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I have been inspired by Soule Mama to begin this Friday ritual. Her blog is simply beautiful.
One of our favourite games when we are taking a car trip is spot the cement mixer. Often, however, Mr. C forgets the number of cement mixers that he has seen. So for our math lessons this week we have been exploring counting with tally marks. We began by matching numerals with the number of fingers and tally marks. The matching cards can be found at The Linton Academy blog. I printed them out and used them as a learning center in our pocket chart.
To remind Mr. C to cross with the fifth tally, I found the following great posters and anchor charts on Pinterest. Click on the image to go to the resource.
Another great resource which I found on Teachers Pay Teachers is the Truck Tally Mark and Bar Graph Center. This freebie was perfect for Mr. C and his interest in counting cement mixers. Like with the number, finger, and tally mark cards, I created another pocket chart learning center. Mr. C had to count the number of construction vehicles in the picture cards and match the correct numeral and tally mark cards.
Once he completed the pocket chart learning center, he used the accompanying worksheets to record his answers.
To provide him with a more hands on activity in counting with tally marks, I gave Mr. C a box of popsicle sticks and invited him to use them as tally marks to count to 100. This was great practise for reminding him that the fifth tally is placed across the other tallies and for counting by fives.
We are now ready to go on car trips and walks and put our tally counting into practise. There are several great walk, count and tally worksheets in different themes available on the Teachers Pay Teachers website. We’re going to use the transportation edition on our next car trip. Finally, check out the following books about tally counting.
Mr. C is at the stage where he is using an alphabet chart during his writing. He refers to it to work out which letter makes which sound and how to write that letter. To assist him, I have decided to create some letter formation alphabet cards. These match my number writing and ten frame posters.
Each alphabet card is A4 in size. I decided to print them two to a page and use them as part of our word wall.
These cards are available in my Teacher Pay Teachers store. Click on any image to get them.
Now that I have started posting a Peek at My Week post, I am even more amazed at how quickly each week speeds by. This week seemed to go twice as fast as the previous weeks. We didn’t get to complete all our plans as we had a few unplanned outings last week. We celebrated a very special person’s birthday at the beach. The day was perfect and Mr. C and Miss S loved every minute of it, even though it was too cold to swim.
Also, with the weather getting colder, we are trying to spend the remaining warm days at our local creek. Picnics and running through the woods make for two very happy children.
So our lesson plans this week are very similar to last week’s. Click on the image to download the lesson plans.
Preschool Lesson Plan
Hands on activities are a great way to teach children about shape properties and attributes. We have spent the last two weeks playing games, solving puzzles, and doing crafts involving shapes. My objectives were for Mr. C and Miss S to learn:
To achieve this, I created several math stations for them to explore. I found that the best way to teach Mr. C and Miss S the names of shapes is by playing games. There are many awesome free shape games available online. Our favourite games included shape bingo, Shape Race, and Name that Shape.
Our Shape Sorting Center was setup using a pocket chart and shape cards based on the shape attribute blocks. I placed the shapes at the bottom of the pocket chart and two cards that specified the attribute for sorting at the top of the pocket chart. Mr. C and Miss S took turns sorting the cards by colour, the number of corners that the shape has, and by the type of sides the shape has (straight lines or curved lines).
The next math center was all about making shapes. We made shapes using a Geoboard and marshmallows and sticks. These activities provide the opportunity for children to take notice of how many sides and corners (vertices) a shape has.
The Geoboard shape and marshmallow shape cards are from Teachers Pay Teachers and both are free. Click here to download the cards: The Creating with Shapes math center was all about creating pictures using shapes. This is a hands on way for children to see that shapes are a part of our environment and can be found everywhere. We made pictures by using pattern blocks, solving tangram puzzles, and drawing and painting shape robots. The shape robots were inspired by a lesson from Fairy Dust Teaching.
Lastly, we read several books about shapes. Our favourite books include Mouse Shapes For more great ideas on how to teach about shapes, be sure to check out my Pinterest board: Math: Shapes.
I have been inspired by Soule Mama to begin this Friday ritual. Her blog is simply beautiful.
These posters are available for free on Teachers Pay Teachers. Click on the image above to download them.
Today I wanted to talk about how we start our day. Like many classrooms and homeschoolers, we like to begin our day with the calendar board. In addition to using the calendar to see what the current date is, we use the calendar for teaching concepts such as patterning, comparisons, and directional concepts. For example, last month our calendar markers were shapes with an ABCD pattern. Each day we would predict what the next number and shape would be. This month, each day is represented by a combination of red and blue dots. We talk about how many dots there are and which colour has the most or least dots. Later in the month, the dots will be grouped into fives so we can practise counting by fives.
Where possible, I like to make this process interactive and hands on. For instance, when we are counting our red and blue dots, we also use Unifix cubes to build red and blue towers. This way we have another way to compare the numbers. Following this, we look at Our Days at School board. I first saw this idea on Pinterest and thought it would be a great way to count how many days we have been doing lessons and explore place value concepts. Mr. C also marks this number on a 100 chart. When we get to 100 days, we’ll have a 100th day celebration. In Australia, we don’t actually celebrate the 100th day of school. But, I thought this idea was so great I decided to integrate it into our homeschool.
For the first 10 days, we have also been exploring numbers 1 – 10. Each morning we have read a Number Tales book and practised writing numbers 1 – 10.
Finally, we check the weather and mark it on our weather chart. Mr. C and Miss S enjoy this routine so much that they remind me on weekends to update our Calendar Board, Days at School Board, and weather chart. I was quite surprised to find Mr. C out on the front porch on a Saturday morning, in his pyjamas, checking the weather so he could update the weather chart. There are many more concepts I want to integrate into our morning routine and calendar board. I have pinned some of my favourite ideas on my Math: Calendar Pinterest board. Click on the image below to check it out.
Most of the teacher blogs that I read seem to be winding down and nearing the end of their school year. We, on the other hand, are just getting into the swing of things. I am amazed at how much progress children make in such a short time. Here are some photos from our past week. For our writing workshop, Mr. C has gone from working on adding details and colours to his pictures, to writing his first sentence.
Miss S has been enjoying her hands on alphabet lessons. This week, we have been doing letter B activities. I just love the way our Corduroy bears have turned out!
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