Math

In math, we are working on strengthening our understanding of number sense. We use various games and tools in the classroom to work on these concepts with the students. This week, we really zoned in on understanding that a number can be broken apart different ways. For example, the number 7 can be parts of 3 and 4 or it can be parts of 5 and 2. To help learn this concept, we used hands-on manipulatives, math tools on the ActivBoard, and even students acting out math problems. We will continue to work on this next week.

Math centers

During our math time today, we worked at stations to enrich our math skills. We worked with games to reinforce writing addition and subtraction number sentences. We are learning the difference between the addition and subtraction symbols.

Lego board game and adding or taking away blocks on their lego tower

Using pictures to write the subtraction sentence

Subtraction bowling and writing the subtraction sentence

Isolating and identifying sounds

The students worked today to identify beginning and ending sounds. We also played a game identifying what part of the word had a specific sound, such as where is the "d" sound in the word "spider." They had to identify if it was at the beginning, middle, or end of the word.

Lost tooth subtraction

The children played a partner game in math. They had to roll the dice and figure out how many teeth their character lost. Then they wrote a subtraction sentence to go with it.

Snow Slime

 In science today, the children helped to make snow slime. We discussed the ingredients (borax, glue, water, and glitter). We made a hypothesis on what we thought would happen if we combine the ingredients. Then the children were able to pass around a small piece of the slime and they came up with describing words about the feel, smell, and look of it.

Sight word reader

Our sight word book is Can You See It?  When I first introduced the book today I covered the last word on each page with a post-it note. As we read it, the students looked at the picture for clues and helped me to sound out and write the word on the paper. Then we re-read the story to see if we had the correct words. This activity helped us with tracking print, looking at the pictures for clues, and identifying individual phonemes in words.

Corduroy

This week we will be focusing on the book Corduroy. This story is about the adventures of a little bear who has lost his button. We will be working on story sequencing, initial sound sorts, and writing activities. Below is a picture of a student completing the initial sound picture sort.