What are maps?
What do they help us to know?
When can we use a map?
Sukh: If you are lost maps help you find the right way, you can ask for a map to find something and it will take you there, like a tiger at the Zoo.
Meklet: Maps help you if you are lost and help you find treasure.
Yatin: Maps helps you to go back home if you don’t know the route you can use a map, you can use the map in your car, places that has maps you can get.
Olivia: You can make a map with a piece of paper when you draw a map you can draw arrows and lines to show where you need to go, X on the map is where you want to go.
Kimaaya: Maps have special directions North, east, south or west, I saw it at the zoo if had a symbol that pointed up to north.
Rowena: North, east, south and west can be on maps and also on a compass.
Van: In the car or sometimes on your phones you can go to google on the maps.
Indi: they can help you get somewhere, like Victor Harbour.
Javeiria: if you want to go somewhere and you don’t know they way you can print out a map.
We had a little break with Mass Practise for Wednesday.
After Recess we started our investigations on maps where through play and different provocations we explored.
We as teachers observed what the students already know, what they want to know and where we can take the children next.
The children were engaged sharing their knowledge and investigating.
Diljoit: I drew a map and I big map, x show where we are going, to find the treasure.
Eline: I have been making a treasure map everywhere of the earth, it leads it around the classroom it goes up and left and left and up and left then you find another treasure. then you go right and you find the other treasure.
My:If you do not know how to go to Saint Kilda you have a map in your car. If you do not know how to go to the beach you can get a map. I made maps of how you get to these places.
Caroline: How will I get home? I will find a person and they will help me find my own and then they help me find my home. I’ll make a map.
Naomi: We learn a lot of maps and counties. Maps help you find where you are and the compass help you know, birthday, east south or west.
Joydeep: I have been making a amp it tells you where to go I follow the lines, this is my house and I can travel over here, to a house.
After the students reflected and wrote about what they did, sharing their learning experiences.
Avleen: Today I learnt about maps, I went on the Google and looked at maps, I then made a map of the zoo.
Monika: Today I learnt about maps I did a map book with Thuy I said maps are good for you if you are lost in the park and you need to go back home.
Thuy: I made a map about books, maps are good because they help you know which way to go and if you don’t follow you will get lost. We then went on the laptop and wrote about maps too.
In the afternoon 1Sa went and practised for assembly.
1EN looked at making POPCORN.
First Mrs Nicosia handed us a kernel and asked the group what do they think the kernel is for?
Ella: It is for popcorn you had to put it in a special machine and turn the handle and it turns to pop corn.
Avleen: you put the seeds in the microwave and it turns it into popcorn.
Olivia R: When the seeds are warmed up and then stuff actually comes out you out into popcorn.
Ajoh: First you put the popcorn seed into the bowl and then you put it somewhere hot and when it is cooked, then you can eat it and watch a movie.
Khushi: the popcorn seeds are still seeds but then they have a popcorn attached because they make it out of corn.
India: Popcorn these seeds are made of they are made of corn and then when you make it hot it turns to popcorn.
Thuy: you put the popcorn in a machine it is hot inside and it pops the popcorn.
The students then got their books and predicted what will happen..
We then had a go at testing their predictions…It was lots of fun and the children even got to eat some popcorn!
Maybe you can your children what what they predicted and what happened?