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On Friday, we had our Pumpkin Investigation! We worked in small groups with 5 volunteers to investigate a pumpkin. Here is everything we learned: 1. Described the outside 2. Outside, we cut the pumpkin open and took out the seeds and pulp. 3. Described the inside of the pumpkin 4. Estimated the circumference and measured it 5. Estimated how tall our pumpkin was and measured it 6. We estimated how many lines were on the pumpkin and counted them 7. We labeled the parts of the pumpkin 8. We estimated how many seeds were inside our pumpkin 9. We counted all of the seeds! We used a tens frame to help us 10. We figured out how many hundreds, tens, and ones 11. We drew a face for our pumpkin and voted on the favorite 12. We went outside and carved our pumpkin 13. We decorated a cookie and had a special snack! 14. We watched the story of Spookley the Square Pumpkin. We learned that it was great to be different!
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Today we learned about Christopher Columbus. He traveled around the world exploring. He also went on three ships, the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. We did a group project today where we had to work together as a team. We had to come up with and create an item that Christopher Columbus would have taken on his journey. Here are the steps we followed during our project: 1. We brainstormed with our team items that Christopher Columbus would need on his journey. 2. We chose one item and we recorded it onto our group paper. We had to say our group members, the item, and why he would need that item. 3. We used our devices and took a picture of our group recording sheet. 4. When everyone in our group had posted to SeeSaw, we went looking for materials to make our item. 5. All of the first grade classrooms had recycled materials in the hall. With our group, we chose the best materials for our item. 6. We went back into our classroom and made our item with our group. We used materials such as, water bottles, offices, toilet paper rolls, string, tape, glue, tin foil, tissue box, cardboard box, plastic containers, egg cartons, coffee filters, and cardboard. 7. After we built our item, we took a picture and posted to SeeSaw. We also wrote a sentence about what we chose and why. 8. We shared our group items with the class and Miss Cregger approved our posts on SeeSaw. The items we thought Christopher Columbus could use on his voyage were.... -Map: to know the way to go -Compass: he can know the right direction to go -Telescope: so Columbus could see land on the boat -Sword: so Columbus could defend himself from animals or dangerous things -Boat: Columbus couldn't fly or drive a car in the ocean -Food: Columbus needed food to have energy, there was not a grocery store in the new land. |