100 days

We have been counting by 10's and exploring numbers within the range of 0-100 during Number Corner and Math Workshop. On Tuesday we celebrated 100 days in school. The children used different colors to show 100 dots on 10 ten frames. They counted the 10 squares within each frame, making sure that each square got one dot. They counted forward by 10's and some children took on the challenge of counting by 1's. 

 

 

During our morning meeting we used our classroom to find 100 words. This challenge connected to our celebration of counting and our important literacy and problem solving work.

We know that our classroom environment is another teacher. We can use the environment to find words, from classroom labels to the many books on our shelves. The children were given 5 sticky notes and set off to find 5 words. When we counted how many we found, the children realized that we needed 6 more. We quickly wrote 6 more words! Later in the day Nora helped to organize our words into a book of 100 words, gluing 10 words on each page. How many pages does our book have? 10!

During our movement break we did 10 of 10 different exercises, from ski jumps to lunges. It was a day full of counting in different ways and making connections between all of our work, learning, and play.