Second Week of Observations!

This week, I could only go to observations on Wednesday because schools were closed on Monday for Columbus Day. On Wednesday, the first grade students were learning about addition using manipulatives. When I arrived in the classroom, the students were sitting in a circle on the rug. Each student had a partner. Each student also had a set of cubes, a different color from their partner. When the teacher asked the class an addition question, the pair had to show the addition problem using their cubes. Afterwards, the students did a worksheet which included both the numerical problem, as well as a picture of the cubes which the students has to color in certain colors depending on the problem. I thought this lesson was very effective and was fun and engaging for the students.