COUNTING SPOTS
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Richmond, Kentucky, United States
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I LOVE my job!!!
I have been teaching professionally since 1991! (Before that, I worked camps and after-school programs!) I've spent 15 years teaching PK - 3rd grade, Reading Recovery, ELL, and Math Recovery. I was an assistant principal for 5 years, but missed teaching. I currently serve as a district resource teacher, so I get to work with kids AND teachers!! I am so lucky!!
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Kindergarten Mental Math - Fluency to Five Cards and Questions
Counting Spots - Kindergarten Fluency to Five
Kindergarteners need to have computational fluency to 5... what does that REALLY look like?? Are they fluent because they can complete a worksheet??? No, absolutely not! Fluency means MENTAL MATH and flexibility in solving problems.
These questions move the child from needing to see and count dots/objects (concrete learning), to being able to quickly identify the number they see and tell about the combination. This stage develops the mental v
PreK - 1st
Basic Operations, Mental Math
CCSS
K.CC.B.5
, K.OA.A.5
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Experience
I LOVE my job!!!
I have been teaching professionally since 1991! (Before that, I worked camps and after-school programs!) I've spent 15 years teaching PK - 3rd grade, Reading Recovery, ELL, and Math Recovery. I was an assistant principal for 5 years, but missed teaching. I currently serve as a district resource teacher, so I get to work with kids AND teachers!! I am so lucky!!
Teaching style
I am a true constructivist teacher!! I think Vygotsky was a genius. I strive to teach students and teachers at their ZPD (Zone of Proximal Development) so they push themselves to learn!!
Awards & shining teacher moments
National Board Certified Teacher (Early Childhood - ages 3 to 8 years, primary),
Math Intervention teacher,
Math Recovery certified,
Add+Vantage MathRecovery Teacher and Champion,
SNAP Teacher and Facilitator, Reading Specialist,
Reading Recovery certified, LLI trained, grant writer
My own education history
BA from the University of KY in Elementary Education
MA from the University of KY in Reading
NBCT for Early Childhood, Ages 3 to 8
Additional biographical information
I live in Lexington, KY with my wonderful husband of over 21 years, Bob, as well as my daughter, son and our 2 dogs, Chewey & Lily.
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