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Hi Folks-
I've been dying to share with you some of the math thinking that's been going on in our class. Your children never cease to amaze me with curiosity, diverse ways of thinking and seeing, and their ability to express this in so many ways.
Due to a number of scheduled pre-Thanksgiving events our regularly scheduled "Math Work Places" had been postponed a number of times. Let's just say, the children were NOT HAPPY! When we finally had a day with no changes in our routine, I gave them extra Math Work Place time. Interestingly, I found that the longer they had, the better able they were to really immerse themselves into what they were doing. Honestly, after an hour, they didn't want to stop and they couldn't have been more eager to share their "math thinking." When we shared our thinking and discoveries at the end of the session at the carpet, it was the longest time that the children had sat completely and fully engaged in everyone's sharing. Heart swell.
We've been working on "Showing Your Thinking" in math, both in writing and orally. Here are a couple of quotes from my soon to be engineers, architects, neurologists, actuaries, and computer programmers:
B: while building with polydrons (which he does EVERY DAY),
"I noticed that the structure I built looks like it has more sides, but when I traced it, it was only four sides. Like a square. I also noticed a repeating pattern in the crown I made. It was sets of three."
Y and E: "We were adding and estimating what the answers would be. We weren't always close."
A: " I built a structure with dominoes and tried to estimate how many dots were in my structure. It was hard. I lost count. I think I might group them next time."
D: "I showed that there are a lot of ways to make the number 15. I added and subtracted."
N: "Mrs. F, the secret to stacking these dominoes is balance."
This is only a smattering of what they shared and were excited about . They slay me...
Enjoy the pictures from previous Math Workplace sessions:
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| Ownership |
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| Pride |
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| My girls have been erecting "fairy castles" |
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| Symmetry |
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| Beauty and Simplicity |
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| A budding architect |
