The blog and resources library of a primary school teacher in Scotland
  Monday Morning Teacher
  • My Blog
  • Follow Me!
  • About Me
  • Books
  • Resources
    • Numeracy
    • Literacy >
      • Alphabet
    • End of Year

North Lanarkshire Stage 2, Weeks 30, 31, 35

19/8/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
Silly me - I started this flashcard project with the beginning of Stage 2, because those phonemes are reviewed during the first 5 weeks of Stage 3, which I assumed I would start with (I also have a few kiddos who will be going onto Stage 2 phonemes this year).

When I finally looked more closely at my handover notes, I see that my kids are starting (next week!) on FF (Stage 2, Week 35!). So I've been rushing to get these finished, and here they are. Then just 2 more weeks of Stage 2, and I'll be able to get back to work on Stage 3 phonemes.

However - if you are a Stage 3 teacher, you should be fine with the Stage 2 flashcards, as you'll need to be reviewing those at the start of the year with your class.

Welcome to anyone who has come over from the Scottish Teachers FB pages - I hope at least some of these resources are useful! I don't think there is a way to follow this page, but I've started a Monday Morning Teacher page on FB - if you like that, I'll post there whenever I add a new post/resources, so you'll get a notification.

0 Comments

How I use 'Number of the Day'

19/8/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
We've started our 'Number of the Day' routine at school. We've done it both days - I think that's been helpful for the kids - it's helping them get used to a new maths routine. It's also been good for me - I've been getting a quick overview of areas where kids are confident, and areas where they might need a little bit of review.
When we start our different calculations on our 'Number of the Day', I have kids give me a 'thumbs up' (with their thumb placed right on their chest, so no arms waving in the air) if they think they know the answer to a given question. Then I take several different answers.

When another child gives an answer, I ask the class to either 1) keep their 'thumbs up' on their chest if they got a different answer or 2) give me the 'me, too' sign if they got the same answer. The 'me, too' sign is just making a 'hang 10' sign with your hand (from a fist, stick out your thumb and pinky fingers), and moving it from your chest outwards and back again). That way, I can see who is getting the right (or wrong!) answers. The idea with this routine is that EVERY child is expected to come up with an answer (and show that they have an answer by giving me a 'thumbs up'). We want everyone to be thinking!

The picture above is our first day - I wouldn't normally use quite as many cards, but I wanted to get a picture of what kinds of problems they were used to, and what was less familiar.

The picture below is our 'Number of the Day' from this morning.
Picture
Our number was 11, and we answered a few simple questions about 11, as you can see. We doubled 11 (they did that easily), then we doubled 22 - which was a bit trickier for some, but when we did it with our base 10 magnets on the white board, most of the kids 'got' what we were doing. In the picture, you can see the equations I wrote for doubling both 11 and 22 (with the 'expanded form' written below each number). In the picture, we've moved on to writing the expanded form for 11 (10+1), but when we were doubling both 11 and 22, I modelled what we were doing with the base 10 magnets - this makes the problem much more accessible to all of the kids, rather than only the kids who are comfortable working with the abstract equation.

Tomorrow, we'll add in our 'Addition' and 'Subtraction' pages.

If you'd like the 'Number of the Day' pack yourself, you can get it here. It is geared at Primary 1-3, stretching into P4, with the basic questions K-3 in the States), but it can easily be adapted to suit older stages as well (instead of giving them 11 to work with, you can give them 1147!).
0 Comments

Number of the Day - Updated File

16/8/2015

2 Comments

 
Picture
Picture
I think I'm procrastinating, as there is so much to plan for this coming week!

When I wrote my last post about how I was planning to use my new Number of the Day cards, I decided that it made sense to go back and add a few cards that I used with my Primary 1s - you can see the 4 extra cards I've added above. If you want the updated pack, click on the link above. In this pack, I've also made the 'Number of the Day' sign a bit bigger. The previous pack (with the smaller Number of the Day sign) is still linked to from my previous posts).

With the additional cards, I think this pack should work well for most Primary 1-3 classes (K-2, for Americans). You can just pick and choose which cards are most appropriate for your own class. I hope you find these helpful, and I'd love to hear (or see pictures) about how you use these in your own classroom.
2 Comments

    Categories

    All
    100 Days Of School
    2 Times Table
    Adding And Subtracting
    Adding Strategies
    Addition
    AI And AY Sounds
    Ai Phoneme Game
    Alphabet
    Art
    A Teachable Teacher
    AW Words
    Back To School
    Ball Words
    Base 10 Materials
    Book Bands
    Book Levelling
    Books
    Christmas
    CK Wall Words
    Class Library
    Class Maths Area
    Classroom Organisation
    Colouring
    Compound Words
    Computation Strategies
    Counting On And Back
    Counting On Fingers
    CVCe Words
    Decoding Strategies
    Differentiated Kindergarten
    Digraphs
    Dipthongs
    Dolch Words
    Dot Cards
    EW Words
    Fast Finisher Tasks
    First Week Of School
    Fist Numbers
    Flashcards
    Fractions
    Freebies!
    Free Play
    General
    Homework
    IGH Words
    Independence
    Initial Blends
    John Mighton
    Jolly Phonics
    JUMP Math
    Kindergarten
    Kinesthetic Learners
    Literacy
    Literacy Games
    Literacy Resources
    Long A Sounds
    Magic E
    Maths Journals
    Maths Resources
    Maths Stations
    Mental Maths
    Messy Play
    Mixed Operations
    MMT On Facebook
    Morning Routine
    Multiplication
    Myth Of Ability
    North Lanarkshire Active Literacy
    North Lanarkshire Active Literacy Resources
    North Lanarkshire Active Literacy Stage 2
    North Lanarkshire Active Literacy Stage 3
    Number Formation
    Number Of The Day
    Number Sense
    Numbers To 10
    Numeracy
    OU Words
    OW (long O) Words
    Phoneme Resources
    Phonemes
    Place Value
    Playdough
    Primary 1
    Primary 2
    Primary 3
    Problem Solving
    Reading
    Reading Comprehension Strategies
    Reading Comprehension Strategy - Retelling
    Rights Respecting School
    Sight Words
    Spelling
    Stage 1 Phonemes
    Stage 2 North Lanarkshire Active Literacy
    Stage 2 Phonemes
    Stage 3 Phonemes
    Story Maps
    Subitizing
    Subtraction
    Summer Holidays
    Task Cards
    Teachers Pay Teachers
    Ten Frames
    The Kapok Tree
    UN Convention On The Rights Of The Child
    Wall Words
    Word Wall
    Write The Room
    Y (long E) Words

    About Me

    I have taught from P1-P5 (K-4th grade). You'll find a variety of resources and ideas appropriate for these year groups as you explore this blog. I'm glad you are here and I hope you find activities, ideas or resources that are useful in your own class. 

    RSS Feed

    Archives

    July 2020
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    December 2018
    August 2017
    October 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015

 2020 Monday Morning Teacher