A-Maze-ing Achievers - First Half of T3

There is a maze built into one of the library walls, and students try and try to get the silver ball bearings into the middle. I think E. was the only one to get two ball bearings to the center during the second half of trimester 2 ... nobody has gotten all three yet. T3 challenge!

The master - E - coaching his protege.

And she did it! First double solve of T3.

A-maze-ing Achievers T2 - Second Half

There is a maze built into one of the library walls, and students try and try to get the silver ball bearings into the middle. I think E. was the only one to get two ball bearings to the center during the second half of trimester 2 ... nobody has gotten all three yet. T3 challenge!

This was a first - the ball bearings got stuck.

Someone spun the maze before I got their photo

A-maze-ing Achievers - T1

There is a maze built into one of the library walls, and students try and try to get the silver balls into the middle. Only a proud few completed the maze during trimester 1:

Three of These Things with Grade 1

A big part of information literacy is being able to recognize patterns and to categorize facts, sources, etc. We're starting to work on these skills in first grade.

The unit we are finishing up involves the original Three of These Things from Sesame Street. Original as in from the 1970s. I showed several sample videos to the kids, and they raised their hands as soon as they figured out what didn't belong. Here's one of them:

Then it was the students' turn to pretend they were segment producers and come up with their own "Three of These Things" example. Can you tell what doesn't belong?