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Kindergarten
Calendar Math
2015-09-03
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Calendar Math IntroductionCalendar math should be a short period of time set aside each
day for the students to review daily math skills. The regular use of calendar math helps students development a strong
number sense, flexibility, and fluency, which will support their performances on many mathematical tasks. The calendar math activities suggested in this presentation cover routine
topics such as the calendar, days of the week, counting, time, money, weather, patterns, and graphing. Even though these
topics are covered in other units, they also need to be addressed on an ongoing basis. The following slides are to be used as a guide. Please add additional skills as you feel your
students are ready. Some teachers may also wish to use a bulletin board in their classroom in place of this presentation. If you choose to do so, still be sure to cover all of the topics
addressed in this presentation. Calendar math should be fun and engaging!
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NOSCHOOL
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NOSCHOOL
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Activities/Questions for Calendar Routine:
Monthly Activities- At the beginning of the month, write the month at the top. Do this in front of students so they understand this concept. By the end of the year they may write it.- At the start of each month mark special events, holidays and birthdays with clipart.
Daily Questions/Activities:- What month is it? How many months are in a year? (Sing a month of the year song)- Write in the date (you may wish to make it a pattern by using different colors and then have kids predict what comes next. Be sure to watch for correct number formation as they are writing). Later in the year, the students may write the number themselves.- Put your finger on the date and slide it up. What day is it?- Have students state the date in a sentence "Today is ____ (day), ____ (month) _____ (date), ______ (year)."
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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Days of the Week
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Seasons
Winter
Summer Spring
Fall
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Seasons
Winter
Summer Spring
Fall
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the arrow to point to the correct season.
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Number of Days In School
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Hundreds Tens Ones
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Today is day...
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Today is day...
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Activities/Questions:- Write the number of days the students have been in school
on the shape (change the shape daily). Then have
students answer: What is the shape? What is the number?
What is the color?
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Count to 100
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Piggy Bank
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Piggy Bank
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Activities/Questions for piggy bank:
- Add a penny to the bank each day. Have students count the
money each day and when you feel they are ready to work on trading and counting by 5, you may wish to have them trade 5
pennies for a nickel.
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Sunny PartlySunny
Cloudy Rainy Snowy Windy
What is the weather like today?
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Sunny PartlySunny
Cloudy Rainy Snowy Windy
What is the weather like today?
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Activities/Questions for Weather Graph
- Each day have a student check the weather outside
- Color one box about the correct weather
- Compare the different totals
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Weather Bear
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Weather Bear
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Have the students decide what kind of
clothes the bear needs based on the weather.
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Attendance
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Attendance
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Activities/Questions for attendance:
- Double click on each "name" to change it.
- Each day have the students drag their name to "At School". Move any
students that are absent to "Absent"
- Count the totals for both groups.
- As the year moves on you can compare the amounts, add them,
subtract them, make tally marks for them, etc.
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What time is it?
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What time is it?
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You may wish to skip this until a few month into school!
Activities for Time Routine:
- Tell the students a time to the hour.- Have a student move the hands to
show the correct time. They will need help with this in the beginning
of the year.
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Beat the Clock
Count by 10's Count by 1's
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Beat the Clock
Count by 10's Count by 1's
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Activities for Beat the Clock
- Set the timer at the bottom for 1 minute.
- Have students sit in a circle and count by 1s, and 10s (each students says one number).
- Write how high they count in one minute in the shape and try
to beat it each day.
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Appendix
The following slides offer ideas of topics to be discussed during each part of the presentation. Calendar time should
never be stressful for the students. This is a fun and engaging way to help the students learn daily skills. Make
it fun! Please only pick activities that your students are ready for.
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Calendar ActivitiesBe sure to sing a months of the year and days of the week
song each day. The beat of the song will help students retain the information. There are some sample of the following slide.
The following topics can be discussed while completing the calendar
- Holidays that occur each month
- Number of days in each month
- The 1st of the month falls on different days of the week depending on the last day of the previous month
The following slides can help you also address these skills.
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Songs (Click for Link)
Months of the Year Song
12 Months in a Year
Months of the Year Macarena
Seven Days are in a Week
Addams Family Days of the Week
There are Seven Days
Seasons Song
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Days in a Month
The number of days in each month change depending on which month it is.
Some months have 30 days.
Some months have 31 days.
One month only has 28 days!
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Money Activities
When adding a penny each day you can discuss the following skills
- Characteristics of each coin (color, size, how it feels, who is on it, etc.)
- When students are ready, discuss how 5 pennies is worth the same as a nickel. This skill
can also help students with counting by 5s.
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Weather Activities
During the weather slide the following skills can be discussed
- How you can tell what the weather is
- Seasons
- Predictions for tomorrow (Will it snow if it was hot today? Why?)
- Compare number of cloudy days vs sunny days for the month, etc. by looking at the height of the
graphs. By the end of the year they can compare the numbers.
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Seasons of the Year
There are 4 seasons in the year:
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
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WinterDuring winter the weather is usually cold.
It may snow!
You might ski or ice skate.
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SpringDuring spring the weather gets warmer.
The flowers bloom!
Baby animals are born.
Baseball season starts.
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Summer
School is out in summer!
You might swim in a pool or go to a picnic.
The weather is very hot!
You watch fireworks on the fourth of July.
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Fall
Fall is also called Autumn.
The leaves turn color and drop.
Football season is during the fall.
The days get cooler.
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Time Activities
When working with the clock the following skills can be discussed:
- types of clocks
- the two different types of hands and how to tell the difference
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