Photos from our end of year show at Elmers
Archive for June, 2009
Peace Travelers
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Week 34, Day 68: June 12, 2009
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We are still working on base ten and base 1 with our grids. (They will be sent home with them.) Today we had our last visit to Ruth’s home. The friends refer to her as “our Ruth,” and indeed, she has become part of our learning community. To say farewell and thank you to her, [...]
Week 34, Day 67: June 9, 2009
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We finished Little Bo in France and have moved on to Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. We are using our number charts to add ten to any number to 90 and to add 1 to 9 to any number. We are exploring patterns in numbers in one, tens, and hundreds columns.
We have been [...]
Week 33, Day 66: June 5, 2009
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Today we built a fairy house with the materials we had collected before the snow, back in October, November, and December. First we climbed to a special place high on the ridge, pretending we were climbing at high altitudes in the Andes. Each friend carried a bag of construction materials or collected objects for our [...]
Week 33, Day 65: June 2, 200
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Today we put our base ten knowledge into practice with money. Friends have been working in pairs counting various amounts of money, and then comparing amounts to other pairs of friends, practicing “more than” and “less than.”
