Monday, May 6, 2013

Math in a Classroom Book

We're nearing the end of the year, yet my kids still love reading our classroom books.  We just made a new one to go along with all the measuring we've been doing lately.




First we made clocks from this Pinterest idea I found that you can see above.  They're made out of toilet paper or paper towel rolls with a slit that I cut so they'd fit around their wrists.  Then I walked the kids through the process of drawing the clock face.  (I assigned them times to the hour and half hour.)  Then they traveled the room, asking others what time it was according to their watch, and wrote down times on the sheet below.



At the same time, I took pictures of all the kids' watches so I could make this book.





Math and classroom books do indeed go hand in hand.  My plan is to find more ways to integrate the two! 




12 comments:

  1. Another clever idea. I love all of your classroom books!
    Lyn
    Mrs. Goff's Pre-K Tales

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  2. You are so full of great ideas. I am so glad you share them!
    Laurie
    Chickadee Jubilee

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    1. Laurie, thank you much! That's very sweet of you to say.

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  3. Love, love these ideas!! And of course I love your class books!
    Lori
    Conversations in Literacy

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    1. Lori, I'm glad you love them. Thanks for loving what I do!

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  4. Another great idea, Tammy. You're on a roll!

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    1. Barb, thank you. I'm not sure how long my roll will last. :)

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  5. I love this idea. It's now pinned!

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    1. dbednars, thanks for the pin. I so appreciate it!

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  6. Totally pinning this idea for next year!
    I love how you tied in reading and writing too!
    You ROCK my friend!

    Julie

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    1. Thanks Julie for the pin and for the sweet comment!

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