Michelle's Math Class - The Dime Group
Throughout October and November, the Dime Group has been studying Number Bonds and Shapes and Patterns. With Chapter 2, we learned how to use number bonds to better understanding putting numbers together and taking numbers a part. Number bonds form an important foundation for the learning of the concepts of addition and subtraction - making these concepts easier to understand. Learning about parts and wholes helps students see how to make different number bonds for a given number. Number bonds also helped students begin practicing mental math.
Our background knowledge of shapes includes identifying, naming and describing a variety of plane ("flat") shapes. Throughout Chapter 5, students extend their knowledge of shapes using vocabulary terms such as: edges, sides, and corners. We have also been studying how shapes are alike and different by describing their geometric attributes and properties. To better understand "attributes" we have been playing "Which Doesn't Belong?" where students gather up shapes that share one (or more) attributes and one that doesn't. We will continue to learn about solid ("3d") shapes, how to relate shapes to real world objects, and how to make elaborate patterns with shapes. Questions? Contact Michelle at michelleb@willowwind.org.
Lou's Math Class - The Nickel Group
Flat and 3D shapes are all around us! We have had so much fun the past two weeks starting to identify flat and 3D shapes.
Flat Shapes:
We have started our shape unit in the nickel (miss Lou) group last week week. We started our unit off by identifying flat shapes: triangle, square, rectangle and circle. We used shapes from to make patterns and pictures. Students focused on not only recognizing the shape everywhere around us but also on how to recognize the word. Questions we asked ourselves about each flat shape:
How many sides does it have?
How many corners does it have?
What makes this shape the same as the rest? What makes it different?
3D Shapes:
We have slowly transitioned into 3D shapes as well. We started off by recognizing 3D shapes in our world: cube, cone, pyramid, sphere, cylinder and rectangular prism. Click HERE for 3D Shapes Song. Questions we have started to ask ourselves:
What shapes can you stack?
What shapes can you slide?
Which shapes can you roll?
How many sides does this shape have?
How many corners does this shape have?
Questions? Contact Lou at lindseyh@willowwind.org.
Meridith's Math Class - The Penny Group
The penny group has been having so much fun learning! We started using countable objects to develop the association between the physical representation of the number, the number symbol, and the number word. Besides counting the objects in a set, and crating a set with a given number of objects, we have also been differentiating between numbers of objects in sets. This is a skill that forms a basis for number comparison. We have just begun work on chapter two which is all about number bonds. Number bonds can be used to show parts and the whole. This part-whole analysis forms the basis for the concept of adding two numbers to get another number. We use what we have learned in previous chapters about counting numbers, written numbers, and number recognition to scaffold our learning in chapter two. We are excited to learn about math each day! Questions? Contact Meridith at meridithd@willowwind.org.
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