This week we launched our new math curriculum - Go NY: Engage Math, a Common Core aligned curriculum. Students picked up new routines quickly, such as "sprints." Every lesson starts with a sprint, a chance to practice fluency with math facts. Sprints are timed exercises; the first graders get 60 seconds to work independently around decomposing and composing addends up to 10! It's challenging work, and the first graders seem to really love it!
So far, we've been figuring out ways to break numbers into parts. We now know that we can break numbers in different ways. For example, 9 breaks into 6 and 3, 5 and 4, and so on. Whether working individually or in partnerships, first graders are engaged and excited about math in room 401!
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| This first grader broke 6 up into 4 and 2. He knows 6 = 4 + 2. |
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| This first grader broke 9 up into 6 and 3. She knows 6 + 3 = 9. |
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