Announcements: Results!

The results of Secret Mission Blog are in... and the number is...

out of 29. Not terrible. I didn't give a ton of notice either, so thank you for participating! This was very insightful to me. It's something I wished everyone utilized because there are a lot of great resources on here and it's the fastest more convenient way for me to communicate with you. 

Mathematics: Using a Number Rack

Watch my most recent video on the benefits of using a number rack :)

Online Rekenrek Here

Announcement: Secret Mission!!

My blog gets a lot of hits, so I know people are reading it, which is good! I wouldn't spend all this extra time for nothing! Now I'm curious to see who is using it! I did this once last year, and that time has come again!

I like to know how many families are reading my blog so I know for the future if I should continue to keep blogging. Contrary to popular belief, it isn't mandatory, but I love doing it because I love sharing with you all the fun and learning that happens in our classroom :) However, if only 5 out of 29 families are using it, that would provide with me valuable insight.

SECRET MISSION: BLOG!

This Friday, March 11th, if you regularly read my blog, please dress your child in some form of RED (shirt, bright red headband, necklace, etc.). That way I will know if you read my blog. This is just out of pure curiosity!! 

Remember, you can always subscribe to my blog! That way you will get an e-mail every time I update so you don't have to check constantly :) It's on the right sidebar under "Search this Blog".

Mathematics: Place Value

Today I sat down with some friends with our place value cards and number racks! I was determined to help them learn that 1 in any of the teens actually represents 10. We started off by making numbers on our number rack, and then I introduced the place value cards to them. It really helped that they had the quantity on the back! If you're not entirely sure what I'm talking about, you can watch the video I made about place value here!

They were quickly starting to pick up on the idea that the 1 in 14 (for example) was actually 10! When Lily was making 14, she asked "So all numbers higher than 10 have 10 in them?" Woohoo!!! I was SO excited that they were understanding it. We will continue to understand that even 20 has 10 in it, but 2 groups of 10 :)

General Happenings: Picture Post!

I know how much everyone loves these :) Here are some photos from the last little bit... we even snagged some of our time in the library and in gym! :)

Mathematics: Problem Solving

We had an extra math lesson today and it was our first attempt at group problem solving! The problem was:

"Miss Pliura needs 10 cupcakes for the class. How many cupcakes are vanilla? How many cupcakes are chocolate?"

We were excited to see how students would answer, and if they could come up with more than one way to make 10!

We were really impressed with some of the strategies that students used to show 10, especially since this was something new to us! Afterwards, we came back to the carpet and talked about how many cupcakes could have been vanilla, and how many could have been chocolate. We can't wait to do more problem solving in the near future!!

Special Events: Balloon Day EXTRAS!

I found these pictures that were taken on Mrs. Tortola's iPad and I forgot to upload them from balloon day :)