Number sense, ants, and fall

We are getting ready to move onto our next math unit, but before taking that step the girls reviewed the different ways to write a number:  the actual number, number word and showing the number using dots.  To celebrate the upcoming holiday, we used a candy corn as an organizer for our number work.  One student was called up to write the example on the candy corn while her peers did the same work on their individual iPads. While the girls enjoyed this activity, they were a little disappointed that our math lesson did not contain actual candy corn.

The girls learned about the life cycle of an ant yesterday during science. The girls then used a cotton ball, q-tip, and pipe cleaner to depict each stage.

Here is a pic from our Spirit Day--the girls had sooooo much fun (who doesn't have fun when bead necklaces are involved?) even though our parade was canceled.  The first grade led an impromptu indoor parade which we jumped onto.  We are already looking forward to our next out-of-uniform day....HALLOWEEN!!!!!!  Bring on the craziness :-)

With the change in the weather, comes a change in bulletin boards :-)  We were thinking it was about time to change our summer board over to the fall.  To celebrate the season of fall, we read the story It's Fall, which gives wonderful examples of the changing colors and textures of the new season. 

The girls brainstormed different phrases and words that reminded them of fall.  Then the girls copied the phrases we brainstormed--or came up with ideas on their own--and wrote them onto apple sheets.

The girls worked in math centers today, all focusing on number sense--with a fall theme, of course :-)

Matching numbers, number words, and corresponding ten frames.

Matching numbers, number words, and corresponding stickers.

Playing memory, matching the number with the number word.