I'm Lucky!

I’m lucky!

In case you have been wondering what on earth Mrs. Kugler has been up to because she hasn’t posted on her blog for AGES – I’ll let you in on my secret. I have been too busy enjoying 5 and 6 year olds! Which means there is VERY LITTLE time to sit down at my computer and craft an entry.

But today during Math I realized just how lucky I am and thought that I should share.

The class was engaged in a group math lesson. I was calling groups of 3 students to the center of the circle to work together and create a triangle with their bodies (we had practiced this with squares, rectangles, trapezoids and hexagons as a whole group with my direction and now it was time to apply the learning.) 

Groups 1 and 2 went off without a hitch. Group 3 consisted of a boy and 2 girls. The little boy eagerly huddled up his “teammates” and quickly gave them directions: “Ok, you be the unicorn and you be the princess.” WHAT!!!! Wait!!!! We are making triangles and he is planning an escape from the kingdom! I surpressed a giggle and directed him to just decide which side of the triangle they would like to be. 

Do I really sound like Charlie Brown’s teacher when I’m teaching? I guess I’ll never know.

See what I mean, lucky.

P.S. and here is evidence of our learning :O) We love to explore math concepts with hands on materials.

Working with number sequence, 2 digit numbers and the hundred chart.

100 is 10 groups of 10.

10 in a bed - subtracting 1.