Did your child come home today and inform you that they were going to be traveling on Jet Blue to Antarctica? Well, put on your imagination caps and join us in our 17 day fantasy trip to Antarctica!
(Sometimes I forget how literal 6 year olds are..if you're child is still really waiting for the day and has started packing their suitcase, please help me out to explain to them that we really aren't going!!)
After completing several lessons focused on non-standard measurement to conclude unit 3 of Bridges Math, grade one students have embarked on a new journey. We are traveling to Antarctica. For the next 17 days we will explore the land of ice, snow, well-below-zero temperatures and learn a lot about some interesting animals such as penguins! Mathematics learning in this Penguin Unit (4) will focus on measuring (depth, height and units of measurement), sorting (like/unlike factual information), computation, data collection and comparison/synthesis, subtraction, growing patterns and more.
To begin this unit, we will create our own tape measures out of integers of five. This will provide students with additional practice with number sequencing and following muli-step directions, and continuing to become experts at recording measurement data as we record our height in relation to the height of many penguins! Students will also weigh themselves using a typical bathroom scale and then compare this to the weight of each penguin they meet while touring around the continent of Antarctica!
INQUIRE with your child about what s/he knows about penguins, and wants to learn more about. What did your child do during the long flight to Antarctica?
