Week 26 - Pi Day and Leprechaun Traps
/The Sea Lions had a full and joyous week leading up to our Spring Break. We celebrated Pi Day on Monday with lots of fun math activities and by eating some pie. Ms. Ren led the Sea Lions and Otters in an exploration of circle measurements to learn about pi as a constant number (it doesn’t change regardless of how big or small a circle is). We learned about the fibonacci sequence and how those numbers are often found in nature. We enjoyed a variety of math centers with games or art activities. In the afternoon, the Sea Lions composed their own symphony of pi. Students were responsible for creating a unique sound to go with each of the digits 0-9. Then we “played” our sounds in the right order matching up with the digits in the number pi. You can listen to our symphony below.
We continued creating our dioramas to show what we’ve been learning about our assigned Native American tribes. We are getting close to finishing them, but most students need a bit more time.
We also spent several days engineering amazing traps to try and catch a leprechaun. Each student had a unique idea and took time to plan and troubleshoot as they built their traps. We were disappointed to not catch any leprechauns, but we enjoyed figuring out how they escaped our traps and thinking of improvements we could make next time.
Those pesky leprechauns sure had fun creating chaos in our classroom! The Sea Lions were excited to find chocolate coins left behind, and they had fun using our cameras to take photos of all the evidence and the mess the leprechauns made in our classroom. Since Thursday was also the last day of school before Spring Break we treated ourselves to fun activities throughout the day. For our Writer’s Workshop time, the Sea Lions worked on Mad Libs as a group and we had lots of laughs together seeing how silly the stories turned out to be. Some students brought in their favorite board games and card games from home and we enjoyed joining with the Otters to play games with each other. The Sea Lions did some extra spring cleaning in our classroom, and we finished our day with extra free choice time…and with lots of smiles as we headed out for our Spring Break vacation!
