Number & Numerical Operations: Destiny

  • November 15 
    Manipulatives
    Destiny sorts the green and red pattern blocks into green and red bowls.  She then pours them all into an empty bucket and says, “Now there’s more!”  
  • November 3
    Waiting in line
    There are 9 turkeys on the bulletin board.  Destiny counts them from 1 to 13, skipping the numbers 4 and 12. 
  • November 18
    Destiny and teacher are using counting bears to re-tell the story of The Three Little Bears.  Teacher asks, what if the three bears went for a walk in the woods and met two more bear friends?  How many bears would there be?  Destiny uses her finger to count the three counting bears and counts, “One. . two. . three,” and then taps the table twice with her finger and says, “Four. . five! Five bears.”
  • November 29
    At snack time, the teacher asks Destiny what number she has on her shirt.  Destiny looks down and shrugs. Teacher tells her the number is 7, and Destiny says, “Oh yeah, I’m number 7.”  During center time, she draws a face and two lines close together, one horizontal and the other vertical.  She shows teacher and says, “This is me and this is my number. Seven!”
  • November 29
    Destiny is playing a board game that has a die with numerals not pips.  Destiny says, “I got a 3!”  Destiny then moves her bear 3 spaces counting 1-2-3.

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