I've noticed we've gotten a little backwards on our number writing. If you have time to practice writing numbers at home, that would be a big help! Kids love to write in different mediums- like shaving cream, sand, salt, etc.
Kindergartners in Room B32 took their understanding of numbers to a new level over the past two weeks! We began our study of addition by thinking about numbers we already know and finding one more than that number. The kids had a blast playing "Swat it" as they rolled number cubes, identified the number on their "fly" line and swatted one more than that number. After swatting the fly, partners recorded their understanding on their own papers: ____ and one more is ____. I've noticed we've gotten a little backwards on our number writing. If you have time to practice writing numbers at home, that would be a big help! Kids love to write in different mediums- like shaving cream, sand, salt, etc. After understanding one more than a number, we learned about how we can join sets of numbers which is called addition! We listened to lots of addition stories and practiced combining/joining sets of manipulatives to gain a better understanding of addition. Then we began writing addition number sentences (or "equations"- we love fancy math words!) to match our stories. Finally, we illustrate and wrote our own addition stories about a topic of our choosing and presented our stories to the class. We spent several days "decomposing" numbers and determining different ways to add two sets to create the given number. This was a challenge but also lots of fun! Again, we practiced writing addition number sentences. These girls were decomposing the number "3". On the left, she found "2 + 1 = 3" and on the right, she found "1 + 2 = 3". We also discovered two more ways to create the number 3. Do you know what they are? To become more fluent with our addition facts to 10, we played "Flower Power Addition" thanks to Mr. Greg from The Kindergarten Smorgasboard for his freebie. I found some flower marshmallows at Wal-mart to use as manipulatives. They were perfect! We even enjoyed some of the fresh marshmallows as a treat for working so hard on our addition facts. To end our study of addition, we invited our ITRT friend, Mrs. Giesert, to our class. She taught us how to use a new app called "Draw and Tell" to create our own digital addition stories. We even got to record our voices telling our stories! Check out your child's SeeSaw account to view his/her story.
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AuthorHi! I'm Katie Flanary. I've been teaching for seven years and absolutely love it! I'm excited to start my eighth year making this my fourth year in kindergarten. Categories
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