Flat
Stanley Unit – Mailing Letters and Packages (scroll
down to Objective 2 in the Unit explanation)
The class will review measurement
skills learned earlier during the school year (how to use a ruler).
After the review lesson, the children will use their measurement skills
to make clothing for the “Flat Stanley” figures.
To see some samples “Flat Stanley” figures scroll down.
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Sample 1 Flat Dora |
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Sample 2 Flat John |
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Sample 3 Flat Christina |
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Sample 4 Flat Alex |
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Sample 5 Flat Allison |
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Sample 6 Flat Clifford |
Graphing
with M & M candies
The class had been
learning about different graphs. Three types of graphs we learned about
and used in the classroom are:
1. Pictographs
2. Horizontal Bar Graphs
3. Vertical Bar Graphs
The children chose different
manipulatives to use in the graphing lessons. We later moved onto using
food. One of the items the class used were M & M candies. Each
child received a small package of M & M candies. They had to place
them in separate piles - by color. They then used paper graphs to show the
number of each color.
As a culminating activity, I took their paper graphs
and used the information to make graphs using Microsoft Excel. For an
example of one of the graphs click here.
