This month brings with it a focus on frogs, toads, tricky teens, BIG numbers, and story problems in math. Learn from your child what's new in Number Corner... we are reading non-fiction text about frogs and toads to learn more about these amphibians who have such an interesting life cycle. We learned today that 9-week-old tadpoles do not drop their tails to turn into frog, but rather the tail is absorbed into its body as it grows into an adult frog. We have made frog and toad calendar markers - look how students took turns arranging them into possible patterns for March!! 
We have been in school 115 days. We will continue tracking the days in school and working with numbers greater than 100 in Our Month in School daily activity. Students will take turns writing the number of the day, and posting it for the class. We will continue using white boards to practice number writing - forwards and backwards. Please keep counting at home. All Kindergarten students need to be able to count accurately to 100 by June, and recognize and read numbers to 100 by June.
Students will also begin reading, solving and explaining their solution to number stories about sea creatures. We will do this learning as a whole group and with white boards. For the first few, students will act out the stories to show the problem, then show solutions. We will focus on how we "got" our solutions by drawing pictures that represent the number story and answer. Number stories are everywhere in our lives - ask your child to solve a number story when they set the table, feed the pets or sort their stuffed animals or collections at home. Math is fun, and imaginative!
