Dodgeball without Rules

• For our Government unit, I wanted the students to discuss why rules are important. Before we started, I took the students outside and divided them into 2 teams with a row of rubber balls in the middle. I told the students they could start playing when they were ready! The students caught on that they were supposed to play dodgeball, but were confused as they knew different versions of the game. In addition, there were no boundaries or rules given, the game turned into chaos. I gathered the students to create rules for the game and they played again. After the game, we discussed why rules were important and everyone agreed upon the values of guidelines.

Google Map

• For our measurement unit, we were studying non-standard units. Students used their shoes to find the distance between different areas of the school (eg. office to classroom) and used the measurements to solve problems. They calculated the distances from different places like Google Map does!

Year-end Party Proposals

• For our data analysis unit, students learned to collect data, and create a representation of the data using a graph. As a final assignment, students were divided into groups of 4-5 and were assigned the following topic to conduct a survey on: party theme, party snack, party food, party drink and party activity. The students collected data from the class and created a graph on chart paper. Afterwards, the students presented the findings to the class.