We're in the Double Digits!

Over the last month, our class has ROCKED in math! We have covered two digit addition and are currently mastering two digit subtraction with and without regrouping. As always, I feel like the students grasp ideas better when we can use our hands, so to help them out with the concept of two digits we used work mats. For several days in a row, we utilized the math work mats which encouraged the students to physically carry the digit/number tile over to the tens place when adding two digit numbers like 43+29. They really enjoy learning in partner groups and I love when they work in pairs because they get to demonstrate understanding, cooperatively correct one another, and re-teach by explaining their reasoning to their peers. In the end, learning concepts like two digit addition and subtraction becomes concrete for the students and the whole time they are having fun!

Also, before we took a break for Thanksgiving, we covered a story in our reading books called Ah, Music! We spent the week studying vocabulary words like vibration, volume, performance, tune, and concentrate. At the end of the week, we were privileged to have Mr. Wright as our special guest who brought in instruments such as a guitar, a snare drum, and maracas to illustrate the week's vocab words. When all was said and done we not only knew our vocabulary words, but we also walked away with a new tid bit of knowledge: the snare drum is the loudest non-amplified (meaning you don't have to plug it in) instrument. 

Stay tuned for the next post which will highlight our classroom's Pilgrim Day!