Math
Hi, everyone. Sorry for the late post. It is has been a busy past week for my family. We had two birthdays and Earth Day, as well as the myriad other things that make up family life. I am only seeing a few of the first graders over zoom. I know the sunshine is a big draw and I completely understand the idea of minimizing screen time for young ones, so I hope you are picking up your packets and including math in your lives. Parents feel free to connect with me if have any questions.
This week's first grade curriculum included a Number 7 sheet, remember sky to earth and focus on pencil grip. There is a Coloring Conundrum, I would love to see if anyone has solved it or created a new one. I gave you a dragon coloring sheet to remind you of folder choice and more sheets for your number scroll. Emerie and ChetanWin worked on their number scrolls together over zoom and they are at almost the same number. They were both approaching 1,200. Go students! I also included the first activity in Creating Line Design, in which students connect numbers using a ruler to create a design. This is great for fine motor control, practice using a ruler, and graphing skills. Students must lift their pencil when they come to a line and then continue drawing after crossing that section. Please keep your Grid and Bear It sheets handy for Wednesday. Curriculum can be downloaded here.
2nd graders, I continue to enjoy our zoom sessions together. This past week, we tried the breakout rooms for the first time in which students either worked on trying to create a square using their homemade pentominoes or finished creating their set of pentominoes. Thank you to parents for supporting their children in these sessions and projects. My goal is to keep these students thinking and problem solving, to encourage them to complete tasks and persevere. The pentomino challenge is not easy and I encourage families to work on them together. The first time I solved it was two weeks ago with my son, Oliver, who attended Orchard and just turned 19. I also included a new to the students Place Value sheet and a Coloring Conundrum. We did not get to Grid and Graph It this past session so we will complete it next session. Please feel free to send me copies of completed work or return to school. This past week's curriculum can be downloaded here. And Marla joined us for our session and we began to learn the cup song. There are two videos she shared with me. One is an easy tutorial for learning the song, and the other is a video of a school community performing the song. Click on the links for the students and practice prior to Thursday.
Enjoy the sun!