Use at least one new word. Have each child make or find a picture or stamp in Kid Pix and save. Load Slide Show and move pictures and a slide for Title page to the slide show. Have the children practice and record their description. Show the finished program.
Teacher leads whole group in brainstorming.
After brief demonstration, teacher observes individuals or small groups working on explorations. Preparation may include, pre-folding some paper, providing a variety of counters, and choosing a time for voting before showing graph club. Encourage story writing only after many observations. While the primary focus is to introduce a math concept, I have tried to include art, science, and language arts activities. The intention is to stimulate observations and discussions, which will encourage the further explorations of all of these applications, as well as to produce a final group project to achieve a common goal.