A Neighborhood

A small group of children built a hotel with the blocks. This led to a conversation about adding more buildings to a neighborhood. Unfortunately, all of the blocks had been used to build the hotel. The teacher said, "How are you going to fix that?" 

CI said, "Maybe the hotel needs to be smaller and use less blocks." The teacher asked what kind of buildings you might find in a neighborhood. 

CI built a grocery store.

CS built a restaurant. 

 

MR built a hotel. 

The teacher asked, "How do you know which building it is?"

CS said, "We can make signs."

Using invented spelling to write signs. 

MR said, "I wonder how tall the hotel is," so the group worked together to measure the buildings. 

Measurements 

After their work was completed, the children used their imaginations to travel through the neighborhood.