Three is a magic number

Conjecture: an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information. synonyms: speculation, guesswork, surmise, fancy, presumption, assumption, theory, postulation, supposition. We can use conjectures in math and English by coming up with theories or ideas about how things work.  First the teacher provides us with a task or a question.  Students solve the problem or share their ideas and then try to come up with an explanation or theory. English Conjecture:   can we group plural words together in groups and explain the rules for turning singular words into a plurals? We are learning plural rules - as a whole class, we have made a conjecture already about words ending in y.  Initially our conjecture was that all words ending in a y needed to be changed when adding an s.  We had to change the 'y' into an 'ie'.  Then Ms Leanne gave us some words ending in y and we tried to turn them into plurals to test our theory.  We dec...

We are learning how to work as a team. We know that a team is a group of people who are working to achieve the SAME goal. We think a team needs a leader and some team members.  We brainstormed the things we need to do as a team member. We need to think and share our ideas.  Listen to everyone else.  Plan together how to achieve the goal. We found out the difference between a leader and a boss. A boss gives instructions - tells people what to do. A leader - shares the goals with the group, asks for ideas, decides on the best idea together with the team. We figured out a way to communicate our ideas and agree without big arguments. If we are disagreeing we can use a pros and cons list we can assess each idea.  Then we can decide if we can solve any problems on the cons side, or if an idea needs to be discarded. Making Bridges Then we practiced these skills by working in teams of 3.  We attempted to make a bridge, from an A4 sheet of paper, that w...