November Calendar Pieces and More

As we entered a new month this week, the children created new calendar pieces for the month of November. This month's theme is butterflies, which the children colored the wings so that they were symmetrical. Then, they water colored the background. The pattern for the month is an ABC pattern. The children were also introduced to the words right side-up, sideways, and upside down, to describe the direction the butterflies are flying. We will continue to graph the weather in Our Month in School chart.

Also this week, the children counted bugs on ten-frame cards and then matched numeral cards to the pictures. This activity reinforced counting by 1's, recognizing 1 more, instantly recognizing quantities to 5, and seeing quantities in relationship to 5 and to 10. It was also a great activity to practice justifying our answers!

The children were introduced to a new math work place this week: Which Numeral Will Win? This game combines numeral writing with probability. To play this game, the children spin the spinner, find the numeral that they just spun on their recording sheet and trace over the first dotted numeral in that row. They continue to spin and trace the numerals until one row or more fills completely.