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Calendar Icons add more curricula to your morning meeting by introducing patterns and predictions. When you first use these icons, do not forewarn the students that they will form a pattern. Allow your children to discover that themselves. Once they realize a pattern is forming, challenge them to predict the icon of the day. In doing so, you will be addressing the Common Core Standards, challenging visual discrimination, maximizing your teaching time, and engaging the students in a fun and valuable activity.
Each month’s icons increase the complexity of the pattern, starting in July. Simple patterns based on color transition into color, shape, and direction properties. Naturally, all of the traditional calendar activities continue. Children will still name the day, count how many days until Sat., tally the number of days in school, tell what day yesterday was, identify the day tomorrow will be, etc.
Enough icons are included for each month to have 31 days. That will allow you to use each set of icons in any month you wish. Additionally, extra icons are included for specific holidays, should you wish to mark those special days.
Check out my FREE product, http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Calendar-Icons-for-Patterning-Predicting-Sept-Oct That gives you a sample of what the entire unit is like. You may also wish to check out my blog post about these products @ http://itsabouttimeteachers.blogspot.com/2012/08/calendar-patterns.html
Barb Evans
Each month’s icons increase the complexity of the pattern, starting in July. Simple patterns based on color transition into color, shape, and direction properties. Naturally, all of the traditional calendar activities continue. Children will still name the day, count how many days until Sat., tally the number of days in school, tell what day yesterday was, identify the day tomorrow will be, etc.
Enough icons are included for each month to have 31 days. That will allow you to use each set of icons in any month you wish. Additionally, extra icons are included for specific holidays, should you wish to mark those special days.
Check out my FREE product, http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Calendar-Icons-for-Patterning-Predicting-Sept-Oct That gives you a sample of what the entire unit is like. You may also wish to check out my blog post about these products @ http://itsabouttimeteachers.blogspot.com/2012/08/calendar-patterns.html
Barb Evans
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edevoir80
Great product. A few of the patterns are a bit challenging for my class (I teach pre-K). I was hoping for more AAB and ABB patterns before jumping to things like ABACAD but I understand that this was not designed for pre-K.
Thank you!!
Thank you!!
December 2, 2012 
Barbara Evans (TpT Seller)
Thank you for the feedback. While not geared especially for pre-K, I'll bet there are a few smarties who will be able to predict the next icon, even if they can't name the pattern.
December 3, 2012
jborchertbpd
I love adding the patterning to calendar. Thank you!
November 3, 2012
Barbara Evans (TpT Seller)
You are so welcomed. It does add some punch to the daily routine. Enjoy!
November 4, 2012
rlguerrero
This is really nice. Thanks!
August 23, 2012
Barbara Evans (TpT Seller)
Thank YOU! It always feels so good to be validated. I hope you'll come back soon. Enjoy!
August 23, 2012
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For more than 3 decades, I have taught everything from K to 5, G/T to Reading Recovery, and enrichment to Title I. It was my privilege to develop & co-author a district model for gifted/talented education for 2 districts and to develop & implement a system for mentoring young gifted children with experts in their areas of interest. As an education specialist at the U of IL, I developed differentiated curriculum and evaluation tools for gifted students and lectured graduate classes in G/T. Additionally, I have guest lectured at the local community college and IL State Univ. Reading Recovery training, while rigorous and demanding, has improved every aspect of my teaching. The training has made me a better observer and problem solver. The richness of my experiences allows me to be a versatile and expansive developer of curricula.
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