The 'Special Helper of the Day' gets to add a bingo dabber dot to our ten frames. We put a straw in our place value pocket chart. We also show the number of days we have been at school using tally tick marks and by writing the number on a hundreds chart.
We have been chanting little rhymes to help us remember how to print numbers correctly...
1) Straight line one is lots of fun!
2) Around and back on the railroad track... two-two!
3) Around the tree, around the tree, this is how you make a three!
4) Down and over and down once more, this is how you make a four!
5) Fat old five goes down and around, put on his hat and see what you've found!
6) Down with a loop, six rolls a hoop!
7) Across the sky and down from heaven, this is how you make a seven!
8) Down and around and up you skate, this is how you make an eight!
9) A ball with a line, this is how you make a nine!
10) A one and a zero and you're at the end, this is how you make a ten!
If you happen to notice your child printing a number backwards or incorrectly (or a letter), be sure to point it out to them and have them practice writing that number the correct way a few times.
Today we started learning about the math terms MORE (Greater, Bigger), LESS (Smaller) and EQUAL (the same) and how we can use these terms to help us compare numbers and groups/sets of things.
Alligators help us remember which way the "Greater than" > and "Less than" < symbols should point. We worked in partners using manipulatives (counters) and white boards to complete an Alligator Math challenge.
Al the alligator is always hungry,
and NUMBERS are his food.
He always eats the BIGGEST NUMBER,
no matter what his mood.
He opens up his big old mouth
and points it toward his snack.
And to the smaller number,
he always turns his pointy back.
*** Check out our Number Gators video under the "Math Videos" tab of this blog. ***
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