The Spring testing window is upon us, and I have been steadily pulling groups for assessments. Because of this, my schedule will be irregular for several weeks.
In math students have been learning about addition and subtraction both with and without regrouping. For an added challenge, students had to complete a series of addition and subtraction problems (no regrouping) with numbers that went into the hundred thousands place! By solving the computation problems, they uncovered a set of clues that they then had to use to solve a logic puzzle about Tacky the Penguin and his favorite hats! I was impressed with their computation skills, and they worked hard to solve the logic puzzle! Nice job kiddos!
This week I saw my second graders on Valentine's Day! We started our time together talking about binary code. A binary code represents text, computer processor instructions, or other data using the binary number system combining 0 and 1. The binary code assigns a pattern of binary digits (bits) to each character, instruction, etc. We looked at the binary alphabet and practiced spelling some words. Can you decode the word below?
1001000 1000101 1001100 1001100 1001111
In math students have been learning about addition and subtraction both with and without regrouping. For an added challenge, students had to complete a series of addition and subtraction problems (no regrouping) with numbers that went into the hundred thousands place! By solving the computation problems, they uncovered a set of clues that they then had to use to solve a logic puzzle about Tacky the Penguin and his favorite hats! I was impressed with their computation skills, and they worked hard to solve the logic puzzle! Nice job kiddos!
This week I saw my second graders on Valentine's Day! We started our time together talking about binary code. A binary code represents text, computer processor instructions, or other data using the binary number system combining 0 and 1. The binary code assigns a pattern of binary digits (bits) to each character, instruction, etc. We looked at the binary alphabet and practiced spelling some words. Can you decode the word below?
1001000 1000101 1001100 1001100 1001111
Next, we took the binary bits (0 and 1) and assigned them a bead color - purple (1) and red (0). Students then strung the beads onto pipe cleaners to write a special Valentine message for a loved one and finished by shaping the pipe cleaners into a hearts! See if you can figure out the Valentine message coded on the heart in the picture below! Read from left to right around the heart!