March Madness is upon us! Our class voluntarily participates
in the NCAA bracket challenge every year! Students have the opportunity to fill
out their brackets over the next few days before the tournament gets under way!
Filling out the brackets is a great at home conversation. Ideas to talk about
are the seeds and the team statistics. Often students think the number 1 seed
always win. However we all hear of those Cinderella teams who show us with
heart, determination, and teamwork is all about! Students also learn about
predictions in a real world context. I have heard over the years that weekends
become fun filled basketball watching as families sit down to view some of the
games. I always love this time of year and hope some of our students will join
me in participating in March Madness!
We are also doing a little March Madness bracketology in
reading! Students are working in small teams to determine the BEST picture book
out of a stack of 16. Books were pitted against each other. Using a bracket
similar to the NCAA bracket students are determining which books wins out of
each pair. Then they will pair winners against winners until one book is left
standing. There are some great titles such as Strictly No Elephants, I Love You More Than Moldy Ham, I Love You the
Purplest, Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, Probuditi, and Get Red to name a few. Students will go on an adventure with
Knuffle Bunny, a bug detective, and Pedro Martinez. I cannot wait to see the
students’ thinking around the book they choose! I encourage you to discuss this
with them!
We have a busy week. We are diving into more multiplication
with fractions and mixed numbers in math! We will be learning how to write
better introductions to expository writing. We will also begin our study of
magnets. Students should be working in their patent application for their
invention project. I cannot wait to see what they come up with! “May the odds
be ever in your favor!”
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