Today's activities related to math, social studies, and reading. We began trying to think of ways to come to the number 10. I was really surprised to see multi-digit subtraction problems. Next, we read about Benjamin Franklin. Today would have been his 306th birthday. This was done simply to expose the children to a famous person. We read a short passage and then used the passage to answer questions. This paper should be in your child's backpack.
The unit lesson for the day brought us back to Frog and Toad. We read the story, A Lost Button. Then using a cup of buttons the children worked in pairs to read through the story and find buttons that would fit the descriptions in the story. After they finished rereading, the pairs looked for ways to sort the larger group of buttons. The language and discussion was terrific. When they finished we wrote down all the words they had used to describe their button collection. Next week we'll write detailed descriptions of just one button.
The children were so engaged with the button activities that we didn't get to the PETS activity for the day. We'll be sure to revisit Max the Magician next week.
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