Reading Corner Inquiry

We have decided that we need to be more independent with our learning.  So, we had a big talk about what it would look like and sound like if we were reading to ourselves.  We decided that we needed a space where we could read to ourselves in comfort.  

We discussed what we could do?

Could we rearrange the class?  Yep, move the whiteboard table.

What furniture might we like?

Chairs?  Too uncomfy

Bean bags?  Too much of a mess for the cleaner and us if they popped!

Lillypads?  Too much of a temptation to use as frisbees :-(

Cushions?  But what size?  Shape?  Style?

We settled on a compromise of chair/cushion combo.

We discovered that indeed they are comfy but have multiple uses.  They can be stools, chairs, cushions, carrying boxes, hidey holes and many many things we haven't discovered yet!

Geometry - Coordinates

This term we are going to be exploring Geometry, specifically position and orientation.  Basically, we are going to study where things are and how to direct someone to get there.

 Today we explored coordinates.  We learnt how to go across the bottom of the graph first and then up.  We learnt that we use brackets and a comma to surround them so its a coordinate and not a number.