Math is everywhere, even during the holidays! Trinity Elementary School teachers are blending their love for the holidays with creative math lessons for students.
Kindergarteners are counting, and learning to compare numbers. One kindergarten class paired up with its fifth-grade buddies to create snowman names. They counted the letters in the names and compared their findings with classmates’ tallies. Other kindergarten classes counted and sorted the number of ornaments on their Christmas tree.
First-graders are learning how to “decompose” numbers – meaning how to identify smaller numbers that can add up to a larger number. They used the lesson to create a Hanukkah menorah, which holds nine candles.
Second-graders, during small-group instruction, worked on numbers while creating a snowman. And fourth-graders learned about symmetry by making snowflakes, while other students decked the halls with their geometry ornaments.