A week after Spring Break! How is that possible! Well, everyone knows that it's crunch time after Spring Break...the countdown is on for the end of the year and the dreaded AIMs test. So I'm glad that the reflection this week was math practices, why you ask, simply because it's easy to go into review mode and AIMS AIMS AIMS! Then you realize that you burnt your kids out before they even had a chance to rock the test. This was a gentle reminder that I still need to make sure students are doing work, thinking for themselves, solving and creating!
My student teacher, Jackie Cross, has been stepping up to the plate when it comes to hands on and project based learning (we're still working on getting those projects out to the global community but baby steps, right, right?) So this week, as a review of perimeter she made nine groups of three students, gave them a paper with all different shapes on them that were all outlined with different colors. We went to different areas around the school campus where students had to find whatever shape was colored yellow and then find the perimeter of the shape. They had to draw it on their paper, label the measurements and put the final perimeter. They had to attend to precision to make sure the perimeter was correct and to make sure their measurements of the shape were correct. This was an easy activity that allowed students to get back into the whole school thing after a week off and showed Jackie and I who needed to be retaught perimeter and who got it and was ready to move onto area.
I completely failed to take pictures of this activity! I was reteaching kids on the spot who needed help and refreshing others who needed it. Sorry!
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