Comparing length

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With our talking partners, we drew around our feet and compared the length of each foot. We used comparative vocabulary to describe them, such as longer and shorter, longest and shortest.

We also compared the length or height of different objects in the classroom together.

    

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Comparing length, weight and capacity

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In maths the Ducklings have been comparing the length, size, weight and capacity of different  objects and using some of the comparative vocabulary to order them. They have been using vocabulary such as longest, shorter, heavier, lightest, full, empty and so on.

    

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Measurement

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Little Chicks have been looking at measurement. tall and short, lighter and heavier, full, empty, half full, nearly full.

They put the potion bottles in order less to more dependent on level of water.

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Measuring objects in different ways

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Little Chicks have been measuring different objects using varied resources.

 

Using straws to measure               Using wooden blocks to measure        Using unifix to measure

Little Chicks were imaginative at finding different ways to measure objects.

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Science Week

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Little Chicks are learning about Science week, today we looked at growth. We looked at plants, animals, humans and buildings and how they grow.

We measured all the Little Chick to see there growth from six months ago and documented on the door.

 

 

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Time Talk

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The Ducklings have been learning about time in lots of different simple ways this week - sequencing familiar daily activities, completing time challenges such as, how many times you can write your name in 1 minute and how many tiny objects can you pick up in 1 minute?

      

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More length and height

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We have been continuing to explore comparing and measuring length and height. Today some of the Ducklings have been using non-standard units such as cubes, hands and feet to help them measure. Some children have also chosen to use standard units such as centimetres on a ruler.  We have been using…

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Length and Height

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The Ducklings have been learning to use the comparative vocabulary of length and height. They compared their object with a friend's, saying whether their object was longer/shorter or taller/shorter than their friends.

       

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Whose tower is the tallest?

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Following on from our learning in maths, the Ducklings were keen to build towers and use comparative vocabulary to compare their height.

They used language such as tallest, shortest, taller than and shorter than.

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Long or Short

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The Ducklings have been sorting objects according to whether they are long or short.

They also went on to sort a group of objects in order of their length, using the vocabulary shortest and longest.

 

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Guess the sound Musical Instruments quiz

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Little Chicks have been learning the sound of instruments. They listened to each sound then tried to identify the instrument.

Follow the link to have a go at the quiz.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb0gHAzpQPE

 

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Taller and shorter

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Our maths challenge was to make a tower and compare it with our talking partner to see who had the tallest and who had the shortest.

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