President Obama Speaks About Education

Today we had the privilage of listening to President Obama speak to us about our education. He talked about the importance of education and the role we can all play in our own education. I have to admit how impressed I was with the students' discussion following the speech. Many talked about how the President talked about "never giving up" and related it to trying our best at school. We discussed what we could do as Kindergarteners. Some of the answers the students gave were:
1. Get lots of sleep
2. Be kind to everyone
3. Listen to the teacher
4. Do homework every night
5. Read every day

I have always been grateful for the importance my family placed on education. I feel blessed to have the opportunity to hopefully help my students develop a love for learning and education. Thank you for all your support in your child's education.

You can watch President Obama's speech below...

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Math Workshop

One of our daily rituals in Math Workshop is Calendar Math. We talk about the calendar (the date, what day of the week it is, Birthdays, etc.) and about how many days we have been in school. We also represent the number of days we have been in school through paperclips (If we have been in school for 9 days then there should be 9 paperclips).













Examples of 2-part and 3-part patterns

In Math Workshop we have begun talking about patterns. We discussed that a pattern is something that repeats and that you can find patterns all over the place! We have used several math manipulatives such as pattern blocks, linking cubes, and colored tiles to make patterns.
We also have found patterns on our calendar and other places in our classroom!

Ask your child to find a pattern at home and post a comment to tell what they found!