Week 12

Kindergarten--------------------------------
#of the day
Before and After
Tally Marks
Introduce odd and even
How many sides? (Shapes)
Addition number lines
Measuring length


First Grade--------------------------------
#of the day
Before and After
Tally Marks
Introduce odd and even
Count forward and backward
Equal vs not equal shapes
Line of symmetry
Count by 2's (individual practice with TA)
Christmas addition coloring pages


Second Grade---------------------------
#of the day
Before and after
Expanded Form
Base ten form
Odd/even
Pick a # bubble
Count by 5's worksheet
Timed tests


Third Grade----------------------------
#of the day
Before and after
Expanded Form
Base ten form
Odd/even
Pick a # bubble
Multiplication chart
Multiplication patterns
9 hand trick for multiplication
Timed tests

Week 11

Kindergarten--------------------------

Number of the day
Before and After
Tally marks
The correct way to measure with a ruler
Measuring length with Centimeter and Inches
Biggest to smallest kinetic activity
Measurement worksheet
Measuring weight (which is heavier activity)


1st Grade-----------------------------

Number of the day
Before and After
Tally marks
The correct way to measure with a ruler
Measuring with Centimenter and Inches
Biggest to smallest kinetic activity
Measurement worksheet
Measuring weight (which is heavier activity)


2nd Grade---------------------------

Number of the day
Expanded form Number form
Written Form
Base ten form
How to write the date
Measurement length with inches and centimeters
Timed tests
What would you use worksheet (inches, feet, yards)
Measuring weight
Measuring temperature
My measurements worksheet

3rd Grade-----------------------------

Number of the day
Expanded form Number form
Written Form
Base ten form
How to write the date
Measurement length with inches and centimeters
Timed tests
What would you use worksheet (inches, feet, yards)
Measuring weight
Measuring temperature
My measurements worksheet

Have a great Thanksgiving!

Week 10

Sorry this is late. I was on vacation this weekend.

Kindergarten---------------------------
#of the day
Before and After
Tally marks
Subtraction
Life of Fred
Shape hunt around the school
Shape play dough

First Grade---------------------
#of the day
Before and After
Tally marks
Subtraction
Life of Fred
Shape hunt around the school
Shape play dough
Cut and glue shapes

Second Grade--------------------------
#of the day
Base Ten form
Number form
Expanded form
Odd or Even
Write the date
Shapes (Quadrilaterals and polygons)
Polygon book


Third Grade--------------------------
#of the day
Base Ten form
Number form
Expanded form
Odd or Even
Write the date
Shapes (Quadrilaterals and polygons)
Polygon book

Week 9

Kindergarten and First Grade = Same topics different depths.
Second and Third Grade = Same topics different depths.

Kindergarten---------------------------
Number of the day
Before and after numbers
Tally marks
Life of Fred
Shapes
Patterns
2 dimensional shapes
3 dimensional shapes


First Grade---------------------------
Number of the day
Before and after numbers
Tally marks
Life of Fred
Shapes
Patterns
2 dimensional shapes
3 dimensional shapes

Second Grade---------------------------
Number of the day
Expanded form
Base ten form
Number form
Written form
How to write the date
Shapes
Patterns
Timed Tests
Polygons
Life of Fred


Third Grade----------------------------
Number of the day
Expanded form
Base ten form
Number form
Written form
How to write the date
Shapes
Patterns
Timed Tests
Polygons
Life of Fred

Week 8

Kinder----------------
Number of the day
Before and after
Tally marks
Rainbow 10 buddies
10 little pumpkins
Life of Fred
Halloween math games

First Grade-------------
Number of the day
Before and after
Tally marks
10 little pumpkins
Subtraction
Life of Fred
Halloween math games


Second Grade------------------
Number of the day
Before and after
Tally marks
Expanded form
Number form
Written form
Base 10 form
Odd/Even
How to write the date
Doubles song from youtube
Doubles worksheet
Life of Fred
Halloween games

3rd Grade--------------------
Number of the day
Before and after
Tally marks
Expanded form
Number form
Written form
Base 10 form
Odd/Even
How to write the date
Multiplication worksheet and practice with math cubes
Fun with arrays worksheet
Multiplication patterns
Life of Fred
Halloween games

Week 7

Kindergarten--------------------
Number of the day
Before and After #'s
Teen #'s
Life of Fred
Addition with a number line
Simple addition (2 ways to write an equation)
Counting by 5's, 10's and 1's
Addition and candy game

First Grade------------------------
Number of the day
Before and After #'s
Life of Fred
Counting by 5's, 10's
How to read a chart/graph
Using information to make a graph
Groups of 10 to count large numbers
Addition and candy game


Second Grade--------------------------
Number of the day
Base ten form
Expanded form
Life of Fred
How to read a graph/chart
Place value to the hundreds
Making your own graph
Timed tests

Third Grade--------------------------
Number of the day
Base ten form
Expanded form
Life of Fred
Repeated addition for multiplication
Multiplication worksheet with math cubes
Timed tests
Time worksheet

Week 6

Kindergarten------------------------
#of the day
Before and after #'s
Counting by 1's, 5's, 10's
Count to 20 worksheet
Roll and remove candy corn game
Counting beans
Life of Fred Chapter 3
HW: Caterpillar counting/Butterfly addition

1st Grade---------------------------
#of the day
Before and after #'s
Counting by 1's, 5's, 10's
Roll and remove candy corn game
Math spider craft (Kids picked a # and made equations using that number as the sum)
Life of Fred chapter 3
I can count by 5's book
HW: Numberline addition/Finish the count by 5's book

2nd Grade----------------------------
#of the day
Before and after #'s
Counting by 2's, 5's, 10's
Fact family review
Ordering least to greatest
Missing addends
HW: Circle the P.V. #/ Ordering numbers to the hundreds

3rd Grade-----------------------------
#of the day
Before and after #'s
Counting by 2's, 5's, 10's
Expanded form
Word word
Introduced multiplication
Used math cubes to see what multiplication looks like
Created multiplication arrays
Multiplication commutative property
Timed tests
HW:Multiplication worksheet x2

Week 5

Kindergarten------------------
# of the day
Counting by 1's, 5's, 10's
Life of Fred chapters 1 and 2
Counting backwards from 10
Number tracing
Fill in the star game
Count the beads game
Number puzzle
HW:Missing #'s,

First Grade-----------------
# of the day
Counting by 1's, 2's, 5's, 10's
Life of Fred chapters 1 and 2
Couting backwards from 20
Introduce the number line
Ten Rainbow
Ten frame practice
Yahtzee game
Fill the star game
Count the beads game
10 buddies game
HW: How many to make ten/ Simple addition practice

Second Grade-------------------
# of the day
Counting by 2's, 5's, 10's
Place Value to the hundreds with base ten blocks
Expanded Form
Perry the place value robot
Timed Tests
Place value game
HW: Expanded Form/Place value review

Third Grade-----------------------
# of the day
Counting by 2's, 5's, 10's
Regrouping practice with base ten blocks
Rounding to the nearest 10 and 100
Timed tests
Math wheels
HW:Addition with regrouping (3 digit)/ Rounding to the nearest 10 and 100

Week 4

Kindergarten---------------------
Number of the day
Before and After numbers
Tally marks
Count backwards from 10
Ten frame with play dough
Domino addition (count dots)
Writing numbers (trace with a dry erase marker)
Cup and bean game
HW: I can count to 20 worksheet. Counting squirrels worksheet.


First Grade-------------------------
Number of the day
Before and after numbers
Tally marks
Review greater than> less than
Domino addition
Count backwards from 20
Rainbow to 10
Cup and bean game
Ten frame review
HW: Ways to make 10. Make 10 worksheet


Second grade------------------
Number of the day
Before and After numbers
Tally marks
Odd/Even
Place value (ones, tens)
Math buddies to 10 game
Expanded form
Timed tests
Math wheels
HW: 4 ways to make a number. Roll it, make it, expand it.


Third Grade-----------------------
Number of the day
Before and After numbers
Tally marks
Odd/Even
Regrouping with base ten blocks
Rounding to the nearest 10
Timed tests
Math wheels
HW: Regrouping addition and subtraction worksheet. (Same worksheet for Tuesday and Thursday because it was more difficult.)

Week 3

Sorry I am late posting. My grandpa passed away last week and I traveled over the weekend to his funeral.

Kindergarten----------------------------
Introduced a ten frame
Math monster counting
Before and after #'s
Count by 1's, 5's, 10's
Trace #'s
Math puzzles

HW: Before and After worksheet/ Ten frame

1st Grade-------------------------------
Least to Greatest
Count by 2's, 5's, 10's
Before and After #'s
Ten Frame
Greater than Less Than Alligators
Math puzzles
Math monster counting

HW: Least to Greatest and Greater than/ Less than

2nd Grade-------------------------------
Review odd and even
Play odd and even game
Math timed tests
Review fact family
Count by 2's, 5's, 10's
Introduce Place Value
Flashcards as a group

HW: Even/Odd worksheet and Place value

3rd Grade-------------------------------
Review re-grouping
Review place value
Write out numbers (i.e. one hundred sixty two)
Math timed tests
Sum/Difference definitions

HW: 3 digit regrouping addition and subtraction/ Place value worksheet with riddle

Week 2

A lot changed this week. Due to another teacher needing to leave GMA for health reasons I have taken over her 2nd and 3rd grade math class. I have two classes Kinder/1st and 2nd/3rd Grade. I had a TA test the children on Tuesday. With those results I have grouped the students into four "grades": Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade. I will post about each group on this blog.

Kindergarten----------------------------------

• Becky
• Ashlyn
• Finn
• Fritz
• Charlie
• Isaac

In class: Number of the day, review commutative property, count by 1's , 5's and 10's, number book 11-20.
Homework: Least to greatest and count by 5's worksheet

1st Grade---------------------------------------

• Katira
• Grace
• Kyle
• Harrison
• Bella

In class: Number of the day, review commutative property, count by 1's , 5's and 10's, ordinal numbers
Homework: Ordinal number ice cream worksheet

2nd Grade--------------------------------------

• Peter
• Sophia
• David
• Owen
• Adija
• Lily

In class: Number of the day, review commutative property, count by 2's, 5's and 10's, learn fact families.
Homework: Fact family worksheet

3rd Grade--------------------------------------

• Hallie
• Amara
• Eisen
• Samantha

In class: Number of the day, review commutative property, review place value (hundreds, tens, ones)
Homework: Mental math worksheet (place value)

Week 1

Kindergarten----------------------------------------------
Number of the Day: 5 (write the #, draw 5 pictures, write the # that comes before, write the # that comes after)
Introduce math symbols: +, -, =
Introduce "equation"
Solve simple equations (Spent time on adding zero to a number- number stays the same!)
Complete math worksheet: Roll it, Write it, Tally it, Show it. (if they finished early they created patterns with blocks)
Homework: Fill in the missing numbers. 

First Grade--------------------------------------------------
Number of the Day: 8 (write the #, draw 8 pictures, write the # that comes before, write the # that comes after)
Talk about math symbols and equations (+,-,=)
Write and then share our own equations with the class
Introduce the Commutative property of addition and practice it kinetically
Complete math worksheet: Find the sum: addition with pictures
Homework: Find the differences (on the back of find the sum worksheet) 

It's a new school year!

Welcome to our class blog GMA families. This year I will be blogging about our Kindergarten and First grade Little Red School House classes.

Each child was given an orange folder for MATH. Please have your child bring this to class each day.

Each child will be given homework each class period. Please complete the homework with your student and have them return it. Please also indicate if the homework was too hard or too easy when you return it. Tickets will be rewarded to students who bring homework back and at the end of the semester we will have a class store where they can use their tickets to buy fabulous dollar store finds. ;) The envelop on the back of the orange folder is a safe place to store the tickets.

Today we took an end of the semester test. The test covered the subjects the students have learned this semester.

• Measurement
• Fact families
• Greater than or less than
• Money
• Fractions
• Adding fractions
• Graphing 
• Math facts 
• Patterns

I will grade the test and give it back to students on Thursday. I hope this assessment gives you a glimpse of what you student knows. 

Next Thursday will be our last class together and we will be having a party. Each student needs to create a math game for two players and bring it to class. Students are also welcome to bring a snack of some sort to share.

What we did in class today: 

• Number of the day
• Hundred thousand place value
• Measurement worksheet
• Measure in both inches and centimeters things such a shoe, scissors, pencil etc. 
• Timed tests (Math facts) or other activity of choice

Homework: Worksheet: Decide would you use inches, feet, or yards to measure certain things. Some students finished early and completed their homework in class. 

Please have your student bring a ruler to class Thursday.

What we did in class: 

• Number of the day
• Tens thousand place value
• Measurement packet
• Inches 
• Centimeters

Homework: Students need to finish the packet. There are four pages left. 

What we did in class this week:

• Number of the day
• Ten thousand place value
• Life of Fred
• We finished the book CATS (The third book in the series)
• Natural numbers
• Prime numbers
• Introduced algebra: solve for x, solve for y
• Century=100 years
• Began measurement unit
• Standard vs. Non standard units of measurements
• We went outside and measured lines using our feet. Everyone had a different answer. We see the need for a standard measurement unit. 
• Inches, Feet, Yards
• Each student got their own "Measurement book" We will be working on this the next several class periods. Today we completed page 1 and 2. 
• Scavenger hunt around GMA looking for things that were 2,4,6,8,9, and 12 inches long. Students were in teams and had rulers. They seemed to enjoy it. 

Homework: If your student did not finish the scavenger hunt at school they need to finish it at home. 

What we did in class:

• Number of the day
• Ten thousand place value
• End of unit faction test
• Fractions with real pizza/ pizza party
• Fraction bingo

Homework: None. Happy Spring break!

We are wrapping up our Fraction unit this Thursday. Please spend some time tomorrow reviewing fractions. There will be an end of the unit test, fraction bingo and pizza!

What we did in class:

• Number of the day
• Ten thousand place value
• Adding Fractions with the same denominator 
• Fraction pizza 

Homework: IMPORTANT students need to color in the fraction bingo worksheet they brought home today and return it Thursday or they will not be able to play bingo with the class. (I will have other things for them to do.) 

What we did in class:

• Number of the day
• Introduced the "ten thousand" place value
• Life of Fred
• Boxable numbers game (ask your student about it) 
• What does a Mathematician do? 
• Outside Fraction practice with sidewalk chalk 

Homework: More fraction practice :) 

What we did in class:

• Number of the day
• Life of Fred
• Metric system vs. Imperial system
• Segment, square, cube = length, area, volume
• How to say fractions. one over three. two over four. one third. one fourth etc. 
• Fractions with Smarties

Homework: 1/4, 1/2 or whole Fraction worksheet. It is on the back of the Smartie page. Some students finished both in class. 

What we did in class:

• Number of the day
• Life of Fred
• Length, area, volume
• Kilometers and meters
• Miles and Feet
• Fractions
• Would you rather? Greater than-Less than fraction game
• Create your own fraction pizza

Homework: Greater than-less than fraction worksheet. We started the homework in class. Some students finished. 

What we did in class:

• Number of the day
• Life of Fred
• Geometry
• length-line, area-square, volume-cube
• My book of fractions
• White board fraction practice for everyone
• Person #1 creates a fraction diagram
• Person #2 writes what the fraction is

Homework: Fraction coloring worksheet

What we did in class today:

• Number of the day 
• write it in numerals
• odd/even
• add 5 
• subtract 5
• Life of Fred
• homonyms 
• century 100, half century 50/ one dollar 100 cents, half dollar 50 cents
• Fractions
• Class pizza
• Centers
• timed tests
• games
• worksheets

Homework: Color the fraction worksheet

What we did in class:

• Number of the day 
• Life of Fred Chapter 13
• Commutative property 
• Simple addition facts and the importance of memorizing them  
• Fact Family Flowers
• Introduce fractions
• Equal vs. unequal parts
• Partition 

Homework: Fractions

I apologize for not posting last week. We are still plugging along with our math addition facts. Please practice flash cards at home with your child. Your child will be able to tell you what facts they are currently working on: 1's, 2's, 3's etc.

What we did in class: 

• Number of the day (494)
• How to write it in words
• Add 5
• Subtract 4
• Next two even and odd numbers
• Life of Fred
• Cardinal numbers
• Patterns
• Place value up to millions
• Simple addition and subtraction
• Money
• Dollars and coins
• Dollar sign vs Cent sign
• Where does the decimal go?
• Practice on the white board
• Math Centers
• Timed tests
• Math addition cups
• Addition and Subtraction bags and popsicle sticks
• Ice cream cone money game  

Homework: Money worksheet back and front

We been having so much fun in class lately. The kids have all been on their best behavior and we are learning learning learning!

What we did in class today:

• Number of the day 
• Life of Fred 
• patterns
• ordinal numbers
• cardinal numbers
• simple addition and subtraction
• time
• Money
• counting by 5, 10 and 25
• word problems: If Sally has $3 and wants to buy 2 candy bars that cost $1 each does she have enough? 
• Store (Students come to me and pick grocery store items they would like to "buy". They then count the money in coins that they need.)
• Timed Tests
• Practice worksheets
• I have a variety of worksheets (all laminated) that the students choose from and complete with a dry erase markers. The worksheets include math facts, money, time, fact families etc. 

Homework: Money game. Ice Cream Scoop. Directions are on the back of the worksheet. 

What we did in class:

• Number of the day
• Read Chapter 7 in Life of Fred
• Numerals
• Cardinal Numbers
• Commutative property 
• Time
• Money
• Reviewed the value of each coin
• Learned who is on each coin 
• Completed a worksheet adding coins (this was a difficult worksheet and not all students finished)

Homework: Place Value color by value valentines worksheet 

What we did in class today: 

• Number of the day
• Read chapter 5 in Life of Fred
• Right angles
• The secret to happiness is being thankful
• Reviewed expanded form and completed a worksheet
• Played "I have, who has" with math facts

Homework: Today's number worksheet. The number was 167

My baby was sick on Tuesday and so another mom took over class for me. I was able to be in class today and we had a really great time. I love teaching your kids math.

What we did this week:

• Read Chapters 3 and 4 in Life of Fred
• Patterns
• Numerals
• Played in math centers 
• Started "Number of the day"
• Took timed tests
• Reviewed greater than/less than, fact families, odd and even
• Learned what the = sign really means
• Played a great math double fact game as a class

Homework: Little math book (everything should be a review)

What we did in class: 

• Read Chapter 2 in Life of Fred
• Commutative property
• Fractions
• Time (a quarter past or a quarter to...) 
• Reviewed place value as a class
• Math centers 

Homework: Addition Butterflies (math fact practice) 

New Semester

Welcome to winter semester. We have three new students joining us for Little Red School House this semester. Because of the new students and the extra long Christmas break we will be reviewing everything we covered in fall semester. REVIEWING is the key word. We will move quickly so we can cover new material. Here are the topics we will be reviewing:

• Time, Place Value, Fact Families, Greater than and Less than, Graphing, Double facts up to ten, Even and Odd

As parents please also review these topics at home (especially if you are new to our class).

Some of the new material we will be covering in the next few weeks includes:

• Money, Fractions, Double digit addition

What we did in class:

• Introduced Fred
• Read Chapter One in Life of Fred
• Commutative Property
• Astronomy and Constellations
• Cardinal vs. Ordinal Numbers
• Took a Pre-test (I wanted to see what level each student was on) 
• Went over class management rules, prize bucket and homework. 

Homework: Math All About Me