Apples Day 2 {Facts & Opinions} + Alligator Munchin’
Today was all about fact and opinions in our classroom.
I began the lesson by introducing fact and opinion
using the fabulous signs by Abby.
Students then worked in table groups to determine
if their sentence was a fact or opinion.
No need to make an anchor chart with these cute signs!
Simple, easy and much needed today.
Once each group was finished,
we then checked our answers together and moved
anything that was necessary.
On my commute to school, I decided a little fact & opinion
about Miss Peare would be a great activity.
Anyone else “weird” and get ideas either in the shower or driving?
{I did remind them everything needed to be nice:)}
We then read each fact and opinion
and moved anything that was needed.
As you can see, many were moved!
This helped me see quickly that we needed
a little re-teaching on opinions before we moved on.
We then added more opinions using the purple sticky tabs.
It was a rough morning and a rough day, to be honest.
And this kiddo’s opinion on how I felt is pretty on.
It gave me a great laugh.
Math was all about greater than and less than today!
I know from last year that our curriculum only hits
on this skill here and there.
Yet, 3rd grade has reported how much it is used.
I really wanted to find something to really *stick*
in my little learner’s brains!
This also was a last minute idea.
I know, many of you are probably thinking,
“What is up with these last minute ideas”
They just pop into my brain even when I don’t want them too!
So today, I created a little Alligator Munchin’.
I began the lesson by showing the > & < symbols
and asking students to share what they knew about each symbol.
I was floored.
Seriously, floored with the responses I was hearing.
I w.i.s.h. I had recorded their responses by video
or at least made an anchor chart.
Alligator Munchin’ is as easy as it comes.
Place two cards on the ELMO.
Ask students to “munch” the biggest number.
We then practiced reading the math sentence
such as “8 is greater than 7.”
The bottom, right picture shows the = sign.
I stuck up the two equal cards to see what my friends would do.
THEY immediately created their own hand gesture with no prompting.
Say, what?! LOVE.
As a math wrap up in small groups,
students pulled two cards each and read their number.
I then did a quick check on place value by asking,
“What is the value of…..”
Students then discussed what number was larger and WHY.
No moving on without the “why” answered!
The student with the largest number kept all four cards.
love it!