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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Weighing In!

This week we are continuing with measurement as we explore weight.  I wanted to hop in and share our activity we did today because it was so much fun for the kiddos!

We added to our anchor chart "weight" yesterday and read one of my favorites!


I bagged mystery items from around our classroom. Markers, erasers, a box of crayons, a foam cube--basically whatever I could find!


Then we compared the mystery bags.  I wanted my little friends to focus on observing the scale over what they thought was heavier or lighter based on their previous knowledge.  Today was our first day with the balance scale so this was important to me.


We then ordered them from lightest to heaviest.  Two were the exact same! (Oh, I'm such a sneaky teacher!! I made two mystery items the same!)


We recorded our results and drew a picture of what the balance looked like with the heaviest and lightest mystery bags.



I LOVE this one! He wrote about the "misser" bags, instead of the "mystery" bags! ADORABLE!


 Looks like we need to revisit capital letters! (insert shameful teacher face here!)

You can grab this activity and these I shared HERE in this unit. 
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2 comments:

  1. The Primary PatchApril 8, 2014 at 9:33 PM

    We just finished this unit! I always love your ideas. I checked out the preview...just curious if you wanted the W in bold in the "Measuring My Friend" on the preview? If so, I'm sorry I pointed it out (and embarassed too!)

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    1. Mrs. Richardson's ClassApril 8, 2014 at 9:47 PM

      It's okay, but yes, it is supposed to be that way. It's a different font as the capital letters in the other font do not work! Crazy, right? It is the same on other pages (with the bold capital letters), but you can't see that because you can't see all of the pages as closely as you can that one. :) No worries!!!

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