Zero the Hero Leaves Treats for Grade Ones!

30 Fruit Loops on a 30 chart

This morning students were surprised to see a blue bag on my chair in the meeting area.  Zero the Hero had come during the night and left a special treat:  30 Fruit Loops for each child to count (and eat!)  

Every 10th day of school, Zero the Hero leaves a special treat for us.  We've also received Honey Nut Cheerios (on the 10th day) and marshmallows (on the 20th day).  (If we're really lucky, Zero the Hero makes a personal appearance on the 100th day of school!)  Students practiced counting forwards and backwards with their treats, showing different ways to make numbers and then we ate them all up!

We are also learning about more and less in Math.  One of our Math Outcomes in Grade One is to be able to show one more, two more, one less and two less of a number up to 10.  We have been using our ten frames and cubes (and our number lines) to help us learn how to show more and less.  See if your child can tell you what 2 more than 7 is, 1 less than 10, 2 less than 9, etc.  Some students will need to use some kind of manipulative to help them (coins, buttons, toys), and others will be able to do it in their head.