Today we had all of the 4th graders back together (thanks to Wagons Ho being rescheduled again,) so we continued with our look at eyes. We caught last week's missing students up on the eye anatomy and drawing exercise from last week and learned a new math game called Double Double. This game works sort of like Connect Four. The students take turns rolling a 10-sided die. They then have to decide if they want to stick with the number they rolled, double that number, or double the double. They place their color of marker on the number they choose, and then the next player goes. The first person to connect four on their board wins. Most of the students loved this game, and in a future class we will design new versions of this game and new ways to play to challenge their multiplication and strategy skills. Triple Triple, anyone??

The students also started a mini research project. They first practiced developing big questions. Big questions can lead a researcher to a broad range of information, while small questions can be fully answered in a sentence or two. The students who are here next week (I know some will be missing for ISATs and field trips) will share their findings with their classmates. We are wrapping up our close look at the eye and will have the option to dissect a cow eye on April 27th's class!