Fantastic weather report Elizabeth. I really like the expression you used especially at the beginning. Please reflect on what you think you did well, and what you would improve on next time.
We read Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage to be Who You Are. This was a wonderful way to introduce students to the topic of celebrating their unique differences, even in the face of adversity. Maria Dismondy wrote this story to show and teach children how important it is to have the courage to be different and to forgive others when they can’t understand this wonderful gift. As the story begins, Lucy is a beautiful, little Italian girl who lives alone with her Papa Gino and loves to eat spaghetti in a hot dog bun each day for lunch. However, a lonely and grumpy classmate, Ralph, uses Lucy’s differences as a way to daily torment her until a defining moment occurs in which Lucy chooses courage and forgiveness over revenge. After reading the story, students paired up to create a Venn Diagram with a group of picture cards. Students worked together to discuss the pictures and place them on the diagram accordingly. Students actively learnt that even though they are friends they do not have to like the same things all the time! To further explore tallying as a data-collection strategy, students used tallies to record the results of a Rock, Paper, Scissors game. Students played for 5 minutes. After each round, they made a tally mark in the chart to indicate either the winning gesture or that the round ended in a tie.
The students were encouraged to speculate about whether one gesture would win more often than the others. We discussed the chance of winning a game compared to the chance of tying. Using tally marks to record the results, students discovered that winning happens about twice as often as tying. |
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