As part of everyday routine, we are counting the number of days. Whenever we reach a group of tens (e.g., 10, 20, 30, etc.) we place a coloured popsickle stick to represent the number of tens. This allows the children to numerically translate concrete objects into numerical equivalents.
As we progress through math activities, we will add more words about the things we are learning in math. Right now, words about graphing are being added.
Everyday, we add a number to create a number line. I don't correct the numbers in terms of how it is written. Many grade 1's are still learning where their numbers are facing.
For language, I introduced the graphic organizer for the 5 W's. Primary students are very visual in their learning. I read the story, Goldilocks and the 3 Bears, and we identified the 5 W's. We went through the storybook looking at the pictures and thinking of keywords we heard in the story. I modelled the thinking skills needed in accomplishing the organizer by thinking out loud the thoughts that I have and having the children fill in the blanks for me.
In language, we read a story about Bubble Bear to come up with our list of 'Bb' words.
We continue doing the graphs for our class demographics. We wanted to see who has straight hair and non-straight hair. By writing their names on the respective columns, the children learned about survey and tally, new Math words we included on our wall.
Then, we accomplished the graph, called the bar graph.
During circle time, we also went on a website for bar graph, Bar Graph Sorter . Click on the link and let the children practice with you at home. This will be added to the websites in our class account for the children to explore.
And finally, here are the wonderful portraits of our little ones. They really enjoyed doing this self-portrait of mixed media.
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| Selfies of Room 5
A handout has been given on Friday. Please peruse through it.
Please let me know about your inputs or thoughts. I always welcome parent's ideas.
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