#purposefulkindergartenmath

Dr. Seuss math: Mr. Stanley didn’t know if we had enough red markers left after coloring our Cat in the Hat portraits. We counted the red stripes, the white stripes, & then how many stripes we had all together. Great news! We have plenty of red markers left. #mathasart #artasmath #drseussart #purposefulkindergartenmath #kindergartenmath #mlkday #peacesigns #kindergartenartist #kindergartenart #teachlikeyourhairsonfire #teachlikeapirate #greatpublicschoolscalifornia #greatpublicschoolssandiego #greatpublicschools #iteachkindergarten #kindergartenteacher #sandiegoteachers #lovesdschools #sdcoe #sdusd #sandiegocoe #nea #cta #cityheights #centralelementaryrocks (at Central Elementary) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bufk2eeBuh8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13217ybn1kpcz

All finished! Students were practicing perseverance in completing this task. Isn’t it a wonderful display? #perseverance #kindergartenartist #kindergartenart #recycledart #purposefulkindergartenmath #kindergartenmath #teachlikeyourhairsonfire #teachlikeapirate #greatpublicschoolscalifornia #greatpublicschoolssandiego #greatpublicschools #iteachkindergarten #kindergartenteacher #sandiegoteachers #lovesdschools #sdcoe #sdusd #sandiegocoe #nea #cta #cityheights #centralelementaryrocks (at Central Elementary) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq9BIh1BFGD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ecywgec6q3ef

From cardboard tubes... recycled into snow people! We learned about how to describe a rectangle (the red scarf) and to describe a cylinder. So much academic language growing in Room 12! #kindergartenartist #kindergartenart #recycledart #purposefulkindergartenmath #kindergartenmath #teachlikeyourhairsonfire #teachlikeapirate #greatpublicschoolscalifornia #greatpublicschoolssandiego #greatpublicschools #iteachkindergarten #kindergartenteacher #sandiegoteachers #lovesdschools #sdcoe #sdusd #sandiegocoe #nea #cta #cityheights #centralelementaryrocks (at Central Elementary) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqyvqjIBZnJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=dokr9hwflszi

It’s beginning to look a lot like... winter! Finally found a purpose for all those cardboard tubes I’ve been collecting. Can you guess what they might become? We needed to count them, then count students to make sure we had enough for everyone. And we did! #purposefulkindergartenmath #kindergartenmath #teachlikeyourhairsonfire #teachlikeapirate #greatpublicschoolscalifornia #greatpublicschoolssandiego #greatpublicschools #iteachkindergarten #kindergartenteacher #sandiegoteachers #lovesdschools #sdcoe #sdusd #sandiegocoe #nea #cta #cityheights #centralelementaryrocks (at Central Elementary) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqwTcxkBxiO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16loe3zncliad

Making Election Day relevant to 4 & 5 year old students. We voted with secret ballots all day long to decide which book to read, snack to eat, exercisers do, & to choose a class mascot. Ferdinand Flamingo won in a landslide! We were counting all day long! #countingallday #mathallday #purposefulkindergartenmath #teachlikeyourhairsonfire #teachlikeapirate #greatpublicschoolscalifornia #greatpublicschoolssandiego #greatpublicschools #iteachkindergarten #kindergartenteacher #sandiegoteachers #lovesdschools #sdcoe #sdusd #sandiegocoe #nea #cta #cityheights #centralelementaryrocks (at Central Elementary) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp3fWqxhgnl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jzly7onvpg1t

Giving students a purpose for counting engages them. We went to the TK pumpkin patch at our school. We needed to count the pumpkins to make sure there were enough for each of us. Then we used cubes to measure how tall our pumpkins were. We drew picture and wrote numbers to show how we solved the problem. #pumpkinmath #countingpumpkins #purposefulkindergartenmath #teachlikeyourhairsonfire #teachlikeapirate #greatpublicschoolscalifornia #greatpublicschoolssandiego #greatpublicschools #iteachkindergarten #kindergartenteacher #sandiegoteachers #lovesdschools #sdcoe #sdusd #sandiegocoe #nea #cta #cityheights #centralelementaryrocks (at Central Elementary) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpbGED_B8j9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=z1yf1tbeu9wj

We celebrated drop a rainbow day 2 days late. We used our math thinking to find out if we had 39 rocks, 13 students each could give out three. We wrote “love” on the back@of each one & passed them out to staff & teachers! #wordrocksproject @wordrocksproject #purposefulkindergartenmath #purposefulmathinkindergarten #droparainbowday #meaningfulkindergartenmath#teachlikeyourhairsonfire #teachlikeapirate #greatpublicschoolscalifornia #greatpublicschoolssandiego #greatpublicschools #iteachkindergarten #kindergartenteacher #sandiegoteachers #lovesdschools #sdcoe #sdusd #sandiegocoe #nea #cta #cityheights #centralelementaryrocks (at Central Elementary) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bosp1OdnBYL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=iwwupiqww22m

Today we celebrated 100 days of learning in Transitional Kindergarten. We made 100 day hats with 100 things on them, we built things with 100 legos or blocks and made signs for them, we shared our collections of 100 things, and we made & ate a delicious 100 day snack. Amazing counting in Room 12 today! #purposefulkindergattenwriting #kindergartenwriting #meaningfulkindergarttenwriting #purposefulkindergartenmath #teachlikeyourhairsonfire #teachlikeapirate #greatpublicschoolscalifornia #greatpublicschoolssandiego #greatpublicschools #iteachkindergarten #kindergartenteacher #sandiegoteachers #lovesdschools #sdcoe #sdusd #sandiegocoe #nea #cta #cityheights #centralelementaryrocks (at Central Elementary)