Week 13

Sequence Mural

In reading this week we have been reading "A Bed for the Winter." A dormouse goes to several different places (10 to be exact) to find a home for the winter. We have been discussing First, Next, and Last in the story to understand sequence. In math we learned the ordinal numbers, first through tenth. This was a perfect way to integrate reading into math. We created a Sequence Mural to show where the dormouse went first, second, third...etc. Each student had a "mural partner" and collaborated together to make the animal that happened in that position, (ex. the dormouse went to see the snake ninth.)

Ozzy creating a brown bear for eighth position.

Students working with their "mural partners"

The next we had a cutout dormouse visit all the places on the mural to discuss each position. The students had to opportunity to tell the class which animal they drew and what position it was in on the mural. The students really surprised me and were very proud of their work!
Red + Yellow = Pumpkin Orange!

We have been continuing our Pumpkin Unit. We mixed red and yellow, and to the students surprise they made orange! Each of the pumpkins were unique just like each of the students. Later they cut out the pumpkins and added a stem and curly ribbon vines and added them to the classroom pumpkin patch.

Week 12

PlayDoh Eights

Here is a video from our math group time. This is my group. We make numbers with the playdoh. Making the numbers with playdoh helps the kinesthetic learners feel how to write the numbers. The children love making numbers with the playdoh. Sometimes I will have the students make a certain number of balls with their playdoh. They must then point to each ball and count for me. This helps them learn one to one correspondence.