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Feb. 5th, 2018 06:28 pmLink to wordpress with picture
So, today the math book read:
Mrs. Herrell had 427 pinecones. She gave 249 pinecones to her children. How many pinecones does she have now?
I think the real question is why does Mrs. Herrell have so many pinecones and why has no one called "Hoarders" on her? I don't know why this was the question that broke my suspension of disbelief, but it was.
Today I continued my seemingly futile quest to get the kids to count up when they subtract. We did 30-19 and they solved it in a variety of ways: decomposing, regrouping in their heads, imagining a number line, using the hundreds chart. But the target skill? Nope. *sigh* Ah well. It's only the fourth number talk we've done on this skill. They'll get there.
I was also able to talk about my favorite thing today. In ELD, we had the vocabulary word "patient". I told the kids that I had to be really patient right now because I was going to Disney World in 140 days and I want to go right now. But it's a long way away, so I had to wait calmly for a long time. They were super impressed, although one kid immediately said, "I never get to go on vacation!" So I told him that I've never been either, and when he was grown up, he could go to Disney World or wherever he wanted. He just had to be patient. Vocabulary in action. It's a beautiful thing.
140 more days!
So, today the math book read:
Mrs. Herrell had 427 pinecones. She gave 249 pinecones to her children. How many pinecones does she have now?
I think the real question is why does Mrs. Herrell have so many pinecones and why has no one called "Hoarders" on her? I don't know why this was the question that broke my suspension of disbelief, but it was.
Today I continued my seemingly futile quest to get the kids to count up when they subtract. We did 30-19 and they solved it in a variety of ways: decomposing, regrouping in their heads, imagining a number line, using the hundreds chart. But the target skill? Nope. *sigh* Ah well. It's only the fourth number talk we've done on this skill. They'll get there.
I was also able to talk about my favorite thing today. In ELD, we had the vocabulary word "patient". I told the kids that I had to be really patient right now because I was going to Disney World in 140 days and I want to go right now. But it's a long way away, so I had to wait calmly for a long time. They were super impressed, although one kid immediately said, "I never get to go on vacation!" So I told him that I've never been either, and when he was grown up, he could go to Disney World or wherever he wanted. He just had to be patient. Vocabulary in action. It's a beautiful thing.
140 more days!
