The sixth graders also assist the teachers by helping with each activity. Some of the activities that the first graders have been enjoying are ball toss, rhythm activities and movement, parachute, relays, motor skills, and tag games. In math, we are working on place value- tens and ones. We have made bean sticks and we are using these sticks and beans to build different numbers. They have been using these numbers also to work on greater than and less than skills.
Place value is something that can easily be practiced at home using simple objects around the house.
You can have your child sort small objects like pasta, beans, paper clips or pennies into piles of tens and ones. They can compare groups of objects to work on their greater than and less than skills. We will soon be adding money to our place value study, which is also a great skill to practice at home.