Math Game Day will be on Wednesday Nov. 25. We could use extra adult help to assist and monitor the children at each game. We will begin these games in the morning and finishing after lunch.
Last week we worked on making and recognizing sets with 1 more and sets with 1 less. This is a very tricky skill. We also worked forming sets and writing the numeral 9.
We will continue to work on matching the number, set of objects and the number word for the numbers 1-5. As the number of objects in a set gets larger the more difficult it becomes for some children to count. When counting objects I suggest they "count and move " each object. When counting pictured objects I suggest they make a dot by the object as they count so they know which ones have or have not been counted.
Please go over this at home. I have taught the children to make consistent pictures for 3,4,5,6,7 and 8. Ask them about this.
We will continue to work on number recognition in November. Our focus will now be the numbers 0-9.
Our goal is for the children to ;
a) recognize the number
b) count out the correct number of objects
c) write the number
We have also worked on sorting and graphing and of course we are always on the lookout for patterns!
We are very busy!!!
Our Math curriculum is quite comprehensive. Please be sure to read the weekly Homework sheet as well as this site in order to stay on top of the work we are doing.