We have been learning all about Capacity in class this week.
We know capacity is how much a containers can hold.
We have learned some useful new words to help us when measuring capacity. They are half full, full, empty, half empty, nearly full, and nearly empty.
We have learned the very important skill of estimating which means we make a serious guess and then check by counting.
We explored capacity further in some stations they were;
1.The water station. We were filling up little pots with little cups. We had to count how many cups filled the pot. We sometimes estimated correctly!
2. The jug station. We had to make some jugs half full, full, empty, half empty, nearly full, and nearly empty.
3. The Smart-board station. We played a game where we had to find the container that held the most in it. We were super at it!
4. The sand station. We had different sized bottles and we had to fill them with sand using little cups. We had to make an estimate and then count how many cups of sand it would take.
5. The cube station. We were trying to find out which container could hold the most cubes. The containers were all different sizes and some were even round.
Some new things we have learned or we have enjoyed are…
Eilidh & Blake – I liked the water station because you had to guess how many cups would fill the bowl.
Lewis W – I liked the sand station because I liked filling the bottles up.
Kacey – I liked the Jug station because it was tricky.
James & Brodie – I liked all the stations because they were all great.
Ava – I liked the SMART board station because I like getting the answer right.
