Sunday, January 30, 2011

Chess

What we want to know
-why people play
-why kings go diagonally
-when it started
-why do they have little people

What we did
Poem
"The Famous Chess Poem"
by Ashley & Ezra
Sing to the tune of "Farmer in the Dell"

You must protect the king
You must protect the king
The object in the game of chess
Is to protect the king

The queen is powerful
The board she moves across
She chooses her direction
To lose her would be a loss

Bishops move diagonally
Sometimes from far away
The like to help protect the king
So don't get in their way

Knights attack in L's
Be sure to count your moves
1 then 2 or 2 then 1
Will get them in their groove

Rooks move in straight lines
The start of at the ends
Do your best to keep them safe
They are the king's friends

Pawns move step by step
Their first move can be two
If they make it to the other side
They become a queen too

Game
Played chess every day. Ezra beat me on Friday. I helped him, but only by saying, "are you sure? you can get me, look at all your pieces, etc."

Writing
Ezra sounded out and wrote the names of each piece. He drew arrows to indicate the direction they go. He also drew a picture of the piece

Math
We rolled the dice and added or multiplied the numbers. Ezra loves to multiply. He draws groups with tick marks and adds them up.

Reading
Noah is sounding out the letters pretty well and blending the sounds really well.

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