DECEMBER CALENDAR MATH

Take a look at what we will be working on in December!

Calendar Math is part of our morning work.

The students follow the pattern on the class calendar.  I forgot to take a picture but it will have red and green bells.  We also are writing the missing numbers.  One child noticed the odd numbers are missing!

The students tally the weather then at the end of the month they add up the tallies and write the total in the box.  Great practice for counting by 5's!

We add a cube for each day of the month.   The students write the number for the day and then circle if it is even or odd.

This month we are estimating presents.  The students estimate then we count and check.  They are encouraged to use math talk - more, less, odd, even, more than, less than, equal, etc.  We discussed if I add or subtracted.  How many did I add?  How many did I subtract?

The students are writing addition number sentences using the ten frame.  We practiced this skill during November and now it's their turn to write the number sentence on their own.

MATH WORK STATIONS - CHAPTER 6: Place Value

I've been busy with too many projects, but I didn't want to miss posting a little something.  Everyone has such great ideas and I just can't wait to implement some of these in my classroom.  I really like the idea for number of the day.  We always talk about the number before and the number after, but I'm loving the concept of ten less and ten more.  I use the colored plastic index card holders for buttering "popcorn" words in pocket charts and thought what a great way to show the Number of the Day!  This isn't a really good picture, but you get the idea.  I think I won't highlight the Number of the Day, just the numbers before, after, ten less, and ten more.

Here's a little game I put together, Grab Bag Teen Numbers.  I use colored zipper pouches purchased from Wal-mart, but colored paper bags or paper bags with a colored circle would work just as well.  Put a different amount of objects in each bag.  The student chooses a bag and records the color on the recording sheet.  Then the student counts the objects in the bag using the ten-frame chart and records the correct amount on the recording sheet.  Enjoy!

GRAB BAG TEEN COUNTING

Be sure to hop on by

Oceans of First Grade Fun for more great posts!