Each month we add new mathematical components to the calendar activities. In the months of August and September we start out with 4 areas of focus.
- Calendar-focus on knowing the days of the week in order, knowing the names of the months, developing number sense, counting with one-to-one correspondence, counting on and counting back, reading, comparing and ordering numbers 1 to 31, recognizing, analyzing and extending patterns & solving problems and using mental math
- Birthday Graph-focus on knowing the months of the year, counting with one-to-one correspondence, counting, comparing and ordering small quantities, collecting and recording data, & creating and interpreting a scatter graph
- Clip Collection-focus on developing number sense, counting with one-to-one correspondence, counting and grouping by 10's and 1's, matching quantities with numerals, comparing and ordering quantities, counting on and counting back, discovering number patterns and using mental math & solving problems
- Counting Tape-focus on developing number sense, counting with one-to-one correspondence, counting and grouping by 10's and 1's, matching quantities with numerals, comparing and ordering quantities, counting on and counting back, discovering number patterns and using mental math & solving problems
Throughout the year the following areas of focus will be introduced.
- Daily Domino-focus on one-to-one correspondence, comparing and ordering quantities of 9, recognizing small quantities, visualizing amount for numbers 1 through 9, matching quantities and numerals & seeing sets from 1 to 9 as combinations of smaller sets
- Daily Depositor-focus on counting with one-to-one correspondence, matching quantities and numerals, reading numerals to 31, grouping and counting by 10's and 1's & sorting by one attribute
- Every Day Graph-focus on collecting and recording data on a graph, reading and interpreting a bar graph, counting and comparing small quantities & counting with one-to-one correspondence
- Every Day Estimation-focus on estimating and comparing number, weights, capacity, using the language of comparing, measuring length using nonstandard units comparing and ordering lengths,
In addition to the above calendar components, I also include the following.
- Weather Graph
- Temperature Graph
- Hundreds Chart
- Money Graph
- More than/Less than Comparison-local teams with wins/loses compared
- Tooth Graph
