This week, we continued our review of addition and subtraction in Math. While many are able to identify “Friends to 10” and know the subtraction facts within 20, trying to suss out what a word problem is asking is a completely different skill. This may be more of a reading and “translating” skill than one […]
We finished our first full week of school and it was full of finishing projects and achieving new firsts! In conjunction to our study of plants in science, we chose 1-3 leaves to rub with crayons. Layering on top of the waxy rubbings, Temescalians watercolored and explored different techniques and effects that watercolors on crayon […]
In math, we wrapped up the analysis of our people glyphs, looking at what time of day we prefer to work and the size of groups we prefer to work in. We emphasized using words like “more than”, “less than” and underlined the different categories in our math journals. Some individuals noticed that one category […]
We had a great, albeit short, first week. It was such a joy for Jackie and I to welcome our new class of Temescalians into the classroom on Wednesday and we started building community almost immediately by sharing one highlight from our summer. We heard about kids’ travels, spending time with family, and being in […]
