Holidays Are for Family Time...

...Fact family time that is.

We're kicking it in high gear with subtraction and addition facts as well as fact families (related facts).
Our little sweeties are getting so good at these! A little girl in my math class compared the numbers to daddy, mommy and baby (numbers from greatest to least) which is great because it helps me explain how numbers are ordered in fact families.

In addition sentences daddy always sits in the BACK:
baby + mommy = daddy
mommy + baby = daddy

In subtraction sentences daddy always sits in the FRONT:
daddy - mommy = baby
daddy - baby = mommy

What a clever girl!
So we ran with her idea and created gorgeous fact family pumpkins:

 

I later learned my teacher friend had this amazing addition and subtraction bingo set from scholastic.

 How fun would it have been to play the game after making this cool looking pumpkin??? well maybe next time I can purchase it HERE

Then, I was able to spend some time with my family :) 

Until next time, 

Lissete 

I

New Beginnings

Hi Everyone!! 

Happy 2012-13 school year. I am totally in love with my new assignment this year! 

I can honestly say I do miss the privacy of my very own classroom. However, this new situation has created a small group environment for the little ones that I share to learn better. I hope I don't get spoiled and then when I get my own class of 30+ children I'll be all like ahhhhh!!! 

As everyone in California knows, our schools were inundated with combination classes throughout all grades and left with less classes. At my school alone there is a: 

K/1st
1st/2nd
2nd/3rd
3rd/4th
5th/6th

Can I get a collective WOW ????

Here is where my little assignment comes in. 
Since I just taugh 2nd grade last year, I was hired as a Title I aide to alleviate the congestion in the 1st/2nd combo and take the 2nd Graders for a couple of hours of the day to teach ELA from 8:20am until recess time at 9:55. I have a total of 8 students in this session and honestly it does not feel like a class. It feels like a study group. Lovely! 

After primary recess I take the first graders from the K/1st combo as well as the straight 1st grade class and teach them math. I have a total of 15 kids in this session and although there's more than in the first group it's still a lot less than the 30 I would normally have. 

Mind you, the pay is just as small as the group sizes, but it's still doing what I love and what I enjoy the most. TEACH! 

I hope to chronicle my adventures and experiences as an aide juggling 2 different grade levels and subjects. 


till next time
Lissete