Taking Inventory and Working With a Partner

We learned about taking inventories this week, and why someone might need to count up how many altogether of any given object (teachers needing pencils for everyone, bakers needing cookies, etc.). The children worked by themselves, counting up the items in a bag and making a representation of their inventory on a page, and then we tried working with a partner. When we talked about partner work, the children said that having a partner made the work easier because each person had a job, and the counting could be double checked.

 When the children reported on their work they continued to be collaborative, checking with each other as they described their work.

Until Next Time,
Michele

 (There was one group of three, which worked hard to make sure each person had a turn to count!)