Teddy finished his Teddy Zombie. Then he worked on a Halloween Candy Corn booklet where he had to draw his favorite Halloween treats, his Halloween costume, and his favorite Halloween activity. We gathered all of Teddy's artwork to take home. I told Teddy that he was very smart and very brave, and he would have a wonderful experience at his new school and make many new friends!
Teddy and I continued to work on using doubles to find other sums. We used connecting cubes to show what happens to a doubles fact when one addend is increased or decreased by one. Teddy solved doubles facts and then solved the same doubles fact as a plus one or minus one.
Today, we looked into the history of Halloween and how it is believed to have begun in Ireland more than 2,000 years ago as a time of the year known as Samhain. The Celtic tribes would gather for food and games, marking the onset of winter, a time when the otherworld was believed to be present. We learned how, over the years, Halloween has incorporated many traditions from this original Celtic festival.
Today, we played 'Haunted Hundreds Chart Roll' to reinforce number recognition up to 100 and to quickly add or subtract 10. We took turns rolling the die and moving that number of spaces. Certain spaces were covered with Halloween-themed pictures. If a picture was landed upon, the covered number had to be identified, and we had to move the specified plus or minus 10. The first to 100 won the game.
Teddy created a life size zombie on a large sheet of paper. He added his name to the zombie's shirt, and we worked together coloring it. Teddy kept having to sharpen his green colored pencil, so when the pencil was very short, he taped it to the zombie's forehead! Very creative!
