We are still rocking through our Math Centers. It is
such a rewarding time for me as a teacher. I get (most days) to spend one on
one time with each student and focus on their own particular needs. The
students love Math centers too. I always get asked in the morning, "We are
doing Math centers today right?" The only day we usually don't have time
to go through our centers is Friday. Friday is a busy day. We have Library and
our FUN FRIDAY ACTIVITY! It's important the students get that recess time on
Friday. I get to see how creative they are on the playground. Someone is always
a King and they must protect the Queen. It is so fun watching and listening to their
imaginations!
You will see the video below of students spinning a wheel, and
then whatever number they land on they pull that many circles into the
box. This is great for number
recognition. Especially with the numbers
above 10. Students can easily confuse 21
with 12 and other numbers. They have great number sense, if they were to count out 21 objects they would do it correctly, but to recognize the different numbers in writing is difficult. Another big question I get during Math centers, “How do I write 35?” or 68?” (most numbers beyond 20..we are working on listening to the numbers as we say them and sounding them out just like we do with writer's workshop!)
This picture shows a festive work problem that the student
must complete the puzzle. The numbers 1-25 must be placed in the correct order. When the puzzle is completed it is in the shape of a tree.
I have introduced “fact
families” to some of the students during math centers. We have also started looking
at numbers and their place value.
Each day though all the students are still working on addition,
writing numbers, counting 1-100,
comparing numbers of greater than, less than or equal to. Etc. We want to keep the knowledge we have learned
fresh and apply it in different ways.
This week we used some of our Writer’s Workshop time
to create our own Holiday book. We then
used that book for some of our guided reading groups this week. We have been working very hard on this story
and the students are very excited to take home the book next week to read it to
their families. Our focus this week was
reading fluently and with expression! So
make sure next week, if your student is reading it boring, that you tell them you
are falling asleep! They need to read it
with excitement! J They also have
been using pictures to help them solve the tricky words.
Next week we will have a long week of Map
Testing. We will test most days next
week first thing in the morning. In the
afternoon on Wednesday and Friday, I want to take some time to have the
students make ornaments. If any of you
would like to come in and help or just join in on the fun you are welcome to
come! Just let me know so I can let the
front office know.
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend with your
family! Keep reading and counting!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Kressin
P.S. I had a parent asking for suggestions for websites.
of course I love www.starfall.com -great phonics practice, sounding out words in the "Learn To Read" section. For most of the Kindergarteners now, I make them go to the "Learn to Read" section of startfall.
www.raz-kids.com (raz kids, will continue to progress in difficulty, once your child completes all the books on their page, they get bumped up to the next reading level! This is a great site, you will have endless access to books here! Just remember they have to get three green checkmarks before I want them to move onto a new book!
www.ixl.com - you have to pay $10/month for unlimited access, however it give you a certain number of problems you can practice each day, which is really all you should do anyways. Remember we don't want your little learners to get burnt out either. It is equally important that they enjoy learning!!!
http://www.funbrain.com/ - you will have to say that your student is at a first grade level because they don't have Kindergarten on there, however, there are still some really useful and fun education games that they would enjoy.
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