Our morning meeting discussion asked the Owls "What are the parts of a board game?" The question was proposed because we will soon be making our own classroom board game, so it is very important to know what parts we're going to need!
This led into the playing of Candyland, generously brought in by Tori, and more Snail's Pace Race, which is quickly becoming a classroom favorite.
Today we also delved into our new toys, cuisenaire rods. Cuisenaire rods were developed in the 50's by by a teacher who wanted to make learning mathematics more fun for students. Interestingly, each color represents a different length in centimeters (going from 1cm to 10cm). In our classroom, they are fun options to build and stack with, and provide more of a challenge since they are quite small compared to our normal classroom blocks.
We started by stacking them, but our designs got increasingly complicated, and we asked, "What else can we build?" Kristin suggested making something out of the book Trouble At Sugar Dip Well, a favorite, and so friends worked very intentionally to recreate the sugar dip well. We even filled the basin with water!
This inspired a few friends to push the activity even further by making characters from the book out of paper. By the end, a jail, barrels, and several characters were made in addition to the original well. Amazing!
And finally, enjoy a smile by Pioneer Wills:
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