We are learning about length 📏

Posted January 30, 2023

We are learning about length. Students were engaged in measuring activities around the classroom and we talked about objects being longer, shorter or the same as other objects. One of our favourite activities was to measure how tall we are and how it compares to others in our classroom. Brennan, our co-op student, was the tallest. […]

We are learning about graphing! 📊

Posted November 22, 2022

We have been learning about graphing. We have been asking our friends questions about their favourite things (e.g., stone soup ingredient, pizza toppings, ways to travel) and then looking at the data and talking about which has the most, the least and if any are the same.   Graphing is a great way to engage children […]

We are learning about Patterning! 🔴🔵🔴🔵

Posted November 4, 2022

We have been learning about patterning. We can pattern with shapes, colours, and even sounds! We made some patterns with bingo dabbers, stickers, tiles, math manipulative and we noticed them in our friends’ clothing. Patterning is a great way to engage children and create some enthusiasm for math. Patterns are at the heart of math. The […]

Exploring Letters and Numbers 🔠🔢

Posted September 12, 2022

Students come to school with different understanding of letters and numbers.  We will be providing various activities to learning letter names, sounds and how they are used to form words and sentences. We will be starting home reading after Thanksgiving. We look forward to nurturing our little readers and writers this year!

Helping your child with math

Posted December 9, 2020

Kindergarteners are avid math learners! They may easily compare sets of objects to know which is more, but may have difficulty figuring out how many they actually have. When they count they know how many? but may not know that the last number counted means the total quantity. At this age, kids are learning which […]

Learning About Numbers

Posted June 26, 2018

This year students have been involved in learning about numbers from 0 to 10.  We learn about the many different ways that numbers can be represented: words, clock, money, ordinals (first, second, third), odd/even, dot plates, and using a rekenrek.  Ask your child if they can tell you more about these math tools. We created […]

Three Dimensional Figures

Posted June 14, 2018

Students have been engaged in activities involving three-dimensional figures. 3D figures are fat (e.g., having length, width and depth). They have sorted them according to attributes such as number of sides, number of edges (where two faces come together), number of vertices (points), types of edges (e.g., straight, curved).  Students had the opportunity to participate […]

Mass is weighing us down

Posted May 28, 2018

Students have been engaged in activities involving mass. Mass is the quantity of matter in an object. People often call it weight but it is not the same because the weight of an object changes according to gravity (e.g., a brick that weighs 2 kg on Earth weighs 0 kg in space). At home you […]

Things are Adding Up!

Posted May 14, 2018

Students have been learning about adding. We have used a variety of math manipulatives (e.g., double sided counters, mini motors, pompoms) in the classroom to practice our adding. Shake and Spill has been one of the favourites. Students place the counters in a cup, shake the cup, spill the counters on the table and then […]

Two-Dimensional Math

Posted April 30, 2018

Students have been engaged in activities involving two-dimensional shapes. 2D shapes are flat. They have sorted them according to attributes such as number of sides, number of vertices (points), types of sides (e.g., straight, curved), length of sides and colour.  They have created art with them, they have stamped with them to create scenes.  Students […]

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