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- 1. Marvelous Math Centers: It’s Not Just Counting! Kori Winchell www.CuteButCognitive.com
- 3. Agenda • Management • Planning with clear objectives • Making centers on a budget using what you may already have • Support English Language Learners and children with special needs • Integrating literacy into the center • Documentation
- 4. About Me
- 5. Management of Centers Keep it organized
- 6. Management of Centers How many kids at a time?
- 8. A. Counting Skills V.A.3 Child counts 1-10 items, with one count per item.
- 9. A. Counting Skills V.A.8. Child verbally identifies, without counting, the number of objects 1-5.
- 10. A. Counting Skills V.A.9. Child recognizes one-digit numerals 0-9.
- 11. B. Adding To/Taking Away V.B.1. Child uses concrete models ... for adding up to 5 objects
- 12. B. Adding To/Taking Away V.B.2. Child uses concrete models … for subtracting 1-5 objects.
- 13. B. Adding To/Taking Away V.B.3. Child uses informal strategies to share or divide up to 10 items equally.
- 14. C. Geometry and Spatial Sense V.C.1. Child names common shapes.
- 15. C. Geometry and Spatial Sense V.C.2. Child creates shapes.
- 16. C. Geometry and Spatial Sense V.C.4. Child slides, flips, turns shapes to demonstrate that the shape remain the same.
- 17. D. Measurement Skills V.D.1. Child recognizes and compares heights or lengths of people or objects.
- 18. D. Measurement Skills V.D.2. Child recognizes how much can be placed within an object.
- 19. D. Measurement Skills V.D.3. Child informally recognizes and compares weights of objects or people.
- 20. E. Classification and Pattern Skills V.E.1. Child sorts objects that are the same and different into groups and uses language to describe how the groups are similar and different.
- 21. E. Classification and Pattern Skills V.E.2. Child collects data and organizes it in a graphic representation.
- 22. E. Classification and Pattern Skills V.E.3. Child recognizes and creates patterns
- 23. Fine Motor Development -pincher grasp to pick up small items
- 24. Fine Motor Development -tweezers/clothespins to pick up small items
- 25. Fine Motor Development -clothespins to hold items in place
- 26. Let’s Try Some Centers!!
- 27. On a Budget?
- 28. On a Budget?
- 29. Use Stuff You Already Have
- 30. Online Resources •Region XIII School Ready http://www.pinterest.com/schoolready13/ •Fellow Pre-K and Kindergarten Teachers’ Websites and Blogs
- 31. What Are Your Best Budget Ideas?
- 33. Children with Special Needs
- 42. What Are Your Best Ways To Incorporate Literacy?
- 43. Documentation with Math Centers
- 44. Documentation with Evernote • You may download the free app to your iPad from the Apple App Store and also get free access from your computer at www.evernote.com • It is very easy to make notebooks for each of your students from the homepage. Since I have 2 classrooms I label my folders by AM or PM and their name. Ex: AM Lacy or PM Joe
- 45. Documentation with Evernote Once you have a notebook for each child it is very easy to add notes for each child and tag their pictures for easy retrieval. Some note topics I make are writing, patterns, sorting, 1:1 counting, retelling, shapes, construction, letters, social emotional. Click here to add more notes inside each student's notebook. Notes are organized by month created or updated. This makes it easy when seeing if you have recent documentation on a student. Click on the desired notebook to add more documentati on including text and pictures
- 46. Wrap-Up
Editor's Notes
- Most classrooms are small with limited space for centers. In my classroom the Math Center is contained on one shelf and we use one of the tables. I make sure to label the shelf with the materials. This makes it easy for kids to clean up and gets in a little extra reading.
- We use their word wall name that has velcro on the back. We also do “Free Choice Centers” so the kids get a chance to move around. I limit 3 kids to the math center. This helps with noise level and you don’t need a huge amount of materials.
- Each district uses different types of curriculum. In my district we use Scholastic Big Day. Each week there is a focus guideline. This helps when creating centers. The idea for the center is guided by the guideline that is being taught at the time. Use your Pre-K Guidelines to help you decide what you want to include in each center. In the next few slides I will show some ideas I have for a few of the Math Guidelines.
- Dot/Dice games are great for teaching this guideline.
- I bought these puzzles from Lakeshore. You can make similar games by cutting out Calendar pictures and writing numbers on the bottom. Students can put the puzzle in order by putting the numbers in order.
- Addition is a hard concept to teach to the students. Make sure it’s very hands-on. In these games students use playdough and balls to manipulate the addition problems.
- Just like addition subtracting is also difficult. Connect it to books you have read such as 5 Little Monkeys or 5 Green and Speckled Frogs.
- Another way to include book connections is with The Doorbell Rang. Students practice with cookies to “sharing equally” with their friends. I like to make my cookies out of foam so they are more durable.
- Kids love playing with shapes and Pinterest have fun ideas. Have them find shapes around the classroom to sort or have a basket ready.
- Again we bring out the playdough. It can be used for many different things. Also with the popsicles students can practice creating the shape along with the formal description (straight/curvy sides, corners, etc)
- Always find the “fun, kid-friendly” ways to have students play while they are learning.
- Pull out some new science tools to help teach the concept of weights. Students like to play with each other watching the scales move up and down.
- Think about all the subjects and vocabulary you can teach with this guideline. While their sorting have them describe how items belong or do not belong.
- . You can tie in items from the different themes (seasons, transportation, animals, etc) for them to graph.
- You may have some students pick up patterns quickly. Encourage them to extend and make more difficult patterns.
- Sometimes you don’t always think of fine motor skills when developing your lesson plans. It’s very easy to incorporate these practices into the games you make for centers.
- We are going to split up to try out some math centers that I use in my classroom. In your class you most likely had just started talking about the math concept and have explained how to play the games. Many of the games are self-explanatory for you, but I have included instructions for a few of the games. Discuss together the Main Focus Guideline for the center, Other Guidelines that can be learned with the center (other Math guidelines, language arts, science, etc) and some games that you use in your own classroom to put in centers for the Main Focus Guideline.
- Check out the Target Dollar bins. Hobby Lobby has great 50% sales around different holidays for materials you can use to make your centers. Don’t forget online coupons also.
- Make your own playdough and/or die pasta with foodcoloring for patterns, counting, sorting, and more. Use your school’s printer to print out ideas you find on the internet or things you create yourself. Use you school’s laminator to make the materials more durable to last many years.
- Raid your kitchen drawers to find utensils to help with fine motor development. Don’t forget things that you usually throw away that can be used again for a different purpose. Include in your newsletters a “Want List” that you may need for materials for your Center.
- Here’s a few resources I use. I included others in your handout. I love searching on Pinterest for games and centers I can make myself on a little budget.
- I want you to take some time to discuss with your table some budget friendly ideas you have. Maybe it’s a special website you like to go to, a Pinterest pinner that always has great ideas, or a good place to find cheap items. Be ready to share one idea with the group.
- Manipulatives-let students touch objects related to the math lessons. Blocks, beans, counters, and anything else students can hold in their hands can be powerful. Vocabulary Walls-Write key phrases students will encounter on a daily basis in math on a large poster. Don’t forget to include pictures. Talk Aloud- Have students practice speaking with their center partners. Encourage them to explain the process out loud. Make It Real- Apply mathematical concepts you are teaching to the real world for the students. Think about what they encounter at the house. Connect With Other Subjects-For example, have students work on graphs in math by comparing the bugs they may be learning about from the insect unit.
- Use a Multi-Sensory Approach-Ensure that learning involves listening and hearing, seeing, touching, and moving. Teaming/Ability Grouping-encourage students to work together and help each other. This gives the less capable child someone to partner with in games. Reduce the Number of Pieces-Sometimes the activities presented for children to do independently could be just too overwhelming for some children. Maybe use a smaller about of cards when playing a number game. Verbal or Physical Cues-Provide directions with picture cues for center games. Students can refer back to the poster to read for help. Manipulatives-Make sure the students have objects to move around. This works for students of all abilities. If teaching about counting with 5 Little Monkeys have the tree and monkeys ready for them. Avoid Visual Overload-Think about how your center looks to child. If you are having a game in the Math center for shapes there’s no need to have the position poster from 3 weeks ago, The Doorbell Rang sharing game from last week, and the interactive chart you made from the beginning of the year still present.
- Tie in Environmental print for puzzle games, or sorting activities.
- Include the directions for students to follow. If they can’t remember what to do, have them refer back to the instructions.
- Connect favorite read alouds to math concepts you are teaching. Double points with manipulatives they can play around with to act out the story while learning about math.
- Checklist and recording sheets. You can laminate the pages to re-use over and over again.
- Whiteboards are great. Students love writing and erasing on them while you are saving on paper. Don’t forget to give clear instructions.
- Making numbers with playdough is another fun way to connect writing with math.
- Don’t forget about your Math Journal. If you don’t have the capability to have a math journal for every student think about having a class journal that students can contribute to.
- I want you to take some time to discuss with your table some ideas to incorporate literacy into your math centers. Be ready to share one idea with the group.
- Don’t forget to document what your students have learned. In my classroom I like to do a lot of checklists along with using my iPad for documentation.
- Evernote. Show examples.
- I hope you got some fun ideas to use for your math centers. Don’t forget to jump ideas off your fellow teachers, check out Pinterest or other teacher’s blogs. I put this slide show on my blog (written on the handout) if you would like to refer back to the centers I use in my classroom.