PowerPoint Presentation 100th Day 2002

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Mathematics Their Way is used in all of the
kindergartens In the Wappingers Central School
District. This is an activity-centered,
child-centered, manipulative math program in
which the children learn through all five senses.
The goal of the activities is to help children
develop an understanding of and insight into the
patterns of mathematics. The activities are
designed to help young children see relationships
and interconnections in mathematics and to enable
them to deal flexibly with mathematical ideas and
concepts. (Math Their Way Background, page 1)
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One significant activity is recognizing printed
numbers. The children start counting and
recording from the first day of school. On the
100th day of school there is a celebration.
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Some of the activities are done at home. Each
child brings in a collection of 100 objects from
home to show the class.
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For this activity, the collections of 100 items
have been placed in empty water bottles. The
girls are exploring concepts of same, more than,
and less than by weighing the collections.
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This is what 100 cans of food looks like. After
the children were done with the counting,
sorting, and graphing all of the food was donated
to the Fishkill Food Pantry.
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All of the cans were sorted into categories.
Then a real graph using the cans was made.
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After completing the real graph, the children
made a representational graph and discussed the
results.
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Classes count each day in many different ways -
by 1s, by 2s, by 5s and by 10s. This class
is doing 100 exercises so movement is also
included.
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Language arts activities are an important part of
the math program. This child is using his
imagination to tell how he would spend 100.
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There are books written about kindergarten and
100 days of school. Here, the librarian joins in
the fun by reading Miss Bindergarten Celebrates
the 100th Day.
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This teacher reads the same book while wearing
her special 100 Day apron.
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Kindergarten rooms are transformed to look like
Miss Bindergartens kindergarten.
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First grade math activities include estimating
how many objects are in a container, counting the
objects, and recording the answers.
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Graphing continues in first grade and includes
Venn diagrams to compare and contrast groups of
objects.
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In first grade, children are more independent in
grouping and counting objects. Here they are
working on the concept of tens and ones.
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Parents also enjoy participating in special
class activites. Here is a team photo after a
job well done!