Someone asked to see what our homework calendar looked like. Here is a copy of this years calendar. I choose the games month by month according to what we are working on. What I did was set up the skeleton calendar before the year began based on what our team decided for our StoryTown schedule. I input the weeks and then spelling words (because this is what is the most time consuming). Then at the end of each month I think about what our essentials are/or what the kids need more practice with, and decide what games they will have for homework. Each month it is pretty simple especially if the game directions are already typed up. The best part is that I can easily make copies for homework each week to send home, because the decision is already made. This has really cut down on my prep time for homework each month and each week! Obviously I will need to adjust it next year to make the dates match and based on what the kids are working on. It's not perfect, but it really has helped me and help to have the parents participate in homework and make it meaningful for kids. I have also attached the reading log that I send home. I hope you find this useful!
Homework Calendar
Reading Log
Showing posts with label Math. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Math. Show all posts
Monday, January 30, 2012
Math Routines
Tia here!
I am taking a math class from Nancy Norman, as part of my professional development. I am in my second year and learn so much each time I talk with her, in fact every time I learn something is elicits more questions. The goal of this class to help create a balanced math curriculum, and I feel like this class has really helped to improve my teaching. It is this math class where I got the idea to move away from worksheet homework to practicing the math games with their families. The other component of a balanced curriculum is what we call routines times, this is the social knowledge part of math, this is meant to be a quick 10 minute part of the day. The way I decide what needs to be done is I think about my essentials for learning for 6 weeks and then I figure out what things are social knowledge and add them to my routines time. Right now we working on...time to the half hour, story problems, reading number words, doubles, days of the week, months of the year, 10 more/less, money (combining coins), skip counting by 2's to 40 and 5's to 120, hundreds chart. Here are some cards that I have created to go with my routines. I hope you find them useful!
Month and Days of the Week
Pattern pieces
Number Words
Tens Frame Number Cards
Doubles
Coins Routines
I am taking a math class from Nancy Norman, as part of my professional development. I am in my second year and learn so much each time I talk with her, in fact every time I learn something is elicits more questions. The goal of this class to help create a balanced math curriculum, and I feel like this class has really helped to improve my teaching. It is this math class where I got the idea to move away from worksheet homework to practicing the math games with their families. The other component of a balanced curriculum is what we call routines times, this is the social knowledge part of math, this is meant to be a quick 10 minute part of the day. The way I decide what needs to be done is I think about my essentials for learning for 6 weeks and then I figure out what things are social knowledge and add them to my routines time. Right now we working on...time to the half hour, story problems, reading number words, doubles, days of the week, months of the year, 10 more/less, money (combining coins), skip counting by 2's to 40 and 5's to 120, hundreds chart. Here are some cards that I have created to go with my routines. I hope you find them useful!
Month and Days of the Week
Pattern pieces
Number Words
Tens Frame Number Cards
Doubles
Coins Routines
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