In social studies, we are in the middle of our unit on Native Americans. We learned about kachina masks and how they were important to the Pueblo and Hopi societies. We discussed symbolism and how they were used during religious ceremonies. As an art activity, the students created their own kachina masks out of a paper plate. The students had a lot of fun and it was neat to see how creative they became. I finally got around to actually hanging these up (mainly because I never wear shoes that I feel stable enough wearing while standing on a chair) and I love how they turned out. Some of my kids are so artistic!
Monday, September 30, 2013
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Goodbye Summer!
Wednesday 9-25-13
Cardigan: Old Navy
Jeans: Gap
Blouse: Marshall's
Boots: Franco Sarto at Macy's
Necklace: Target
Thursday 9-26-13
Cardigan: Marshall's
Tank: Merona at Target
Pants: Old Navy
Shoes: Rampage
Necklace: V-Day gift from the boyfriend :)
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Thursday, September 19, 2013
TGIT
One more day left to go! Today we worked on line plots in math. I taught the students the lesson, we worked out some problems in the book, and then we created a line plot using our own data. I gave each student a sticky note and had them write their shoe size on it. I was surprised by how many students didn't know where to locate the size on the shoe! I drew a large number line on the whiteboard and had the students go up and place their sticky note over the number that corresponds to their own shoe size, like so:
The students used this data to create a frequency table and copied the line plot onto their own paper. For my fast finishers, I gave them the task of figuring out how far our feet would stretch if we all stood with one foot in a line. One of my girls did a fabulous job of explaining how to work out the problem (the red numbers above are her calculations).
The kiddos thought this lesson was so funny and it was nice to see how quickly they got the objective.
Thursday 9-19-13
Skirt: Elle at Kohl's
Tank: Old Navy
Cardigan: Merona at Target
Shoes: Merona at Target
Belt: came with a dress I believe
Watch: Fossil
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Bar Graphs
We are starting a new chapter in our math curriculum and it begins with bar graphs and line graphs. My kiddos had their first math test of the year this week and since we reviewed A LOT for it, I wanted to do something a little more hands-on to make it more interesting.
Instead of just doing problems from the book, I had the students collect their own data and then create their own bar graphs. They chose whatever topic they wanted and 5 categories or options for classmates to choose from. They then went around the room and interviewed students about their topic. After they collected the data, they used a graph (that I gave them) to plot the data.
It was so fun to see all of the questions that they came up with ranging from favorite sport and food to favorite video game character (none of which I recognized). It was also another fun way for the students to get to know each other and build up our community. The students even interviewed me!
They did a great job collecting the data and creating their graphs. However, some of them actually ended up looking more like histograms (tomorrow's lesson) than bar graphs. That was my own fault! Still, I think they got the object and had fun in the process.
Instead of just doing problems from the book, I had the students collect their own data and then create their own bar graphs. They chose whatever topic they wanted and 5 categories or options for classmates to choose from. They then went around the room and interviewed students about their topic. After they collected the data, they used a graph (that I gave them) to plot the data.
It was so fun to see all of the questions that they came up with ranging from favorite sport and food to favorite video game character (none of which I recognized). It was also another fun way for the students to get to know each other and build up our community. The students even interviewed me!
They did a great job collecting the data and creating their graphs. However, some of them actually ended up looking more like histograms (tomorrow's lesson) than bar graphs. That was my own fault! Still, I think they got the object and had fun in the process.
Here's a picture from the activity. You can see how it looks more like a histogram!
Wednesday 9-18-13
I love this skirt. I got so many compliments on it today. Of course they all came from 10-year-old girls but still!
Skirt: Forever 21
Tank: Banana Republic
Necklace: Forever 21
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Fly Away
Tuesday 9-17-13
Bird Print Dress
I have been dying to wear this dress for some reason. I love the hummingbird print on it and the fact that I can wear it on a spring day or a cool day like we had today, hence the boots. It originally had these weird pockets on it that I didn't really care for. So, I took some scissors to it, ironed it, and voilà!
Dress: Spense bird dress
Boots: Old Navy
Ring: Kohl's
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Indiana Jones
Thursday 9-12-13
I call these my Indiana Jones boots. I don't even know what kind of shoes Indiana Jones wears, but I imagine the female version of him would wear something like this. They are hand-me-downs from my older sister and I wear them a lot. That's the great thing about having three sisters. (:
Dress: Mossimo at Target
Boots: Nine West
Necklace: Vendor at the SF International Gift Fair
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