We have been learning to locate and read points on a coordinate graph. We played two games to practice these skills. The first was a team game in which each team attempted to be the first to place four magnets in a row. In the second partner game, one player hid stickers on a coordinate grid and his/her partner guessed ordered pairs until they found all the stickers. To help us remember to move horizontally first, we said that you must go down the hall before you can go up the elevator.

We dropped paint on one side of a piece of paper.  Then we refolded the paper and rubbed it to make a symmetrical design.  We reopened the paper and after it dried, we added details.  What imaginations!

I have been so impressed with the mental math skills I have seen this year. The students in my math group each wrote a target number on a turkey and then wrote equations which equaled the selected number.

My math group has been working hard to master addition facts.
We learned this rap to help us learn the doubles.

The Doubles from Pattye Bright on Vimeo.

We pretended to be in a restaurant today during math. I acted as hostess and seated each group of children. They reviewed a menu, wrote an order, and then calculated their bills. They brought me their bill and I checked it with a cash register.

One of our morning routines is to practice skip counting. I’ve found that learning multiplication facts and identifying patterns is much easier if you master this skill. I challenged my students to learn to skip count with a promise of an out-of-uniform day if they met that challenge. Congratulations to the first two students who were successful!

Skip Counting from Pattye Bright on Vimeo.