Number of the Day Booklet.pdf. Envision. Math Walls. Morning Math Routines. Growing Number Line Each day a student adds one post-it to the growing number line.
In this case, a kindergarten student wrote the number and posted it. The student then leads the class in counting the days they have been in school. Many teachers now arrange this growing number line into a growing hundred board configuration, varying the color for each group of ten. Addition facts. Multiplication. Place value. Time. Fuss Free Number of the Day.
CAMT is over, but my reporting isn't. I snapped some pics of these number of the day posters one of the presenters had up, because I liked that they showed how easy it can be to incorporate good math into your daily routine. Notice also that they are easily adapted for different grade levels, going from a 2-digit number in the first example to a 4-digit in the last. Pressed for time? Do a number of the week, like the 2nd example. It's no secret that that kids get bored with the same...ol'...thing. Math Problem-Solving: Mathematician's Chair - Kindergarten Kindergarten. Mathematician’s Chair is an opportunity for children to learn from each other.
They learn new strategies by listening to someone else’s strategy. They reinforce their own skills by explaining them to others. They work through mistakes and misconceptions during quality discussions with their peers. Mathematician’s Chair is a vital part of kindergarten problem solving! Mathematician’s Chair in my room takes many forms. SCHOOL / great concrete way to teach tally marks.
How Did you Do It? Math Talk Anchor Chart. The Lesson Plan Diva: Freebies, ideas and Science Activities! I hope everyone had a wonderful Monday!
We are working on estimation and greater than and less than this week. I have started introducing both over the past couple of weeks and they students are really loving it! I wanted to share with you 2 of their most favorite activities. Kindergarten / Math thinking maps. A First Grade Blog: Number of Days in School. Each day during calendar we count the number of days we have been in school.
We first count them using straws in a place value pocket chart like this one. We then turn the number over on the Hundreds Chart. Prior to turning over the number, the calendar helper asks their classmates to identify what number will come next and to make a prediction about its color pattern. Our numbers alternate in an AB color pattern. Kindergarten / Love this- I do it weekly! Give it a try- your students will amaze you:) Numbers in the Teens (They start with a 1!!!!) song. How Children Learn Number Concepts by Didax Education. A Better Use for Flashcards. It's the end of the year, and I've been out helping the grade levels with their math materials inventory.
One thing I ran across in a couple of the planning rooms was flashcards. In the scheme of all things CRA, flash cards are totally abstract. They do not foster the understanding of the facts presented. Number lines game. Ohmiword y'all, I am exhausted already, and it's only Tuesday?!!
This week we have been comparing traditional and contemporary folk/fairy tales. On Monday, we read the traditional story, The Ugly Duckling. After reading it, my kiddos completed a problem/solution graphic organizer. I just made some puzzle piece tracers for them to use. Most of puzzles didn't fit back together so well haha.
Bingo games misc. math.
Skip counting. Math Flash Cards. Fractions. Ten frames. Lines.pdf. Math Posters by Jenny Eather. Jungle 120 Chart.pdf. BillsTeachingNotes - Numeracy Teaching Notes. Math Notebooks. Last school year I used math notebooks with my students.
The notebooks are full of charts, examples, pictures, vocabulary, notes (of course), etc. I kept my own notebook, one for each class (in order to model). We filled them in together each time we wrote in it. I LOVE how they turned out. I actually kept them over the summer instead of sending them home with the kids (not because I loved them that much but because I wanted to make sure the notebooks actually made it to the 5th grade with the kids!)
We MUST have a table of contents; helps us keep organized. These Polygon cards are available in my TPT Store. Vocabulary words are put in the back of the notebook, starting on the last page (and working toward the front). The use of color in the notebooks is definitely encouraged! Frayer Model; the students actually came up with the facts/characteristics, examples and non-examples for each word so the students' work may not necessarily match mine (and that is A-okay!!!). Guided Math: Part 4. Okay, so it took long enough!
My life is just all sorts of crazy right now.... let's see... I'm a wife who actually enjoys cooking, a mom to a 2 year old boy and soon to be (Feb. 1) a new baby boy, a full-time teacher of 4th grade students, an active church member, and a full-time graduate student pursuing my Ed.S. So, do I have enough going on or what? I'm basically just trying to survive my last two semesters of grad. school. I'm so looking forward to May 2012!
Greater or Less Than. Today was a much better day!
Sorry for the whining yesterday. We started our plant unit and planted seeds today. Even though it was still bad weather and we had to get messy inside with the dirt and all, my kiddos loved it and they were pretty well behaved. In math we have been reviewing a lot. Some of the time we spent with greater and less than. 10 more 10 less freebie. So Sunday I'm walking out of church and standing there in the hall was Jonas from Survivor!
Yeah, can you believe it. #more. How to teach math in small groups looks different for each teacher due to personality, teaching style, grade level and a group of kiddos. So for some guided math seems like a daunting task. It can be difficult, but with goals in mind it’s a great and sure fire way to meet the needs of your students. If you want to differentiate math, then guided math is for you. Here is how I create a guided math binder to help me stay on top of lesson planning for my four kindergarten math groups. Let me begin by showing you my guided math space. The binder is the piece that holds it all together for me.
At the front, before any tabs, I keep the planned scope for the quarter’s nine weeks as a planning guide. 10 frame.pdf. Buzzing for Dice Addition and Subtraction. Buzzing for Dice Addition and Subtraction Updated Dice and Dominoes are useful manipulatives for helping children understand addition, subtraction, and even operations and algebraic thinking as described in first grade Common Core Standards. This post is about the importance of subitizing and why it is very important for families to play games involving dice and dominoes when children are young. DOMINO ADDITION by Lynette Long, Pd.D. is a great introduction to addition. The page photos are large and there are hidden answers (in plain site if you are the adult who can read the instructions) so that children may work on solutions and parents can instantly know if the child is right or wrong.
For the True and False activity, children can either hold up true and false signs when problems are presented (or yes and no if younger); divide the problems into two piles, or the problems could be hidden around the room for children to find and take to the teacher, or parent saying true or false. National Library of Virtual Manipulatives. Guided Math - Mrs.Shannon's First Grade Class. This page has been created to help you get Guided Math, Math Workshop, up and running successfully in your classrooms to improve student engagement and student achievement. **Please note this was all created before Common Core.
Click on the pictures to enlarge. Resources to Group Your Students:These attachments were used to assess my students at the beginning of the school year. Van de Walle Professional Mathematics Series. Activities. Guided Math Groups. Background Schedule.
Fun Kids Online Math Games. "Sheppard offers everything from early math to pre-algebra. The lessons include interactive activities to practice concepts. Math Sites. Common core. Building Mathematical Comprehesion. Do you ever find yourself at this point in the year, remembering back to something FABULOUS you read over the summer and had to use in your classroom in August? Something that you knew would benefit the kiddos.
Something, maybe, that you even presented in a professional development session, but that is now collecting dust on your overcrowded bookshelf? Subtraction. Number bonds. Spinners. Sparklebox. Math journals. Fall is coming. Make numbers with unifix cubes. Number of the day pocket chart. Daily 5 Math. Clock Foldable FREEBIE - Amber Polk. Worksheet generator site. Questions about my graph. Even More Hundreds Charts for Holidays and Activities {Freebies} First Grade Math / Chalk Talk: A Kindergarten Blog. Peterson's Pad. The Lesson Plan Diva: freebies.
The Lesson Plan Diva. 3D Shapes Poem {Freebie} Math Games and Activities for kids. Pattern Blocks. Base Ten Math Counting Cards. Jeopardy. Math Games Galore. Counting. Addition and Subtraction Activities. Math Flipbooks. Blackline Masters - Table of Contents. Oh My Little Classity Class. My First Award and Freebie! Debbie Diller. The First Grade Parade.