We survived the week after Halloween and are feeling the LOVE!

Literacy

This week we read the book, Cherries and Cherry Pits, about a young girl that loves to draw and tell stories while she draws! This brought great excitement about storytelling and story writing. We also took story dictation down from a student and acted it out as a class in the style of Vivian Paley, a famous Kindergarten teacher, and writer. We have noticed a steady increase in excitement about writing and fluency!

Math

The stories that have been coming home about playing a new game that involves betting are true! We have been working on the automaticity of math facts 1-10 and 1-20 using a version of Blackjack. Students try and get card combinations on or close to 10 (or 20 for the older students) but not to go over… or else they lose and their partner gets the “pot”. Other than learning math facts, the students are learning how to take turns, play fair, and be gracious winners and losers. This is tricky for some of us!!