We use a lot of manipulatives in math! It makes learning fun and is easier to learn how to count and learn 1:1. This week was all about bugs! We had fun putting bugs in our jars and counting them. We even made a bug book that we can count and read by ourselves.
During our math rotations, the kids are in four groups- Blue Bunnies, Purple Penguins, Green Gators, and Red Robots. Each group goes through the four different rotations. They come to me for a small lesson at my table, play math games on the iPads, review number work during table work, and they work on their numbers with Ms. Amara.
We incorporate math throughout our day. In the morning, we do a special number section of our morning message and calendar time. The kids need to show different ways to make the number of the day.
After lunch, we have our Math Chats. These are at the smart board. The kids take turns solving the math problems and we have a turn and talk. This is our story problem. The kids listen to the story problem and then turn to each other and try to solve it. When they share their answer they also have to explain why they think their answer is correct. Then we solve all of them together.
During our apple week, we did a fun taste test to see what was our favorite way to eat an apple. The kids got to try apple pie, caramel apples, apples and peanut butter, apple cider, applesauce, and plain apples. After the taste test, we graphed our favorite way and then practiced learning how to read a graph and compared answers.
