Candy Hearts and Coordinate Grids

Today for Math we did some candy heart estimating. I filled three baby food jars with candy hearts and the fourth graders had to guess how many were in the jars. After counting the first jar the kids re-estimated the other two using the information they had from the first one. We discussed what made our guesses more accurate and compared the results.  At the end of the activity they wrote about what they learned...and ate some candy hearts, too! :)

Since the fourth graders enjoyed the coordinate grid pictures we made at Halloween and Christmas time, I decided to give them another chance at it for Valentine's Day. 

Last week when we went to the computer lab the fourth graders used the website ImageChef to create hearts. They typed things that they love and were able to choose the colors and font for their heart. Then, they saved the heart and inserted it into a Kidblog post. Check them out on our Kidblog!