How do you use Calendar to teach Math? I LOVE Calendar, because it can include so many elements of math at so many levels. Link up your Calendar Math post to this post, and let’s all learn from one another!
Please provide a link in your post back here so that everyone can find all the wonderful Calendar Math links. Please also link up a direct link to your post, and not a generic blog link.
Calendar Math in My Classroom
We do Calendar Math every day. I confess that it’s not super cute. I have resources that I’ve created to make it super cute (like these calendar numbers), but I have limited access to color printers and lamination, so instead of cute, we focus on function! Here’s our routine:
1. We sing & talk about the days of the week (What day was it yesterday? What day is it today? What day will it be tomorrow?)
2. We talk about the number we will be
writing on the calendar. We say that number in English, French and Arabic – to help out my students who have difficulty with higher numbers in English, but are familiar with them in their home language.
3. We write the number in a color pattern, thereby working on various patterns.
4. We record the number of days we have been in school. We also say that number in English, French and Arabic – to help out my students who have difficulty with higher numbers in English, but are familiar with them in their home language.
5. We talk about the weather and record the weather on our calendar itself, creating a real-time record of the weather we’ve had for easy access when talking about seasons and weather patterns.
6. We write and read the date and the
count down to the 100th Day of School. (After the 100th day of school passes on February 13th, we’ll be counting down to the last day of school!)
7. We dissect the number of days we’ve been in school, writing it on a place value chart, drawing it in base ten blocks and use the 100’s chart to add 10, subtract 10, add 1, subtract 1, add 5, and subtract 5.
8. We add American coins and Moroccan dirhams to our “change purses”,
working on coin combinations, coin names, and counting money.
9. If time allows, we do number aerobics, and skip counting. (This was in the beginning of calendar in the beginning of the year!) BTW – the cute hands and feet are from Sparklebox.
Please provide a link in your post back here so that everyone can find all the wonderful Calendar Math links. Please also link up a direct link to your post, and not a generic blog link.
Calendar Math in My Classroom
We do Calendar Math every day. I confess that it’s not super cute. I have resources that I’ve created to make it super cute (like these calendar numbers), but I have limited access to color printers and lamination, so instead of cute, we focus on function! Here’s our routine:
1. We sing & talk about the days of the week (What day was it yesterday? What day is it today? What day will it be tomorrow?)
2. We talk about the number we will be
writing on the calendar. We say that number in English, French and Arabic – to help out my students who have difficulty with higher numbers in English, but are familiar with them in their home language.3. We write the number in a color pattern, thereby working on various patterns.
4. We record the number of days we have been in school. We also say that number in English, French and Arabic – to help out my students who have difficulty with higher numbers in English, but are familiar with them in their home language.
5. We talk about the weather and record the weather on our calendar itself, creating a real-time record of the weather we’ve had for easy access when talking about seasons and weather patterns.
6. We write and read the date and the
count down to the 100th Day of School. (After the 100th day of school passes on February 13th, we’ll be counting down to the last day of school!)7. We dissect the number of days we’ve been in school, writing it on a place value chart, drawing it in base ten blocks and use the 100’s chart to add 10, subtract 10, add 1, subtract 1, add 5, and subtract 5.
8. We add American coins and Moroccan dirhams to our “change purses”,
working on coin combinations, coin names, and counting money.9. If time allows, we do number aerobics, and skip counting. (This was in the beginning of calendar in the beginning of the year!) BTW – the cute hands and feet are from Sparklebox.
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