What a great week last week was! October is such a busy month for educators... it seems as though time flies and there just isn't enough of it!! I love November. November is National Thankfulness Month- I have so much to be thankful for!
I am thankful that I have a super staff to work with, an awesome administrative team, and perfect parents here at CES!
This weeks favorites...
A book I think every K-3 math teacher should have-
Just as athletes stretch their muscles before every game and musicians play scales to keep their technique in tune, mathematical thinkers and problem solvers can benefit from daily warm-up exercises. Jessica Shumway has developed a series of routines designed to help young students internalize and deepen their facility with numbers. The daily use of these quick five-, ten-, or fifteen-minute experiences at the beginning of math class will help build students' number sense.
Students with strong number sense understand numbers, ways to represent numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems. They make reasonable estimates, compute fluently, use reasoning strategies (e.g., relate operations, such as addition and subtraction, to each other), and use visual models based on their number sense to solve problems. Students who never develop strong number sense will struggle with nearly all mathematical strands, from measurement and geometry to data and equations.
In Number Sense Routines, Jessica shows that number sense can be taught to all students. Dozens of classroom examples -- including conversations among students engaging in number sense routines -- illustrate how the routines work, how children's number sense develops, and how to implement responsive routines.
Additionally, teachers will gain a deeper understanding of the underlying math -- the big ideas, skills, and strategies children learn as they develop numerical literacy.
Time Teller - Lift and Peek
I love this paper plate clock... great for visual learners. Grab two paper plates, count every 4 to 5 notches and make your cuts. Write your hours numbers in between the cut notches. Then, take your second plate and hold it underneath your hours plate. Make marks to indicate where your number should be. Once your plate is marked, choose another marker color and add your numbers by your pencil marks. Stack your plates, hours on top and make a hole for your fastener. Create colorful clock hands, attach with your fastener and presto- a time teller cheat and peek!
Kids can take a peek if they forget how to read minutes.
Fun BLOG for the Language Arts teachers...
