This week I have been building in ongoing routines such as reading and math groups, as well as introducing our concept for the year. With every topic we discuss, we will be looking through at the "Interactions" that occur. For the Fall trimester, I am introducing the idea of community, and more specifically how each one of us are a part of it. Below is a concept web that we created together as we pooled our ideas of community.
From this, I can begin to see their understanding and interests and build in the idea of community integrating math, writing, reading and science. In literature, we will be reading "The House that Jack Built" along with the Superstars and Ladybugs as we begin to make our own connections at the different developmental levels. A few field trips are currently being scheduled to get the students out in the community and bring in more experiences and questions to be studied.
Every morning, the Sharks are also working on computation and number sense. I have a number of the day in which each child has to create 5 number sentences (equations) that equal that number. They can add, subtract, multiply and/or divide, and use a combination of more than one. Of course, the highlight is to write their favorite on the smart board. Here is a snapshots of today's work:
I have done this activity for years and it caters well to each child's computation skills. As the year progresses, the equations tend to get more elaborate and longer, using multiple operations. I will post a snapshot of this monthly to watch the growth.
I'm sorry I don't have any photos of your kiddos this week! I have really enjoyed getting to know each of them and look forward to the many new adventures that lay ahead.
