object - different type for each player
How to play:
*first player draws two cards and states the 2 digit numbers he or she can make (ie: cards 4 and 8 can make 48 or 84)
*first player covers the numbers with their marker
*second player draws two cards and states the 2 digit numbers he or she can make (ie: cards 4 and 8 can make 48 or 84)
*second player covers the numbers with their marker
* covered sqaures can be "captured" if opponent draws the correct cards to cover the space
Repeat until a winner is declared.
Object of the game:
Cover 3 numbers in a row.
Variations:
Play with more players
Try covering 4 numbers to win, 5 numbers etc.
Create your own number chart and adjust cards accordingly.
After 1 player gets 3 in a row, both players count each marker on the board as 2 points regardless of location on the board and count each capture as 5 points. Tally points after a set number of rounds and declare a winner.
Adding Doubles
Today we learned about adding doubles. If you can find doubles at home, please share with us! You can draw them or photograph them. Doubles can be sent in your child's planner or emailed to lobach@pwsd.ca
Here is my doubles fact from home:
2 horse legs + 2 horse legs = 4 legs
Doubles fact: 2+2 = 4
My horse Galena trying out her new zebra print blanket on Christmas day!
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Words of the Week - Sleeping
Our words of the week are built from the letters in sleeping. Try building the words using these letter tiles. You might even be able to find more words to build!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Willie Wiggle Wiggle Worm Puzzles
We've been working on a challenging and exciting new kind of puzzle. The Willie Wiggle Wiggle Worm story and parent/teacher instruction video can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrodjaKx2Cc&feature=player_embedded
Select puzzles from below and try them out or create your own puzzle and try to solve it! Have fun and remember that Willie Wiggle Wiggle Worm CAN'T do diagonals or he'll snap in half!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Words of the Week - January 9-16
Our new words of the week are built out of the letters in "different". You can build the words at home using the letter tiles below - just print the strip of letters and cut them apart!
