Kindergarten Addition

The kindergarten students at C-FG are fantastic mathematicians! They have learned how to add numbers together and create addition equations! The students have even learned about the commutative property of addition! WOW! A few weeks ago, Ms. Whitaker and Mrs. Burcham's kindergarten students were learning how to make 7 using marshmallows and saltine crackers. Check out the pictures below to see the learning that was taking place! Thank you Mrs. Whitaker and Mrs. Burcham for inviting me to see this awesome whole group lesson!

Mathematicians in Mrs. McDowell and Mrs. Murph's 5k

Mrs. McDowell and Mrs. Murph have TONS of MATHEMATICIANS in their classroom. In the pictures below the students are using Rekenreks.

A little tidbit about Rekenreks...
"Rekenreks originated in the Netherlands and have been widely used in other countries to help students reason about numbers, subitize, build fluency, and compute using number relationships (Fosnot and Dolk 2001). The rekenrek is composed of two rows of stringed beads with five beads of one color and five beads of another color on each row. They are colored in groups of five to help students "see" or subitize the quantity of five. The teacher has the option of using only one row of beads at a time to build fluency up to ten or using both rows to work on fluency with numbers up to twenty" (Parrish 2010).

Picture of a rekenrek: