“Today I read a book called “Get In” with Andrea, Hadley and Matthew. It was good because everyone got in the pool and at the end the elephant wanted to come in but they said “No you cannot”. I did handwriting with Laura and it was a little different because usually I do it with Lisa J, but this time I did it with Laura. I did the letters W, X, Y, Z and the numbers 5 and 4. In Math we read Anno’s Counting book and searched for groups of 5 in the numbers 6, 7, 8 and 9. We got to flash our numbers because 7 is 5 fingers and 2 fingers.” ~N.S.
Math in Kindergarten:
As a class we have just begun Unit 2 in Math Expressions. The focus on Unit 2 is on activities that show a 5-group and numbers 6 through 10. It is important to see and use 5-groups in the numbers 6 through 10 because it gives children a tremendous advantage as they move into addition and subtraction. The children will us the symbols + and = to show 5 + 1, 5 + 2, 5 +3, 5 +4, and 5 +5. Geometry and spatial concepts will continue to be woven into many of our math activities. The children will compare and contrast shapes and size through spatial, visual and kinesthetic experiences. We will be reading a variety of shape books and repeating patterns will be reintroduced. In Unit 2 the children will also be telling and enacting math stories about adding, subtracting, matching and finding partners for a number. These stories will come from things they have experienced.
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