Echo In The Box

During math we practiced describing the location of an object relative to another by following and giving directions using positional terms such as in, out, over, under, above, below, and so on. We started our circle with a box containing a mystery item inside. In order to find out what was in the box students asked questions, but only questions that could be answered with "yes" or "no." 15 questions were allowed. We kept track of how many questions we had asked with 3 stacks of 5 unifix cubes. When a question was asked, we took a cube away. After 5 questions a clue was provided about the item, and then we continued with questions until we were out of unifix cubes. Here are some of the questions students asked:

• Can we play with it?
• Is it red?
• What shape is it?
• Is it something we can wear?

We wrote down the answers to our questions so we had a great list at the end to help us guess the item in the box. It was Mama Echo, our puppet from Fundations!!!