To be a Kindergarten teacher, you have to be flexible and open to the infinite ideas these students are constantly exploring -- and quick enough to connect them to your learning goals! Last week, though I had my math plans ready and organized, I scrapped all of them in lieu of the great math work Kindergartners were already naturally and organically engaging in. Students were fascinated with digging holes, tunnel systems, and dams. They were measuring their depth and length, noticing the speed of water, counting the amount of tools we had available to use...without even being prompted by their math teacher! I decided to make this into our math journey for the week. We began by digging out our design without water. We measured our plan: how deep was it? Were all spots the same depth? How long was it? We used out bodies and shovels to help us measure, then we wrote this down. We made predictions: Where would the water fill in first? Would the depth increase? Decrease? Would our dam work? We turned the hose on and began observing. Things moved pretty quickly and the Kindergartners were all over it, observing closely, stepping in to change the design, sharing tools, etc. This is what meaningful math looks like in our classroom!
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About MichelleMichelle has been a part of the Summers-Knoll community since 2015. Before teaching Kindergarten, Michelle taught 3rd and 4th grade. Archives
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