We have been working hard this month on our addition math study unit…we have used many different manipulatives such as marbles and unifix cubes to learned the fundamentals of addition. According to learning theory based on psychologist Jean Piaget’s research, children are active learners who master math concepts by progressing through three levels of knowledge–concrete, pictorial, and abstract. When children use manipulatives it allows them to explore addition at the concrete level. When students manipulate objects to solve addition problems, they are taking the first steps toward building understanding and internalizing math processes and procedures. They will then use the base knowledge to develop more sophisticated problem-solving strategies in the future.
We have been working on learning to read the color words during the month of April and it continues this week…earth day style! What Color is YOUR recycle bin?
After an “extended” winter vacation, we were all ready to be back in school this week! We hit the ground running with a new emergent reader focusing on the new sight words, go and on. We also began sounding out simple two letter words.
We have been working on a more difficult book during reading groups this week. It contains our previous sight words: is ~ can along with our new word~we. Most pages contain multiple sentences which is requiring the students to pay close attention to each and every word that they are reading as they track the words with their finger. This book also contains missing words that the children added by listening to the sounds in the word. They’re working hard as we continue our journey to becoming readers!
Using our new sight word for the week, we created our own sight word sentence to practice and to illustrate. Reading sentences provides the students with an opportunity to practice one to one correspondence, directional movement (reading left to right), develop the understanding of the differences between letters and words, and recognize familiar sight words.
I see Georgie.
I see the flower.
I see the pumpkin.
I see Mator.
I see the truck.
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