Working With 10

Since this week was such a short week, we did whole group math all week. Monday, the kids got in pairs and practiced showing one more and one less on their 20 frames. Each group got 20 linking cubes. I gave them a number and they showed what it looked like in one 10 frame, then the other partner in the group showed what it looked like if it had one more or one less.

Tuesday, we watched a BrainPOP on making 10 and practiced showing the different ways to make 10. We used linking cubes to work the examples with Annie and Moby as they made ten with red and blue linking cubes.

Thursday, the kids got in pairs again and practiced making 10 with linking cubes. Each partner got a tower of 10 linking cubes in a different color. They had to use cubes from both towers to make the numbers I gave them, then we talked about it as a class.

 

Math

This week in math, we talked about different ways to make numbers. On Monday, the kids got in pairs and worked as a group. Each group got 6 counting bears (3 blue and 3 red) and a dry erase board to work on. I gave them a number between 1 and 5 and they used their bears to show me how they could make that number with those colors.

2 blue and 2 red bears to make 4

2 blue and 1 red bear to make 3

In math station the rest of the week, the kids made numbers with play-doh, made numbers with pattern blocks, played number match concentration, and made and broke numbers 1-5.

At their first station, the kids used one of our PVC pipe chart stands and the numbers from our number of the day on our calendar wall to make numbers with play-doh! Each kid got to pick a number they wanted the table to do. After they chose their number and everyone made it, the next kid got to pick a number.

At their second station this week, the kids used pattern blocks to build numbers. They matched the shapes on their mat or on the table and built the number on each paper.

At their third station this week, the kids played number match concentration. They flipped cards over to match numbers and dots.

At my table this week, we used train mats and spinners to build numbers 1-5 in different ways. The kids spun the spinner, told me the number, and then used 2 different colored linking cubes to show me how we could show that number (just like we did with the bears at the beginning of the week).

Math and Science

Last week in science we talked about light. Monday, we watched our Light BrainPOP. On Tuesday, we cut out shapes to put over colored construction paper that we are leaving by windows. next week, we will look at our paper and see if the light from the sun made anything change on our paper!

After 2 months we checked our shape papers to see if the light had any effect and ...

the paper changed colors! We talked about how the paper that we cut into shapes was so solid that the light could not get through to the other side of the paper, so it did not change. Since the rest of the paper was not covered up, the sun faded the paper. We went to the second grade hall and showed Mrs. Van our experiment and explained it to her!

In math last week, the kids practiced making and breaking numbers, matching numbers with their amounts, writing numbers, and showing greater than and less than.