11-11-11

It's the ELEVENTH day of the ELEVENTH month of the year 2000 ELEVEN!  We decided this unique day on the calendar was worth recognizing!  We collected names for the number ELEVEN by trading our ELEVEN card with our friends and gathering up new ways to recognize the number ELEVEN.  Some of our names were: ELEVEN tally marks, 11:00, a dime and a penny, XI, 8+3, 15-4, a domino with ELEVEN, two nickels and a penny, a long and a cube, 11x1, and a whole big bunch of addition and subtraction facts.  We also looked at the unique pattern of ELEVENS on our hundreds grids and sneaked a peek at just how easy our ELEVEN multiplication facts will be to memorize.  We were in HEAVEN with the number ELEVEN.