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 I found this first grade example of student's work online. I would like  to draw attention to the circle  and the oval in the picture. The first grade students that I work with have been taught that circles and ovals have no sides, no vertices and on face (the side we see). The cylinder has three faces.  One face at the top, one face at the bottom and the middle, which has one face is curved. Had I not learned I would have been more inclined to just count the bottom face and the top face.

Shapes and Vertices are the sides and corners of a shape. Standard 1G. The first grade students that I work with had learned about how to count the sides of shapes. Now they had to learn the names of the corners in the shapes which plural are called vertices and a singular corner is a vertex. This lesson was taught on the rug in the classroom on the smartboard. The students had the opportunity to participate in the lesson by answering questions asked by the teacher and they also asked questions themselves. Then the students were instructed by the teacher to discuss how many vertices they saw and to discuss it with their partner. Afterwards, they went to their tables to work. The teacher handed out workbooks that included this subject. Some students struggled (3). These three were the students that usually required extra support. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Small Group Instruction: I took them to a

Dear Math, You and I have never gotten along. You have bullied me all through school from 1st grade until 12th. You got me in trouble at report card time and THREATENED my undergrad degree but I WON in the end. I will WIN AGAIN! So at the end of the day, you are just another obstacle that makes an interesting story. "100 bad days made a 100 good stories. 100 good stories makes me interesting at parties! Yeah... 😤 I ain't scared of you! I AIN'T SCARED OF YOU" -by AJR https://youtu.be/m0B7z0CdAH0 Sincerely, Veronica