Continuing our work on length today, Rosella read the book 'Chrysanthemum' by Kevin Henkes. We enjoyed the story very much, but we were also amazed to discover how long her name was. Chrysanthemum has 13 letters in her name - half the number of letters in the alphabet! We wondered who had the shortest name in our class and who had the longest. We decided we could count the letters, but we also thought we could measure the length of our names by comparing them visually - lined up against each other. To compare fairly and accurately we cut and pasted the same sized letters into the same sized grids (so no gaps or overlaps). We also made sure we aligned the names at one end on the floor. We discovered Ila has the shortest name and Lachlan has the longest.
We also completed two other length activities today and recorded our findings in our Maths Journal. We compared the height of Grug to flowers and trees and we also helped Grug and Cara judge the longest snake competition. We were careful to put the snakes side by side to compare, always lining up on one side to make sure we were measuring correctly.
Here is the story 'Chrysanthemum' below to enjoy again at home.
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About UsRosella is a class of 17 happy and enthusiastic children excited to be in Kindergarten at Helensburgh PS in 2017. Our teachers are Mrs Jan Fuller (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) and Mrs Sue Dowling (Thursday and Friday) Our school is in NSW, Australia. Please feed Jig an apple and spray him clean if he rolls in the mud!
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