Sunday, September 16, 2012

Subitizing...WHAT????

With all of the new math common core in the classroom, a new word I learned is "subitizing." When I first heard it, I said "WAIT...WHAT?!!!!!"  Now my kindergarten babies can say it and they know what it means!!!  Incredible!!!! My kid friendly definition is "seeing a small number of objects (1-10ish for my k-babies) and knowing the number immediately." It's like my babies seeing the sight word "the" and knowing it without sounding it out.  It is amazing to when my babies see 8 blocks on a tens frame and know that the number is 8 without counting....and we are just on the 16th day of school!!!!!  Math fluency!!!! I love it!

I have a fabulous FREE math game in my TPT store...just click the link and download the game!!!  We play the game like Memory in our math centers.  The students love it!!!
Enjoy!!!
Nicole

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