What a joy it is to see how this class loves math and mathematical thinking throughout their day. Whether it is counting, working with shapes and understanding patterns, we are striving to understand how these concepts and numbers are used in everyday life. We started early with exploring numbers and shapes in our school and how they are used... numbers on doors help us know where to find teachers, numbers on the printer help us make the right number of copies. We practiced how to count large groups of objects with the "doorbell" and "pull away" strategies. Matching amounts of objects to numerical symbols led to ordering numbers and understanding concepts of more than and less than. And more...
Using ten frames to count and add smaller numbers to make a ten.
Explaining our thinking when we have one number and add one more...what happens and why?
Describing and comparing attributes of shapes. Creating, extending patterns and describing patterns.
Knowing how to write numbers correctly and with smooth strokes will increase their accuracy with computation. Understanding what makes a "ten" and what is a "one" in two digit numbers.
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