Hi team! Thanks so much for rallying the early wake-up call and making our trips to the de Young a success. It felt great to enjoy new inspiration and get out into the world as a class. There was important learning for all of us as a result of participating in this program and I'm grateful for it. Thanks too for the drivers/ chaperones who made it all possible. It will be wonderful to share some of the writing the kids produced on these trips at our conferences next week.
The Garden of Enchantment
The Minimalist Galleries
The Oceanic and African Galleries
You'll see us below using our math skills to investigate some Halloween pumpkins. Students used different techniques for making educated estimates of the pumpkins' circumference and weight. For example, they found and weighed items around the room that they thought might have a weight similar to that of their pumpkin. They also demonstrated an advanced understanding of place-value by counting the number of seeds within the pumpkins and manipulating those numbers with multiplication, division, and multi-digit addition. It really takes a lot of organization, teamwork, and thorough planning to count so many seeds efficiently. We also spent some time in the kitchen preparing and roasting the seeds for a much-deserved treat during today's class meeting. (Nice work facilitating, Hugo! Such leadership and seriousness!) Thanks to Genevieve for joining us today and helping gather materials!
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