Growth Mindset with Mrs. Going

At the end of the day today, we had a special guest...Mrs. Going!

She is always so good at helping us grow our brains.

We learned that all brains are different, not necessarily better.  She gave us some "not yet" bracelets to wear when something is tricky.

Thank you, Mrs. Going!

Goldilocks Books & Check Out!

We reviewed the Goldilocks theory and discussed how reading just right books helps our brain grow.

We spent reading workshop reading lots of just right books, with the goal of finding at least 3 that we could bring home and show off reading to our families.

We got to check out and bring home lots of books this weekend to grow our brains!

How many books did you read this weekend?

Number Racks!

In first grade we will often use number racks to think about number relationships of 5 & 10.

Today in Math Workshop we made our own number racks.

This is what they look like when finished:

We worked on ladybug math problems.  We asked how many ways could we have ten ladybugs on two leaves (leaves = top row and bottom row of the number rack)?

What is a way you could show 10 on the number rack?  How many on the top?  How many on the bottom?

Reflecting on Jane

After our mini-inquiry on Jane Goodall, Room 408 reflected about her.
She was in our morning message...

...and we also reflected about her in our Think Books.

We were so focused.  Here is our quality work!

She gets to go to see the chimps. I think that is cool and I think it would be cool if I could do it, too.   I sort of wish she could teach me that.

I remember that in the story Jane Goodall book she was in a chicken coop and she was waiting for a chick to hatch.

That Jane Goodall can pet wild animals and that she goes around the world and can get close to wild animals.

She loves chimps. Her assistant is a chimp named David Greybeard. The chimps' place is getting destroyed.

Jane Goodall, she loved chimpanzees.

I learned that Jane Goodall is a great explorer because she helped the chimpanzees.

She loved animals and I do, too.  And I want to do that when I grow up, because I love animals and they matter more than us.

The chimpanzees had war.

Chimps are smart.  Chimpanzees have war when they are angry. Chimps are nice. Chimps can be aggressive. Chimps can make tools.  Chimps can eat meat. Chimps hug and kiss like us.

Jane was cool! Chimps are cool! I like Flo.  Chimps war.

Jane Goodall did a good job because she did help her chimps.

Chimpanzees fight.

I love chimps. I -?- chimps.

I wonder where she gets the bananas. I wonder why the chimpanzees trusted Jane Goodall.

We loved learning about Jane!

Jane Goodall and the Chimps!

We have been learning about the life of the researcher, Jane Goodall.
We started learning about Jane by reading a book about when she was little.  She always loved animals and was very patient and determined when she observed them.

We learned that when Jane was little she had a stuffed toy chimpanzee named Jubilee.

We also read the book The Watcher, which told us more about how Jane accomplished her dream to work and study with chimpanzees in Gombe, Africa.  

Jane was not only a researcher, but also a writer.  She kept piles and piles of research in her tent when she was working with the chimpanzees.

We learned that one of her favorite chimp companions was named David Greybeard.

However, after many years Jane realized that the chimpanzees she loved were in danger of becoming extinct.  She realized that the best way to help the chimpanzees was to share their story with the world.

Jane Goodall is an excellent example of the 3 A's:  Activism, Awareness, and Aid.  When we do our inquiries this year, Room 408 will keep these 3 A's in mind.

This is a National Geographic video that we will watch tomorrow before writing entries about Jane in our Think Books. 

What inspires you about Jane Goodall?

The Popsicle Problem

Today in Math Workshop we finished up our popsicle inquiry. We figured out that we needed 16 popsicles, because we had three kids absent today.
Then, we solved a popsicle problem with a partner:

Partners chose a way to solve the problem and set to work!

By the end, each partner group had an answer.  They shared their thinking and their answer. Many of us had the same answers!
What do you think the answer is?
Of course, we had to eat some popsicles to double-check our answers!

When we were finished with our popsicles, we washed our sticks and laid them out to check our work.
Sixteen popsicles makes....

32 sticks!
P.S. If you were absent today, I have more popsicles to enjoy when you return!