Calendar Math

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Calendar Math

• Creative Activities
• part 3

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Wyandotte PreK CenterJalynn L. Davis

• Activity Title Copying Patterns
• GLE represented 13 Copying and repeating
  patterns using concrete objects
• Materials needed Blue and green strips of
  construction paper and glue sticks
• Directions TLW copy the pattern on the December
  calendar by making a
• paper chain. TTW give each student 3 strips of
  each color paper and a
• glue stick. TTW model how to make the paper chain
  as well as the pattern
• for the students. TLW copy the teacher pattern
  utilizing all the paper strips
• provided.
• Evaluation Copying pattern using 6 strips -
  M
• Copying pattern using 2-4
  strips PM
• Copying pattern using 0 -1
  strip - NM

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Wyandotte PreK CenterJalynn L. Davis
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LaSalle ElementaryMary Wilhite

• Activity Title Chilly Willy (Winter Animals
  Penguins))
• GLE represented Ml, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6, M9, M1O
• Materials needed Pictures of Penguins with
  numerals 1-5 on chest, Sets of Small Hats of
  Different colors with Numerals 1-5, Sets of
  Snowballs (1-5), 25 Individual Snowballs
  (Styrofoam balls and/or pictures), 1-5 Spinner
  and/or 1-5 Dice
• Directions 1. Students match the number on the
  hat to the number on the penguin.
• 2. Students match the number of individual
  snowballs to the picture of a targeted set of
  snowballs from 1-5.
• 3. Students place penguins in number order 1-5
• 4. Students using 1-to-i correspondence count the
  number of snowballs on a card and matches it to
  the penguin (stickers on back of penguin/number
  set denote a correct answer)
• 5. Students using snowball objects and/or
  pictures will identify pairs of objects as Same
  or Different,!
• 6. Students using penguins with different colored
  hats will place the named penguin in the First
  or Last position (Place the penguin with the
  red hat first in line.)
• 7. Using a spinner or dice, students place
  correctly the requested number of snowballs
  (objects/pictures).
• Evaluation Observational Data, Logs

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LaSalle ElementaryMary Wilhite
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Brownfields ElementarySheree Blanchard

• We extend sorting and patterns throughout the
  day. During center time students practice their
  skills.

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Brownfields ElementarySheree Blanchard
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Villa del Rey ElementaryDianna Hammond and
Michelle Grantham

• Activity Title
• Mystery Match
• GLE represented M-1, M-2, M-4, M-5,
• Materials needed Number cards or dot cards. 0
  - 10
• Directions Divide the class in half. Give half
  the class the number cards and give the other
  half the dot cards. Have the children move
  around the room to find their match. Redirect
  the students who can not find their partners.
  Alternative use is capital and lower case
  letters.
• Evaluation- If the students can find their
  partner they are ready to move to a higher level
  such as numbers 10-20 or number words.

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Parkview ElementaryConnie Boudreau

• Activity Title
• Sorting Counting Christmas Items
• GLE represented 9 Sorts concrete objects by an
  attribute
• 5 Compares sets of objects using the words
  same/different
• And more/less/fewer
• Materials needed 4 different types of Christmas
  items a sorting tray a dry-erase board and a
  dry-erase marker a bag to put the items in
• Directions Each child picked an item from the
  bag. We then took turns sorting the items. Each
  child placed his/her item in the correct square
  (using the sorting tray). After this was done
  the students counted the number of items in each
  square of the sorting tray. The teacher recorded
  their answers on a dry erase board. The students
  identified more/less, etc.
• Evaluation Teacher observation completed tally
  on the dry erase board and student participation

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Audubon ElementaryCarla Milton

• Sorting
• GLE represented Sorts objects using one
  characteristic, sorts concrete objects by an
  attribute
• Materials needed Buttons of different shapes (
  from calendar Math)
• Directions I used the buttons that were used
  with counting how many days we are at school with
  the calendar Math. The buttons were different
  shapes. Discussed how we could sort the buttons
  we chose to sort by shape. Have individual
  children sort the buttons by shape. Discussed the
  different shapes hexagon, triangle, heart,
  diamond, circle, flower, square.
• Evaluation To make sure that the children
  understood I asked why the child put the triangle
  instead of the flower.

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Audubon ElementaryCarla Milton
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Park Forest ElementaryShelia Jarrell

• Patterning
• GLE represented M5, M13
• Materials needed None
• Directions This simple activity is an extension
  of patterning. TLW line up facing teacher and
  listen for instructions. One child will leave
  shoes on and the next child will remove them.
  (shoes on, shoes off)
• Evaluation Observation by the teacher
• Simple, yet fun activity!
• Note Have students say the action or pattern
  while performing it.

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Park Forest ElementaryShelia Jarrell
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Riveroaks ElementaryNicole Berggren

• Activity Title
• Measuring with Candlesticks
• Math GLE Represented
• Measurement 6. Uses comparative vocabulary
  (i.e. long/longer, short/shorter, more/less,
  hotter/colder, heavier/lighter, bigger/smaller)
• Materials needed numbered 1-10 candlestick
  pattern, Paper for recording, writing tools.
• Directions
• Have this center available for two children after
  being exposed to the nursery rhyme Jack be Nimble
  and the December Calendar Math candle pattern.
• A child stands with his back against the
  candlesticks that go up the wall numbered 1-10.
• Another child will help him read the number on
  the candle that correlates to the childs height.
• The child will then record his candlestick height
  on the provided paper.
• Review each childs results during a class
  discussion.
• Evaluation
• The child has correctly recorded his candlestick
  height on the provided paper.

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Riveroaks ElementaryNicole Berggren
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Brookstown ElementaryAimee Fitzgerald

• Activity Title
• Make a Match Christmas Style
• GLE represented Math 2- count a set of five or
  fewer numbers using one to one correspondence
• Materials needed Teacher made red cards with
  Christmas tree cut-outs s 0 -4, 2 of each
• Directions Play Make a Match, but switch up the
  cards with Christmas symbols or the current
  holiday or unit.
• Evaluation Observation When a student comes to
  flip cards,
• have them count the number of trees and compare
  to the other
• card.

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Brookstown ElementaryAimee Fitzgerald
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Brookstown ElementaryLaurie Malone

• Activity Title
• Joining Hands to Make a Pattern
• GLE represented Math 13- Recognize and copy
  repeated patterns
• Materials needed Joining Hands quilt crayons
• Directions While coloring fingers every day,
  students will make a five color pattern.
• Evaluation Observation Can the student choose
  the correct color in the pattern?

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Brookstown Elementary Laurie Malone
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Park ElementaryPatty Hebert

• Activity Title Up, Up, and Away
• GLE represented Counts a set of 5 or fewer
  objects using 1-t0-1 correspondence
• Materials needed Four colors of play dough, 4
  pipe cleaners
• Directions Make a ball of play dough in a
  different color.
• Match 1 ball with 1 pipe cleaner.
• Count how many balloons there are.
• Evaluation
• production of balloons
• Oral counting of set of balloons.

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Park ElementaryPatty Hebert
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Jefferson Terrace ElementaryMargaret Miller

• Activity Title
• Making
  Calendar Pieces
• GLE Represented PK-CM-N5, N-1-E, N-3 E,
  PK-CM-G3, PK-CM-N2, G-2-E, PK-CM-D2
• Materials Needed Depending on the Unit of study
  will determine with calendar pieces the class
  will make. Also as a class we sometimes vote on
  what two shapes that we want to make for our
  calendar. The calendar pieces are not seasonal
  they are whatever unit we are on in the LA
  Comprehensive Curr. Example our December
  Calendar pieces were stick houses and pigs.
• During the month of December we had a unit on
  Houses. Materials used to make houses on the
  playground during Outside Time we brought a
  basket outside, before gathering the sticks
  needed for the house calendar pieces, we
  discussed what size sticks we needed. We decided
  the sticks cant be any bigger than our pinky
  finger. For the House calendar pieces I used
  brown construction paper and cut out 4x4 squares
  for the children to glue the sticks on the pig
  calendar pieces I cut out pink pigs using
  construction paper and the children pulled the
  Collage Box from the shelf in the ART Center
  and began gluing pink items found from the box.
  Examples of some items found in the box were
  different shades of pink tissue paper, beads,
  colored paper, etc. The children choose to come
  to the ART Table during center time to glue items
  on their choice of calendar piece- Stick House
  or a Pink Pig. Either the children or I will
  glue the large numbers on each calendar piece.
  Each calendar piece is about 4 inches. My
  calendar is about 36 x 28 inches. It is made
  using two posters put together.

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Jefferson Terrace ElementaryMargaret Miller
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River OaksElementaryPamella Walters

• GLEs represented ELA 27,
• Math 13
• Materials colors, Jack Be Nimble rhyme, candle
  stick color sheet
• Directions Students choose a color to make a
  pattern, Recite Jack Be Nimble

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River OaksElementaryPamella Walters
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Patterning With Apples
A Game Designed By Hilda P. Smart
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The Concept
The object of patterning with apples is Give
students patterns to recognize allowing them to
create and continue patterns with objects
provided.
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Heres the Pattern
What Comes Next?
What Comes Next?
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The Completed Patterns
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Now that the Patterns are complete you can create
your own!
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Who Can Pattern
Kamerin Can Pattern!
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Who Can Pattern
Jabari can Pattern!
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The Apple Patterning Game