This month, we've been studying shapes! First, we noticed the attributes (sides, corners or vertices) of 2D or flat shapes. After discussing them, we went on a shape hunt around the school to notice flat shapes in our environment! After mastering flat shapes, we were introduced to 3D shapes or solid shapes. These shapes have flat shapes as "faces" and have vertices has well, but edges instead of lines. We had fun comparing flat and solid shapes by building both types with model magic and toothpicks. It was very challenging to build the 3D shapes! Some of us have brought in shapes from home to add to our shape museum. If you find any more at home, please send in and we will share and display in the class next week!
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All week, we've been looking forward to the annual Omochi Pounding at the ELC! So we all knew what to expect, we read a book about making omochi. The first step was to wash the rice. Many of us took turns doing this. We let the rice soak so it would be ready for the parent volunteers to cook. We were lucky enough to be the first class to pound omochi at the ELC for 2017! We dressed in happi coats, which are worn for festivals and special events in Japan. Next, we each took turns pounding the rice three times! Our classmates yelled "yoisho!" as each of us pounded. After, we went back to our classroom and rolled our omochi. We had the choice to eat it with soy and nori, kinako, anko, or to enjoy it without any toppings. Each of us kept a tally of the different types we ate. At the end of the day, we referred to our tally sheets and added up the amount of omochi that our WHOLE class ate! It was a lot of counting, but we knew we could do it. The day before, we had made some estimates, or "good guesses" about how many our class might eat. Our estimates ranged from 30 to 1,000! But today, we discovered that we ate 170 omochi all together!
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