Math Stories: Students will be participating in and may talking about “Senarios” in which they will be learning about adding, subtracting, matching and finding partners of numbers. Model this when you make an error yourself by saying, “Oh, that’s all right, I see what I did, I think I can figure out a way to fix it”. Respond to errors as opportunities to learn. Our Math Expressions curriculum suggests you can help your child change their perspective of errors by doing the following. Some students are hesitant to share their math work for fear of being incorrect. Math Talk – Making Errors: We are working on sharing our math ideas in a safe learning environment. Quick Practice activities are repeated for several lessons to help students become fast and accurate with a concept.įinger Freeze: Students use the ten “finger freeze” and then individual fingers to see, hear, and feel the ten on ones patterns in numbers 11-20. Many times the practices are student led. Quick Practices: This is the first part of our math lesson daily! It gives students time to practice newly acquired math knowledge. At home help students visualize things they do horizontally (sleeping) and things they might do vertically (walking). While using the graph mat the words horizontal and vertical are introduced. Many new math words are introduced and explored but mastery is not expected. Language and Vocabulary Development: The Math Expressions curriculum is rich in vocabulary and encourages students to talk about their math thinking. Ask your child how they have been a helper in our Math classroom. This goal requires that we all work together to build our skills of collaboration and cooperation. I want each student to understand the math we are learning. Helping Community: In our classroom it is my goal to set up an environment where children are not competing but striving to help one another. Encouraging children to use their fingers in different ways will help them learn different ways of counting and understanding number. Kindergarten students will be encouraged to use their fingers frequently throughout our math curriculum. All students will learn to lead and use the following materials: The 120-Poster, the Money Chart and the Giant Number Cards.įingers: Children use their fingers as their first tools when they develop number sense. This is also a time of day for re-teaching or extending the curriculum. This is a 25-minute block of time in which we practice Math skills and concepts to develop fluency. Counting Mat: As students progress through our Math Expressions curriculum, you may hear them refer to their “Counting Mat” This is a white tray area in which we use our manipulatives.ĭaily Routines: You may hear your child talking about doing “Daily Routines”.

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