We came back from winter break with a two day week last week. I really wanted to do a review of multiplication concepts, because we had been away from school for twelve days. So I had planned some …

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Describing 3D shapes in kindergarten is now an expectation as it is a key geometry standard. Also referred to by its indicator number K.G.3 this standard focuses on four main 3D shapes - the cylinder, sphere, cube and cone.

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I'm finding myself thinking once again about motivation. It's never really very far from a teacher's mind. "How can I motivate my kids to...?" Several years ago I came across a homework activity called "Math About Me." It seemed like a great idea. I wanted my mathematicians to know that math surrounds them but more importantly that math is all about them and their own lives. Six-year olds tend to want to learn about things that are about them. Don't we all? I'm 40, and it's still true for me 34 years later. I've tweaked the activity a few times over the years from its original state, but I still send it home and ask kids to fill it out and return it to school. What do I do with it? Grade it? Slap a sticker on it and send it back home? Nope. Well, isn't it obvious? We've got ourselves another classroom book to make. Check it out. (Click on the picture for your own copy.)

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Hi friends! We just wrapped up one of my favorite units…2D shapes! I LOVE this unit because it’s an nice break from the addition and subtraction we do the other […]

I have been really bad about posting my plans- It takes time to make them them cute and readable with all the links to the products I use, so today I'm just going to try it a different way. Read through- I have freebies for you! We start each day with Calendar Notebooks Then we have our school wide reading program- I'm given the materials to use, so nothing fun there to share. After our snack recess the work and fun being with Literacy centers. We do these 4 days a week. Letter of the Week: X Morning Literacy Centers: I will be using My X Book Sorting X Beginning Sounds and Computers Listening Center: A Pocket for Corduroy and Beginning and Ending Sound Sorts from my February No Pep Just Print Rainbow Writing the Letter X Doing only 1 center a day gives me time to work with a small group each day, reading with, assessing and reteaching. This week I will be assessing for report cards. We are currently reviewing skills so I am using a lot of work from my February pack of No Prep Just Print listed above. During Math and Literacy Stations I'm using my February Math and Literacy Centers I'm also introducing Shake-Spill-Count I can't wait for the kids to play these games. We will be starting off with 5 counters, use to teach the concept of how to play. Then we will work our way to 10. Clic the picture for a copy of this page. I will also be introducing my Word Families CVC Word Work at one of my Literacy stations. Click the page below to get a copy and try it out. I know my kids will be having fun using the stamps. Next week is our school wide literacy week, so I will be prepping for that too. I've set up a Math and Literacy Night for our students and families to enjoy and we have a guest author coming- Jonathan London- He writes all those fabulous Froggy Books. Want to see what other teachers are doing this week- head-on over to Mrs. Wills Kindergarten to see.

Get the bundle... Or purchase individually... Let's talk guided math. We started implementing guided math in my school about 2 years ago. Prior to my guided math awakening I was making 4 math centers per day. I found myself stressed about not only the excruciating prep of creating so many activities each day, but I also struggled to get finished with the centers. When the idea of guided math was introduced, I greeted the change with open arms. So here's what works for me. I implement guided math by creating 5 math centers per week. I group my students heterogeneously and they rotate to a new center each day. During this time, I pull students who struggled during the math lesson and provide a reteach lesson individually. This means that most of my math centers are completed independently by the students. I'm lucky enough to have a full-time assistant in my classroom who is able to take a math center are help others while I'm with my reteach group. Here's how I organize my group rotations each week... I write student names on each group. I laminated stars and write the weekly center on each star with dry-erase and attach a magnet. When I rotate groups, I simply move the stars over 1 place. This way, students know which center to go to. I organize centers in numbered buckets shown below. See? Easy breezy! Currently, I'm working with my students on addition and subtraction. I'd love to share some resources I've found to be useful in my guided math groups. First, I made a Guided Math Center Bundle. You can get it HERE. This week, we used the Spin and Subtract center. Here, students spin subtraction sentences. This is great because I was actually able to use it 2 weeks in a row. Because they spin different combinations of numbers, the possibilities are endless! I also used a similar Spin & Add center. Here, students build number sentences. Addition & Subtraction I made some lower-maintenance addition math worksheets which require no-prep! Hellloooo sanity-saver! Here are some of the activities I'll be using! Shapes geometry math worksheets Download it HERE Measurement Measurement Worksheets

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Tweet If you missed last week's post about using the Princess and the Pizza to practice adding decimals and money, you can check it out here! I continue to be very inspired by the Math and Literature books written by Marilyn Burns, Stephanie Sheffield and some other great authors. They have opened my eyes to finding math lessons in other children's literature. Today I want to share with you a lesson I thought of when reading to my children. I have not yet used this lesson in the classroom but tried it out with a few nieces and nephews. I think it would be great in grades 1-4. It is all about 3-D shapes! The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza This book is super cute! It stars the little red hen who is working hard to make a pizza. She doesn't seem to have what she needs on hand and has to make several trips out to pick up supplies. She asks her friends if any of them would like to help her prepare the pizza or run errands and they keep saying no. Finally the pizza is made and is very large! She asks her friends for help eating it and of course they say yes. Then she asks for help cleaning up and her friends finally agree to help. It would make a great story to use in a lesson about helping out your friends and doing your part also. The best part of this book to me is that it features a lot of 3-D shapes in the pictures. Take a look at these: See what I mean? This is the perfect book to use in conjunction with a lesson on 3-D shapes. Here is a fun way to record the 3-D shapes you identify in the book! You will notice there are not a lot of examples of pyramids. I find this to be true quite often when going on 3-D shape hunts. You can grab this record sheet for free from Google drive. When I do this lesson in the classroom, I plan on using my shape posters to have kids do a 3-D shape hunt around the classroom. I will spread out the posters around the room and have kids bring examples of each type of shape back to the poster that it matches. My 3-D shape posters are available in red, green, purple and blue! Does anyone have any other recommendations for children's literature that can be used to for a 3-D shape hunt? Check out other great books over at Mrs. Jump's class

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We are getting geared up for learning about 2D and 3D shapes in my classroom! Let's keep this low-prep, rigorous, and FUN! These activities are from my NO-PREP Shapes Printables and also my Common Core Math Centers Bundle. Here are a few examples from these packets! And a few centers from my Common Core Math Centers... Download them HERE!

Here are some new math freebies for you all! I have just added these to my daily 5 math time! Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving! Just click on the math game you would like and it will bring you to my google docs page. Happy downloading! Feel free to pin this page so more people can benefit from my freebies! Thanks again!

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I have done a whole series of candy math posts to go along with the books by Jerry Pallotta. This time we did licorice shapes and angles based on the Twizzlers Shapes and Patterns book. I

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Hi guys! Today I'm sharing my subtraction lesson plans & activities from this year. I hope this can give you some ideas for planning your subtraction unit! Day 1: On the first day we introduce the word "subtraction" and define it as "when you take away from a number and get a smaller number". I also introduce these 2 subtraction sentences: ___ take away ___ is ___ & ___ - ___ = ___ Then we watched the "5 Little Monkeys" video on BusSongs.com: and we practiced the ___ take away ___ is ___ subtraction sentence by acting the song out and writing a subtraction sentence as we sang and acted out the song. I had the kids sit on the edge of the carpet and laid down a mat to act as out bed. Then I chose 5 kids to wear these number necklaces and stand on the mat. We sang the song and the kids acted it out by jumping on the "bed". At "one fell off and bumped his head" the kids hopped off the "bed" and just lightly tapped their head with their hands. Then they went and sat back in their original carpet spot or chair. We wrote a subtraction sentence on the whiteboard each time a monkey "fell off the bed". The number necklaces helped them remember who was falling off the bed. 5 is first, 4 is second etc. They loved this activity and begged to do it again the next day! Day 2: We reviewed the anchor chart from day 1 and practiced subtraction with 5 Little Monkeys again. We sang and acted the song out like Day 1 but I also put this file up on the SMARTBoard and we practiced crossing out a monkey on each slide and completing the subtraction sentences as well. Day 3: On Day 3 we introduced the learning goal and success criteria. Learning Goal: We are learning to solve subtraction number sentences and story problems. Success Criteria: I know I can do this when... - I can complete one of these sentences to solve a subtraction problem ____ take away ____ is ____ ____ - ____ = ____ I also showed them how to solve subtraction sentences with fingers and then we practiced this strategy as we read Pete the Cat & His Four Groovy Buttons. This is my FAVOURITE book to read during our subtraction unit! It is great for teaching the subtraction symbols in the context of a fun story! Day 4: We started by adding "I know I can do this when I can use subtraction strategies to solve subtraction sentences." to our success criteria. Then I introduced the subtraction strategies: and we practiced the strategy "use your fingers" again while watching the video "When You Subtract with a Pirate" on YouTube. Day 6: I review the subtraction strategies and tell the kids that today we will be focusing on the strategy "use manipulative". I use this subtraction mat to demonstrate: I put a couple stacks of the subtraction flash cards and pick students to choose a subtraction card and read the equation. I demonstrate how to read the first number and put that many counters in the rectangle. Then we read the second number and take that many away and put them in the cup. Then we count how many counters are left in the rectangle, find the answer card and place it on the mat. Then I leave this out for the kids to try at centres as well. Day 7: On Day 7 we start working on subtraction stories and the strategy draw a picture. I put this subtraction story on the SMARTBoard: Then I had the special helper pick a friend from the class and pick how many cookies that person ate. We filled in the blanks together, read the question again and wrote the subtraction sentence. Then we drew 10 cookies and crossed out the number the they picked to practice the "draw a picture" strategy. We repeated this several times and then I set it out as a centre for the kids to try on their own. Day 8: We quickly talked about "count back" as a strategy and showed them how to put the first number in your head, put fingers up for the second number and then count back as you put fingers down. This is a tricky strategy though so I don't focus on it much! Then I move on to use a number line. We review how numbers get bigger when you go right on a number line and smaller when you go left on a number line so when we subtract we go left. Then I get a student to pick a subtraction sentence card and read it to me. We use this mat to practice using a number line: I put this mat up on the SMARTBoard and we write the question, use the number line to solve the question and write in the answer. I also leave these laminated sheets out as a centre choice for the kids to practice with independently. Here are some other subtraction centres that are out during out subtraction unit! SUBTRACTION CENTRES: 1. 5 Little Monkey's Spin & Subtract Students spin the two spinners and create a subtraction sentence. Then they use the monkeys as manipulative to solve the question and place the answer in the third box. We used toothpicks and paper clips to make the spinners! The kids just hold the paper clip in the middle of the spinner and flick the paper clip with the other hand. 2. Bowling Subtraction This one is always a huge hit! In the past I've just used water bottles and a tennis ball but this year I found this plastic bowling pin set at Michaels and bought them since they were on sale! We set up a bowling alley with our wooden blocks (arranged in the shape of a U) and 2 kids took turns rolling and recording how may pins they knocked down and how many pins they have left. You can grab the recording sheet you see above for free by clicking on the image below! 4. Play Dough Subtraction SMASH! This was another big hit! The students pick a subtraction sentence card, make play dough balls for the first number and smash (or smush) the second number with their first or thumb. Then they count how many play dough balls they have left to get the answer. 5. My Animal Subtraction Book We used these in guided math groups for students who needed some more practice with subtraction. The kids got to pick how many animals they wanted to take away, cross them out and write a corresponding subtraction sentence. 6. Stamp/Dot & Subtract Yes, these stamps again! #obsessed. For both activities they stamped or dotted first and then they crossed out however many they wanted and wrote a subtraction sentence to match their picture. The "teacher bingo dabbers" only come out once in a while so the kids are always excited when they get to use them! You can grab these recording sheets for free as well by clicking on the image below: All of the other printables you see in this blog post can be found in my subtraction pack on TPT "Take It Away! A Kindergarten Subtraction Unit". If you are interested, you can check it out by clicking on any of the images below! I hope you were able to gain some new ideas for teaching subtraction! What are your favourite lessons and activities for teaching subtraction?

Well first off my little bloggy venture with Ffion from The First Grade Jungle is up! Please go check it out and enter in our giveaway! We are super excited about it! Second, since I have been absent for sometime now I figured I would catch you up and unload everything I have been storing on my camera. This means picture overload! Sorry. Generating Questions before reading (inspired by The Inspired Apple) Character Glove thanks to inspiration from Debbie Diller. I use this during small group as well. New workstation I added this year: Overhead. So far my students can write their words, make their words with magnets or letter tiles. I will be added sentence strips I made which I will print on transparencies and students can fill in the blanks. (Hopefully I will add this to TpT soon!) I just purchased the clear tiles and then wrote letters onto the tiles. Very simple and the kids LOVE this work station. Writing/ Handwriting Workstation. This will be transitioning into only writing next week. Another new workstation I added was the Non-Fiction Reading Station. I really wanted to promote my students to read to find out new information about a topic. I added a variety of books on various levels. I discussed with the students that they would still need to use the "good fit book" strategy to find books to read during this time. This year my kids REALLY love the Poetry Work Station. They get upset if they do not have time to finish and illustrate their poem. Love it. ABC/ Word Study Workstation Library Work Station Anchor Charts: Behavior Chart And a little reminder… Happy Monday :)

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This past week, my kids and I have been dividing into the data world! By Friday afternoon, we were ready to practice finding the mean, median, mode, and range of various data sets. I “popped” a bowl of popcorn for each group of students, and handed them a recording page. The recording page required the […]

Counting was the earliest mathematical activity. Early humans needed counts to keep track of herds and for trade. Primitive counting systems almost certainly used the fingers of one or both hands, as evidenced by the predominance of the numbers 5 and 10 as the bases for most number systems today. The first advances in arithmetic were the conceptualization of numbers and the invention of the four fundamental operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The earliest advances in geometry dealt with simple concepts such as the line and the circle. Much of our civilization is based on mathematics. Montessori believed that the child’s mind was mathematical and based on the order with an awareness of the senses. The understanding of the mathematical principles is seen as a gradual ascent from concrete to abstract or simple to complex. The child that has mastered the fundamental concepts involved with the practical life and sensorial materials is drawn to the math activities. According to Montessori, the process of abstraction depends on two factors- absolute clarity in the concrete and a maturity of the mind. Montessori goes on to compare the mind of the child to an airplane entering into the realm of the abstract. And like an airplane the mind of the child must come down from its ascent and refuel and refresh itself with new experiences in the concrete suggesting that there is interdependence between the intellectual and the senses. The Montessori directress always insures that there is always available a sequence of tasks sufficiently challenging and interesting to engage and develop the child’s potentialities fully. All that the child has grasped from their earlier experiences in practical life and sensorial comes to fruition – classification, discrimination, perception and dexterity. All are important factors that contribute to the confidence and fascination with math. The child comes in contact with the quantities and their symbols every day through their environment. So, they are automatically pulled toward what they do not yet fully grasp. The child is now able to reinforce the concepts of one-to-one correspondence which is vital when working with all of the advanced Montessori math materials. With hands on experience and concrete materials to make abstract concepts clear, the child can literally see and explore the math process unfurl before their very eyes. The very first introduction to the math materials comes from the red and blue number rods which have the same dimensions as the red rods from sensorial with segmented proportions and a fixed quantity. In this activity the abstract number is not introduced until the child has had numerous experiences with the number rods. Montessori found that at such an early age it was difficult for the child to grasp the concept of numbers just by counting simple objects. This is simply avoided by representing the numbers as a series of segmented rods at increasing lengths. After this activity along with the introduction of the sandpaper numerals, the child then moves onto the spindle boxes which are fixed symbols and unfixed quantity. This exercise entails counting the correct number of spindles to go in each compartment all the way from zero to nine. After the child has shown their readiness to move on to more abstract material, then the cards and counters are introduced. This introduces the concept of odd and even numbers. The sequence of the math materials moves from the concrete concepts of quantity and number symbols. Then on to the abstract with the introduction to the decimal system, the four operations all with the golden bead material. After a considerable amount of time has been spent in the early math material it is time to move on to the more abstract material. For example, the introduction to the decimal system Montessori felt that it was very important for children to grasp the concept of the decimal system and the carrying of place values because it is within the understanding of these concepts that the material becomes most practical. The "crisis of nine" sounds like a natural disaster. And it really could be if it were introduced in an abstract form. By adding one to nine the amount automatically carries over in place value to the tens place. The children will learn later that these early carrying over and exchanging activities will be of great value in the addition and subtraction realm of the Montessori math material. The materials continue to gradually move the child forward toward the realm of the abstract with the reinforcement of the concrete with materials like the teen and ten boards, the hundred board, the hundred and thousand chain (where the concept of skip counting is imprinted in their minds), the birds eye view, and sequencing of numerals 1-9000. The child becomes more and more comfortable with the material and will eventually begin to add the quantities together and with the help of the directress will be informally introduced to the four operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The dynamic process of the Montessori approach and the preparation that has led up to this point gradually begins to reveal itself parallel to the mind of the child that is also methodical. As the concepts throughout the classroom become more abstract so does the mind of the child. The fluidness of the materials can be seen in the ten-ness of the sensorial materials. The mind that will awaken will not be forced into fatigue by rote motor exercises but will awaken well rested and ready for the world. The awesomeness of the Montessori approach is the willingness to meet and nurture each child’s individual learning styles, rate of progress, wellbeing, and interests. "The child should love everything he learns, for his mental and emotional growths are linked." -Maria Montessori

We’ve been working with shapes in math and focusing on writing dialogue with the correct use of quotation marks. Have you ever noticed that when you start teaching about these that suddenly, “every” “single” “word” “gets” “them”? Ha! As we practiced identifying shapes and their attributes, here’s how we tied in our writing and practiced the correct use of quotation […]

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Hey everyone, Here are some of my recent items posted to my shops. The Doubles Rap Poster Find this great poster at: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Doubles-Rap-Poster This poster is great for introducing the doubles facts. My 2nd graders caught on to it quickly and loved the rap. We also made up gestures to go with each doubles fact. This is a great poster to refer to in your classroom or you can print it on a regular sheet of paper for students to use as individual reference pages. FISH Communication Book (Family Involvement Starts Here) http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FISH-Book This is the most amazing resource for daily communication between home and school. Each day students turn in their FISH book and I get a chance to look over them and circle their behavior toward the end of the day. Students then take them home and get it signed by a parent and get their reading log filled out and signed each night. This is a great way to keep track of students' nightly reading. It also keeps parents involved in how their child is doing in class each day. You can also include notes to parents, they can write notes to you (instead of having to keep track of all those little post-it notes that come in), and include any special days or events that may be coming up. If you don't want to bind it into a book, you can just copy the pages front to back and use one page a week. Once you get them made and started, you will love them! I don't know what I did before these. :) Once you start using these FISH books, you love them too!

The pdf file below has six worksheets that teach the student the Filipino names for several colors. Click on the link below, not the thumbnails, to open the file in another tab. Mga Kulay The first worksheet asks the student to color each crayon according to the color label. The succeeding worksheets introduce each color […]

Describing 3D shapes in kindergarten is now an expectation as it is a key geometry standard. Also referred to by its indicator number K.G.3 this standard focuses on four main 3D shapes - the cylinder, sphere, cube and cone.

Math centers make me leap with joy, and so this blog series is a blast to write! Today we are talking about math center schedules. If you missed any of the other posts in the series, you can click below to get caught up. Part 1: Why You Need to Have Math Centers Part 2:

The pdf file below has three worksheets. Each worksheet asks the student to write the missing syllable (pantig) in order to complete the Filipino word for the illustration shown. The first two worksheets have missing 2-letter syllables with the letter a. The third worksheet has missing 2-letter syllables with the letter o or u. All […]

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