Tuesday, April 5, 2011

1st Grade Magnificent Math Minds

Our first graders are busy mathematicians!!  They are working on their addition and subtraction facts, telling time, counting money, and increasing their number sense skills.  They deserve high-fives for working so hard!
Jaliyah is working on memorizing her math facts. 
Students enjoy playing a fun game while working in this skill.
Nathaniel is working hard at counting money. 
Students are increasing their number sense skills by reading numbers
and identifying the number in the ones, tens, and hundreds place.
First grade students learn to tell time to the hour and half hour.  They also learn
to identify and read times that are quarter to the hour and quarter past the hour.

Kindergarten Readers

Our kindergarten friends have made such HUGE gains in their reading skills.  They began the year learning their letter names and sounds and are now reading books!!

2nd Grade Math Wizards

Our second graders have been busy this year working on their math gold standards.  Students are working on mastering their addition and subtraction facts, counting money, solving story problems, and increasing their number sense skills.
Second grade math flex groups.  Each group is working on a different
gold standard.  Students rotate to the different teachers.

Students are working on regrouping and borrowing two digit numbers.

This group of students is working on measuring to the nearest inch and centimeter.

Counting a group of coins.  This group is figuring out ow much is costs to
buy something then coming up with the right combination of coins.

These students are using their reading comprehension skills to solve story problems.