Every Day Calendar Counts
Every Day Calendar Counts is built on the authors', Janet Gillespie and Patsy Kauler, classroom experience teaching mathematics. An interactive K-6 supplemental mathematics program, Every Day Calendar Math is designed to capitalize on daily discussions to foster children's mathematical confidence and competence. The daily activities appeals to the natural way children learn math by building on concepts a little at a time, every day.
Students analyze and predict patterns on the calendar pieces.
The students match the
quantities with numerals.
The students focus and discuss the numerals and number relationships.
The students look for similarities and differences in the calendar pieces and numbers presented.
The students have the daily experience to count with ordinal and cardinal numbers.
The students have daily experience in understanding analog and digital clocks, learn how many minutes in an hour, and count by fives.
The students collect and record data on a weather graph during the month.
Using money, the students determine the value of a collection of coins, use mental math to figure out change, and record money amounts using the dollar sign, decimal point, and the cent sign.
The student record the number of days in school to practice the understanding of place value, one to one correspondence, and match quantities with numerals.
The students use the number builder to understand the process of addtion and subtraction, use the language of addition and subtraction, and understand parts to whole relationship.
The students collect and record data on a graph. They learn how to organize, read, and interpret data on a piture or bar graph. They are able to recognize odd and even patterns.
Every Day Counts Calendar Math is fun!
 

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