Math in the Fall

This is just a quick look at some of the ways we've been practicing math skills using fall items in our classroom.

Patterns

Counting and One-to-One Correspondence

How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?

We used the hundreds board to get an idea of how many seeds might be inside a pumpkin, and whether it would be more or less than 100. The students each made their estimate, and then we worked together to practice careful counting and placed only one seed on each number. 

We filled the whole chart, and still had many seeds left over. There were definitely more than 100 seeds in our pumpkin, which surprised most of the kids. It was a great experience with number sense, and determining less and more.