Our work with addition and subtraction in math extended to measurement and adding up different lengths. Temescalians were tasked with finding items in the classroom that were a specific length in centimeters. They could only look for items that had straight edges. As Temescalians began adding the lengths together, they were applying the addition strategies […]
Thank you to all of the grown ups who made it to Back to School Night last week. Your children were delighted to read the letters you wrote back to them and that you followed their maps to their favorite spots in Temescal Creek. We appreciated sharing our hopes and dreams for the year and […]
We kicked off this week with a review of addition facts. We incorporated the work into a morning message and challenged the Temescalians to come up with different ways to make 19. We encouraged them to use any operation that they wanted to, and many rose up to the challenge! As we venture into the […]
Our first week heated up and filled up quickly with important community building, establishing routines, meeting new core arts teachers, and, of course, learning! Our new Bridges math program for K-6 launched our very first day back at school by creating our own list for what makes a community of math learners: Next, we created […]
