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Math Workshop

Our second grade mathematicians have been working hard to build their math strategies.  We are learning about math facts through the use of math mountains.  Next week we will learn additional strategies to help us when we add or subtract.   Below please find a parent letter for more details.

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As children are introduced to strategies and new topics/instruction, they have an opportunity to practice using games, hands on activities, math journal work, math work on the computers, partner practice and fact fluency through each of their work stations.  Our learners visit all of the stations each day and have done a FABULOUS job getting to work quickly and quietly.   Look at these hard little workers!

Math Workshop

This week our first grade mathematicians learned about doubles.  A number with doubles can be split equally into two groups.  The doubles inside the number 10 are 5 and 5.  The doubles inside the number 8 are 4 and 4.  During our exploration with doubles, we learned that a number that has doubles (or equal partners) is called an even an number, and when a number can’t be split into equal groups because there is one left over, it is called odd.  It was very easy for us to look at groups of objects and tell which was odd and even due to all this great practice.

We also spent time as mathematicians this week reviewing all of the concepts that we’ve studied during our math time this year: patterns, number writing, counting, finding partners & switch partners, 5 groups, and identifying odd & even.  Then, we took our Unit 1 assessment.  This assessment was a snap!!! 🙂  Room 106 performed very well.  Thank you so much for preparing your child for this assessment with your encouragement and support on the homework pages at night.

Now that we have finished up our first unit of math, we are ready to start some new learning!  To prepare for our new unit of study each first grader completed a pre-test for Unit 2 on Friday.  Our Unit 2 will cover addition and subtraction strategies and provides the foundation for all of the math learning that will take place for the rest of this year and beyond.  As a first grade staff, we are always striving to meet the needs of each and every individual student.  In order to do this, we studied the data from our students’ pre-tests, and used this information to group together students with similar areas of expertise and areas of need. When we begin our Unit 2 on Monday many of our students will be taking part in a “math switch” in which they may be traveling to a different classroom, so that they are able to work in the group and with the teacher that will help them reach their full potential as a math learner.  Each group of math learners will be working on the same math concepts each day, but the pace and practice may look a little different.

We are very excited about this opportunity for your child and can’t wait to dig into some more math! 🙂  Please feel free to e-mail us if you have an questions or concerns.

Thank you!

Miss Chrisman, Mrs. Stadt, Miss Taber, and Mrs. Woodring