Friday, September 20, 2013

Math Routines

The first weeks of school have come and gone and I find myself making up my own First 20 Days of Math.  I did many of the same things last year and it really did help set us up to have a successful learning environment.  I am getting to know my students as well as what they know about Math which will help me plan lessons in the next few weeks.  We started with a "What is Math?" anchor chart, I am reading counting books everyday and we are doing "how to make the numbers" poems in their math journals.  This is allowing me to set up the routines like transitioning, turn and talk, sharing, how to use math tools and my expectations about their work.  I even introduced my work rubric and they absolutely love it!  I am much more comfortable this year than I was last year and I think it's because of how we are beginning the year.  I am hoping to implement Math Workshop next week so I can begin to meet with small groups!  It just seems to have a nice flow this year. Yea me!