Description
This is the eighth in a year-long series of daily math routines for Kindergarten classrooms. Months included in the series are August - May. Most months include 4 weeks of routines, with the exception of November and December which only include 3 weeks of routines.
These routines are designed with student conversation as the focus. Teachers are encouraged to use techniques such as wondering and thinking aloud, asking probing questions, and allowing students to talk with a partner and use whiteboards to show their thinking. Many of these activities have more than one “right” answer, so it’s important that students also explain WHY their answer is possible.
How Many Monday: This routine simply has you ask “How many?” and lets students explore the image as they count different items, shapes, or amounts they can find in the picture. This allows students at all levels to gain access to mathematics.
Ten-Frame Tuesday: These activities are going to be based around 10-frames or related tools for modeling, such as 5-frames and math racks (also known as number racks or rekenreks). They utilize the structured nature of these tools in building student understanding of 5 and 10 and using those as anchors for more advanced thinking.
Word Problem Wednesday: Understanding word problems begins with understanding the context of what is happening. Numberless word problems begin by showing a story problem with the numbers missing. Talk with students about what they know based on information given so far (context). The next slide will add in one amount. Repeat the conversation with students about what you know now. Model/practice making diagrams or quick drawings to keep track of the information. Click to the next slide to reveal another number. Once all numbers are revealed, students can solve to find the answer.
Think About It Thursday: This is a “catch-all” routine where students can explore topics such as geometry, patterns, and number relationships. You’ll find routines such as Which One Doesn’t Belong?, Guess My Rule, What Comes Next?, and Same & Different.
Fluency Friday: These fluency routines have been scaffolded to support a kindergartener’s development of understanding numbers to 10 and addition and subtraction within 10, with fluency within 5. You’ll see activities that focus on subitizing to 5, seeing numbers 6-10 as 5 and “some more”, concepts of one more and one less, greater than/less than/equal to, estimation, guess my number, making 5, making 10, and counting within 100 with a special focus on those decade numbers that are so tricky when counting by ones (30, 40, 50, etc.)
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Description
This is the eighth in a year-long series of daily math routines for Kindergarten classrooms. Months included in the series are August - May. Most months include 4 weeks of routines, with the exception of November and December which only include 3 weeks of routines.
These routines are designed with student conversation as the focus. Teachers are encouraged to use techniques such as wondering and thinking aloud, asking probing questions, and allowing students to talk with a partner and use whiteboards to show their thinking. Many of these activities have more than one “right” answer, so it’s important that students also explain WHY their answer is possible.
How Many Monday: This routine simply has you ask “How many?” and lets students explore the image as they count different items, shapes, or amounts they can find in the picture. This allows students at all levels to gain access to mathematics.
Ten-Frame Tuesday: These activities are going to be based around 10-frames or related tools for modeling, such as 5-frames and math racks (also known as number racks or rekenreks). They utilize the structured nature of these tools in building student understanding of 5 and 10 and using those as anchors for more advanced thinking.
Word Problem Wednesday: Understanding word problems begins with understanding the context of what is happening. Numberless word problems begin by showing a story problem with the numbers missing. Talk with students about what they know based on information given so far (context). The next slide will add in one amount. Repeat the conversation with students about what you know now. Model/practice making diagrams or quick drawings to keep track of the information. Click to the next slide to reveal another number. Once all numbers are revealed, students can solve to find the answer.
Think About It Thursday: This is a “catch-all” routine where students can explore topics such as geometry, patterns, and number relationships. You’ll find routines such as Which One Doesn’t Belong?, Guess My Rule, What Comes Next?, and Same & Different.
Fluency Friday: These fluency routines have been scaffolded to support a kindergartener’s development of understanding numbers to 10 and addition and subtraction within 10, with fluency within 5. You’ll see activities that focus on subitizing to 5, seeing numbers 6-10 as 5 and “some more”, concepts of one more and one less, greater than/less than/equal to, estimation, guess my number, making 5, making 10, and counting within 100 with a special focus on those decade numbers that are so tricky when counting by ones (30, 40, 50, etc.)
