December not only brought more snow, it brought new task boxes for the students to explore in Room 7. Below you will find examples of the new December Numeracy task boxes.
For this task, students are required to count the Christmas characters and clip the clothespin onto the corresponding number. Students must use one-to-one correspondence to count, must be able to identify written numerals, but also strengthen their fine motor skills by repeatedly squeezing the clothespins.
Some of our students are tasked with a similar activity as above, but must count characters from 10-20, further expanding their counting skills and understanding of number.
This activity requires students to recognize the number on top of each tree and place the correct number of decorations on top of it. This requires students to recognize numbers to 10, use visual discrimination and fine motor skills to place objects on the tree, and use their one-to-one correspondence in order to ensure they have the correct number of decorations for each tree.
Students are further strengthening their counting skills with the next task box by placing the correct number of snowflakes in the ten frame.
For this task, students must roll the dice and count the dots. Using their visual discrimination and number recognition skills, they must place a snowflake on the correct number.
Some students are practicing their early addition skills by using two dice to determine the number of dots. We pair the counting of dots on each dice with a verbal equation (ie. 6+4=). Students are not only beginning to add numbers, but they are further developing their understanding of numbers 10-20.
Thank you to all of our parents and families for attending our Parent-Teacher Conferences this week. It was wonderful to get to speak with you all about the wonderful progress your child is making in CSSI. We hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
