Musings of a Teacher: December 2010

"I have grown to appreciate the task of helping children take better care of themselves, of each other, and of their classrooms. It's not a waste. It's probably the most enduring thing that I teach. In a world filled with global violence and threats of environmental devastation, where drugs and guns are easily available, learning to be more decent and to build caring communities is hardly a waste of time."
-Ruth Sydney Charney, Teaching Children to Care

"I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework."
-Lily Tomlin as "Edith Ann"

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Math Time

Typical Day in math. Surprisingly, they can follow this.

So far this year, we have worked on:
-Adding (up to three digits)
-Simple subtraction
-Graphing
-Fractions
-Place Value
-Ordinal numbers
-Time (hour and half hour)
-Money
-Skip counting
-Counting to 100
-Writing numbers to 20
-Shapes
-Number bonds/number families
-Number words
-Math facts
-Combinations of 10

Picture Day

The photographer actually held up a toy for me to smile at, just like she did for the kids. I felt like I was five.