We enjoyed our time at Seminole Glen Park today. After walking over to the park, the boys and girls spent some time playing on the playground. We had lunch and then the kids were divided into three groups for the three activities planned by the 98s. The activities included cooperative kickball, capture the flag, and a scavenger hunt race. The students rotated through each of the activities before it was time to head back to school. What a fun way to enjoy the beautiful day!
76ers Ms. Johnson-Corless is working with 76ers. We start our math time with calendar skills, looking at how many days we have been in school both in tens and ones and what that amount looks like on the ten frames. We also count by 5s and are working on counting numbers forward and backward to 120. Giving your child a number and asking them to count forward or backward within 120 would help to solidify this skill. We have been comparing numbers and dot patterns using the vocabulary greater than, less than, and equal to. We have done some work with ten frames finding combinations of ten. We will continue to find combinations of other numbers. As we are counting objects, we are focusing on accuracy and being able to share what strategies are being used (grouping objects, counting one to one, or counting on from a given amount). A continued goal is for students to be able to show their thinking on paper using numbers, pictures, or words. 87s Ms. Buerger is working with the 87s. Students are working to solidify their understanding of fives and tens in order to work with a twenties frame. Ask your child about the double decker bus and how the driver keeps track of how many passengers are riding. We are using different stories to learn and practice addition and subtraction strategies. Being able to compose and decompose amounts into groups of five and ten is a focus. For example, seeing 8 as 5 + 3, or 7 as 5 +2, is a way to visualize and become more automatic with the basic fact 8 +7. We will work on identifying and counting combinations of coins. Making connections of counting various groups of coins with our work with fives and tens will be a focus. 98s
Mrs. Moll is working with the 98s. They started the year with lessons from a math curriculum called iMath or Inspirational Math. The key concepts of these lessons were: *Having a growth mindset for mathematics is important. We can all learn math to any level we choose. Believe in yourself! *Math learning is best when we have opportunities to make connections between pictures and numbers. It is good to draw and to try to understand mathematics visually. Seeing patterns and making connections with patterns and numbers is an important piece to math. *Speed should not be a priority with math. Taking time to dig deeper, reflecting, making connections, and taking time to make sense of the math is more important than being fast. *Patterns are everywhere and they are very important in math. Patterns help us connect numbers and visuals which is really good for learning. *Mistakes help your brain grow! We learn from making mistakes and reviewing how we solve problems. Students challenged themselves to think about and apply these concepts as they worked through different activities which included: Four 4s, number visuals with the hundreds chart and dot pictures, paper folding, Pascal's Triangle, and growing shapes. It has been great to see the kids open their minds to trying new things and extending on what they already know. During the next few weeks we will be working on place value with larger numbers. |
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