IPS/Butler University Laboratory School

David, Oliver, and Ruth delivered the eggs to Mrs. Judy.

Last week, our class was in charge of the chickens.  We were responsible for feeding the chickens, collecting the eggs, and taking care of the coop.  We collected 12 eggs and as a class we had to decide what we were going to do with them.  We have been having the conversation about helping people and yesterday Kristien volunteered and said that we should cook the eggs and give them to people who need food.  After a little bit of conversation we decided to take the eggs to Mrs. Judy, our lunch lady, so she could give them to people after she cooked them.  We delivered the eggs today.

The class decided this is what a regular octagon looks like!

The debate has been settled!  As a class we have been exploring octagons for the last few days.  We have had some heated debates over what an octagon should look like.  The three qualities that a regular octagon must have are perpendicular lines, congruent lines, and 8 sides. Each day we explored another one of these qualities and today, as a class, we could finally say that a regular octagon is the one above on the geoboard!

This was a long conversation over a few days, but I have been so proud of the kids and their mathematical thinking.  They were really challenging themselves to think like mathematicians and not just take an answer because someone said it.  We really went into new terms such as congruent and perpendicular!  That is tremendous exploration for 1st and 2nd graders!

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