Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Units, Tens and...Santa?

The Lunchers have been reviewing place value, especially units and tens, in Everyday Math this month.  They have also been counting dimes and pennies.  One day last week the blue table was full of math--"bundles" game, grouping tens and ones, ten bars and units, etc.--everyone doing math with the exception of one child who was reading a phonetic book about Santa. The following was overheard:
Child #1--"I'm going to see Santa this weekend."
Child #2-- " Santa is not real--He's just Coach."
Child # 3--"How do you know?"
CHild # 2--" I can see his face!"
Child #3--"He could be a mall Santa. They are really just Santa's helpers since he is so busy packing toys for Christmas."
Child #1--Well, I'm going to see the real Santa on Saturday.  Know how I know?  Mrs. Claus is coming with him!"

  

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