Everyone was so excited to see each other after returning from winter break! We spent a little time in the morning sharing with each other about all the occurred while we were apart. It was so fun to hear about their adventures and watching them reconnect with each other!
In math we revisited the concept of fact families and how the numbers in the family help you solve related addition and subtraction problems. The students were asked to choose a fact family that was listed and write down all the addition and subtraction problems they could make using those numbers on post it notes.
Fact Family example: 6, 4 10
6+4=10
4+6= 10
10-6=4
10-4=6
We then read The Very Hungry Caterpillar and students were asked to figure out how many pieces of fruit the caterpillar ate in the story. We first tackled the question of what did they need to know to solve the problem - how many pieces of each type of fruit he ate. Together we created a chart of this information for them to use to solve the problem. Students then used that information and solved the problem using various strategies we have discussed - using objects to represent the fruit, drawing pictures, writing basic facts and then adding those sums together, writing a larger string of numbers, etc.
In math we revisited the concept of fact families and how the numbers in the family help you solve related addition and subtraction problems. The students were asked to choose a fact family that was listed and write down all the addition and subtraction problems they could make using those numbers on post it notes.
Fact Family example: 6, 4 10
6+4=10
4+6= 10
10-6=4
10-4=6
We then read The Very Hungry Caterpillar and students were asked to figure out how many pieces of fruit the caterpillar ate in the story. We first tackled the question of what did they need to know to solve the problem - how many pieces of each type of fruit he ate. Together we created a chart of this information for them to use to solve the problem. Students then used that information and solved the problem using various strategies we have discussed - using objects to represent the fruit, drawing pictures, writing basic facts and then adding those sums together, writing a larger string of numbers, etc.