Building numbers

During math time, we make numbers in many ways.  One way is with our "Power of Ten" cards. These cards are designed so that children can create visual images of numbers in their minds.  As you can see, there are 6 tens and then 5 units or ones in a visual shape that the students can subitize (see at a glance without really counting).  Subitizing is a building block of math just like phonemic awareness (being able to hear and manipulate the sounds in words) is a building block of learning to read.  At the Annex, we all know that we are teaching math differently than we learned it.  You are always welcome to come in and ask questions about what we are doing differently in math.

Schools say Thank-you! – Ted Harrison

My friend Barry was very close to Ted Harrison.  A while back, he called me to see if all of the students at the Annex would be interested in a new colouring and story book that the Ted Harrison Foundation had designed.  I immediately said, "Yes!" and Barry packaged up a box of lovely books-one for every one of our students.  My students know it's important to say thank you to people when they are given things so they all wrote thank-you letters to Barry, which many of them illustrated in the style of the book.  Barry was thrilled to receive them and sent some along to the Ted Harrison Foundation.  Take a look at the link!

Subject: Schools say Thank-you! – Ted Harrison

http://tedharrison.com/blogs/news/89303107-schools-say-thank-you