1st Grade Compares Countries

The first graders did a fabulous job today doing some comparison research using our library resources.  First, I asked them to predict how they thought the countries they are researching compare to the United States in the following areas: Population, Area, # of Internet Users (per 100), and # of Languages. Then, they used the laptops and a great site from World Book Encyclopedia to check their answers.

Some of them were very surprised by some of the results!  For example, the group who was researching China had predicted that its area was bigger, and they were correct. However, they were surprised to see how close the United States actually is to China’s size.  They were also surprised to see that there are four main languages in China.

After they finished comparing the countries they are researching to the U.S., they asked if they could do some other comparisons.  They really enjoyed seeing the differences between the countries.   They were very disappointed when we finally ran out of time!

We also shared a tweet about the weather with some new friends in British Columbia.  The students were gone when our friends responded, but I have included the response below.  Anyone who comes back to GT after Spring Break with the correct conversion in Fahrenheit for the temperature our friends tweeted will get a Class Dojo point! (Remember, you can click on each picture to see a larger version.)

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