INVESTIGATING ODD AND EVEN NUMBERS

Today we were investigating odd and even numbers.

We discovered that if you can sort a collection into groups of 2,
then it is an EVEN number....

and if you can't and there's one left over,
then it's an ODD number.


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We discovered that EVEN numbers end in a 2, 4, 6, 8, or 0.

ODD numbers end in a 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9.

So 36, 852 and 2,657, 126 are EVEN numbers and

47, 671 and 3,999 are ODD numbers.

So give us some numbers and we'll tell you whether they are ODD or EVEN.

Just leave them in a comment and we'll post about them!

IDENTIFYING OUR INSECT- THE PROCESS

Today we took on the role of ACTIVE INVESTIGATORS to find out just what type of insect our 'visitor' last Friday was.

We got onto the website BRISBANE INSECTS AND SPIDERS. Mrs P, Mrs McD and Mrs R read the information about STICK INSECTS and PRAYING MANTIS for us.

We looked at the pictures and compared them to ours.
Then we left a comment to share our thoughts about what the insect was .
We read all the comments. We tried to work out how many thought it was a STICK INSECT and how many thought it was a PRAYING MANTIS but it was hard because some people had left two comments!

So we decided to make a PICTURE GRAPH to record our DATA.
Each of us drew our face on a small square and glued it on a chart.

Now it was easy to see that most of the class thought our visitor was a PRAYING MANTIS.

We decided to number the squares so that we would not have to count them every time we looked at the graph.

We had to number them all the way to 22!

Now it was REALLY easy to see the results.

22 children in our class think our 'visitor' was a PRAYING MANTIS.

5 children in our class think it's a STICK INSECT.

Does this mean our 'visitor' WAS a PRAYING MANTIS?

WE THINK SO.

But to be sure we have emailed BRISBANE INSECTS AND SPIDERS and asked them to help us identify our insect friend.

DO YOU THINK THEY WILL AGREE WITH US...THAT IT IS A PRAYING MANTIS?

LET US KNOW IN A COMMENT. DON'T FORGET TO TELL US 'WHY?'.

BRYCE'S '5' POEM

YOU'VE ALL BEEN PATIENT.... THE WAIT IS OVER!
HERE IT IS, THE FIRST PUBLIC VIEWING OF BRYCE'S FIRST EVER POEM!

FIVE FIREMEN IN THE FIRETRUCK

RACING TO THE FIRE

IN FIVE SECONDS FLAT!

PUTTING OUT THE FIRE WITH FIVE FIRE HOSES

YEAH! THE FIRE'S OUT...

BUT THEY DIDN'T WATER THE ROSES!

WORDS FROM THE AUTHOR:

I got the idea to write a poem from Elizabeth at INKLESS TALES and we had been learning about 5 and I like fire engines.

My poem needs a title. Do you have an idea?

LEAVE A COMMENT WITH YOUR SUGGESTION.

OUR AMAZING NEWS!!

Today we have some amazing news to share... we are SOOOO excited we could BURST!

One of our favourite websites to visit is INKLESS TALES and late last week the editor of this website, Elizabeth Bushey, left a comment on OUR blog!
We thought we were very special when we read her lovely comment left on our DO YOU HAVE TO BE A TEACHER TO TEACH? post. Elizabeth agreed with us that anyone can be a teacher and reminded us that WE CAN DO ANYTHING because we CAN.... we just have to TRY.

We felt like V.I.P.'s because someone from the other side of the world had visited our blog. We looked at Elizabeth's website and realised she was a V.I.P. too- a very clever one at that!

Yesterday when we logged onto the blog, there was another comment from Elizabeth, this time on our POST ABOUT 5. When we read this comment, OUR JAWS DROPPED.... NO WORDS CAME OUT!!!

She'd sent us a poem about 5- and 'unpublished' poem. We couldn't believe that Elizabeth had chosen us to be the FIRST to see it.You can read it, too. CLICK HERE to go to our post ABOUT 5, then go down to the comments.

Now we have to come up with some ideas for a TITLE and some ILLUSTRATIONS to go with the poem. We've never worked with an AUTHOR before. We are EXCITED, AMAZED and PROUD!

We feel really blessed to have Elizabeth help us learn. So we wanted to do something special for her (with just a bit of help from Mrs M!)

HERE IT IS...

We have a new friend, Elizabeth

America is where she's at.

That's a long way

but she's a mouseclick away

WOW... imagine that!

She's a writer and illustrator of stories and poems

and great games and songs too.

We love her website Inkless Tales

There's so much to see, learn and do!

Elizabeth paid a visit to our blog

and left a comment you see.

She agreed with us- we ALL can teach

That's right- even you and me!

Now there's a poem about number 5

We were the first to see it.

Thankyou Elizabeth for choosing us-

we really can't believe it!

The poem we love, we think it's great

It really helps you learn

all about 5 and what it looks like

but now it is our turn.

We learnt from you, you showed us how

We are trying something new

You encouraged us to have a go....

So here's our poem, Elizabeth, to you!

THANKYOU!

We know Mrs M has emailed Elizabeth and there are some exciting things we can do together.... we just wish she lived closer!

There's no one else in our school that has had this happen to them.

WE THINK THIS IS THE BEST YEAR YET...AND IT'S ONLY JUST BEGUN!!!

HOPE YOU LIKE OUR POEM, ELIZABETH. :>)

ALL ABOUT 5

What do we have '5' of? We went on a search.

5 fingers



5 very pink toes

5 oranges eaten by the very hungry caterpillar

5 dots on a dice

our school bag has 5 compartments

and every flower on this bush has 5 petals

Where else do you see '5'? Hear '5'? Here are some clues to get you going.

How many points on a star? Who's someone in 1M with 5 syllables in their name?
Post a comment with your discoveries about 5.

3 TIMES THE FUN

This post is brought to you by the Number...

This week we have been investigating the number 3
We know that-

* the names Ben and Max have 3 letters in them

* our school name has 3 words in it

* 3 babies born to the one family at the same time are triplets

* we write the number 3 in a clockwise direction

There are also stories that have 3 main characters in them.

Click on the titles to hear the story again.

* Goldilocks and the 3 Bears

* The 3 Billy Goats Gruff

* The 3 Little Pigs

Do you know of any other stories that have something about 3 in them? Bring them in to share.

Where have you seen the number 3? Do you have a 3 in your house number?

Have you seen 3 of something?....

look around your home, your street,

at the waterfront, the shops, while

you are in the car.....

Can you find 3 in 3 different places?

Can you find 3 different groupings of 3?

Take some photos if you can. Leave a comment and tell us what you have found.

HAPPY HUNTING!

Mrs M

PATTERNS!!! PATTERNS!!! PATTERNS!!!
We made some patterns about 3. Mrs M thought we would just do ABC patterns like these...

but we are just SOO clever!!!

Can you work out what these patterns are? Read them carefully.

Are they ABB ? AAB ? ABA ? or ABC ? Leave a comment to tell me what you think.

Patrick has given you 5 patterns to name!

Look at this one CLOSELY!

There's one other way to make a pattern about 3 and it's VERY tricky. Can you work it out?

Use objects from around your home to create 3 patterns. Tell us about them in a comment. Take a photo if you can.
Here are some to get you going. Can you finish these patterns?

FORK, KNIFE, SPOON, FORK, KNIFE,......

APPLE, BANANA, APPLE, APPLE, BANANA, .........

DVD, DVD, REMOTE CONTROL, DVD,............, REMOTE CONTROL

Click here to learn more about patterns and play a patterning game!

HAPPY PATTERNING!

MRS M