Sneak a Peek at our Second Week!

It's hard for me to believe the last time I posted here was two weeks ago; this first month of school has simply flown by us here in C110! However, I would certainly be remiss not to document those weeks, even if it is a tad late!

With that being said, here's a peek at our second week! We dove into our writer's workshop, began reading to our friends during our reader's workshop, and had our Boosterthon pep rally to kick off our big school fundraiser! However, math was many of the kids' favorite time this week as we explored patterns! Take a look:

On Monday, after talking about patterns, everyone got a chance to finish and fill in some pattern cards with Unifix cubes. 

Brody, Oliver, and Nevaeh explore pattern cards.

Lucy and Tanner proudly display their finished pattern cards!

Creigh is all smiles with his pattern cards! 

These activities helped us build community with our table groups as we learned to share materials!

Later that week, table groups worked together to build growing patterns with attribute blocks and pattern blocks.  

Tables 1 and 2

Table 4

Table 5

Table 6

On Friday, we wrapped up our pattern unit with a culminating centers day. Students rotated from table to table, creating patterns with dry erase boards and markers, Unifix cubes, pattern blocks, washable markers, and- the class's favorite- making "Pattern Crowns" with sentence strips and bingo daubers. It was so exciting to see our mathematicians exploring these different materials, observing their friends' work, and making meaningful gains in their understanding of patterns- growing patterns, especially!  

Moriah, Kenneth, and Creigh use some of their favorite color combinations while making patterns.

Will creates a growing pattern!

Ava, Patrick, and Lucy use our whiteboards for the first time! 

Amber, Saylor, and Dawson show off all the creative patterns they can make with markers!

Jack and Jessie work on their crowns!

Moriah watches Kenneth work on his growing pattern.

Nevaeh proudly showing Mrs. Whitten her dry-erase pattern!

Dawson enjoys the bingo daubers station! 

Ray, in the process of making a neat discovery on how to show a growing pattern with Unifix cubes! 

Mathematicians hard at work!

Brody proudly displays his growing pattern! 

Pattern Pros!

Patrick shows off his super-long Unifix pattern!

Ava and her growing pattern she worked making! 

Saylor's smile says it all: we love patterns!

Phew! That sure was a lot to cover, and to think, that was just one hour each day! Your little learners are working so hard in school and growing so much! I'm so thankful for the effort they put in, for the support you're giving them (and in turn, giving me) on a daily basis.

Tomorrow I'll be sharing a glimpse into our third week, so stay tuned!