Sunday, October 25, 2009

Centering on Math

Our daily math centers focus on patterning in four to five different ways.
Every week we have a manipulative center to foster fine-motor development while honing the prescribed skill. Another center uses patterning to increase our number sense. A craft center will enable the students to create with their math skills. Lastly, the gaming center takes what we have learned and forces students to rapidly practice and work together in a practical application.

This week students used their numerical sense to calculate the winner in an adapted form of the card game War.

At the craft center Lukas and Jeffrey work to create snake patterns with cut out pattern block shapes (Thanks Sunita!)

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