Day 7: Number 7

Day seven is exactly what is shown in this picture. Sorry for the teacher example, I had put all the student work away and still had mine out. As you can imagine your students coloring and handwriting may not be at this standard. ;) On day 7 we continue our talk of dissecting numbers. We discuss how numbers can be found in anything in the world around us. We continue our numbers in a number by heading outside to explore the world around us. Children begin to find numbers everywhere. There are 9 bars on the monkey bars, there are 3 slides on the small playground, there are 4 doors on the side of the building, etc. Then we return to class to make our 7 seeds and 7 petals on a flower. You can do this many different ways but here is my favorite and least stressful. I have a template with 7 petals that I print on white paper. There is also a circle for the center of the flower. I have all my students color, cut and assemble the flower. Note: It is important to mark the inside of the petal, meaning the points where they will glue them all together as a center before pasting the center cirlce over the top, otherwise they will glue the flower in the most bizarre, random way you could imagine. As always, MODEL MODEL MODEL for these young ones. After flower has been assembled I like to pass out seeds and let them glue 7 seeds to the center of their flowers. Enjoy day 7!