With the recent Mathathon and our shop in the classroom we have been doing lots of work on basic facts. This week I put a box of magnetic numbers next to a whiteboard easel and put 2+2=4 on the top. I came back later and the children had independently added their own basic facts sentences! They love seeing how many they can make and many have been including subtraction problems as well. The activity has really caught on even though there was no guidance on my part at all- just a blank canvas and some numbers! There sure are a lot of great thinkers in Room 12!
Thanks to everyone who has helped us keep our class shop stocked with boxes, packets, bottles and containers. We have been having fun writing shopping lists, making 'money', designing a wallet/purse to keep our 'money' in, pricing the 'stock' and of course selecting and paying for our purchases. We have been learning about problem solving, playing cooperatively and had lots of opportunities to practice our basic facts.
During maths today we chose some items from the shop and drew them in our maths journal, showing how we worked out the total price. The children were totally absorbed in this and kept selecting more and more items to add together.
Great work everyone!
