Yesterday we looked into our estimation jar. I love offering these little activities because I hope families enjoy finding time before or after school to do these together. I hope you are enjoying the discussions you have while you do the activity with your child.
Our last jar held small wooden dominoes. The friends had a range of estimates. As we count the days we have been in school and represent this with straws each afternoon, I feel the kids are stretching their number sense with this practice. We looked again at the amount and friends were sure that there were less than 100. Then as we counted the friends began to realize they might need to rethink their estimates and then they would say their next guess. This happened a few times when we passed the friend's guess as we counted and then we would stop and look at how many were left, how many we counted and then make a new estimate. This process fosters great skills!
So in the end we found there were 28 dominos in the jar. And we counted these by tens and by fives, two other concepts the children are getting. Fun stuff!
Today we continued our investigation of music that has a story in it. We listened to the sounds that go with the characters in "Peter and the Wolf". Here are some reflections the friends had.
Yama: It was kind of scary. Some of us thought it was sneaky music. The part when it sounded like the wolf was breaking into a house.
Ocean: The hunters' music was short. It sounded like the side drum. I was not sure if it sounded suprised, scary or happy.
Tayler: Peter, it sounded like he was trying to find a girl. It sounded a little pretty to me.
Paz: I know he is walking and that's what the music sounds like.
Ocean: It sounds like he was skipping.
Logan: The wolf kind of sounded scary because he was kind of stomping.
Tayler: the bird sounded like the bird was whistling.
Thyra: It kinda sounded like a flute.
Cecelia: The grandfather kind of sounded scary to me.
Liam: The wolf kind of was a little scary for me 'cuz it sounded like he broke into the house and he was trying to get someone.
Tennacee: (thinking about Peter) It sounds happy.
Paz: It sounds like he is happy about catching the wolf.
Thyra: But what about if the wolf eats him?
Abdullah: It sounded kind of happy- the bird one. It sounded like the bird was flying.
Ocean: The wolf was really scary because it sounded like he was thinking about eating something.
Jenna: The duck sounded like it went under something and it went into a house to eat.
After listening to the sounds of the characters, we read the story and acted it out with the music. (It was especially funny because we realized that sometimes our "wolf" has to go to the bathroom and we have to have an intermission until our actor return! This created a lot of suspense while we waited!). The kids did a great job for their first try. We will continue this again soon!
http://www.ncusd203.org/river_woods/musicweb/rwwebsite/peter_wolf/peter_wolf.htm
http://www.dsokids.com/public/LessonPlans/Peter%20and%20The%20Wolf%20Story%20Sheet.pdf
I hope you enjoy listening and talking about how the music works with the story. It is interesting to think about how the sounds and instruments effect what we think about that character!
Enjoy your evening, Jennifer
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