
One of the first math lessons I did was teaching the students counting, writing, and spelling numbers from 1 - 10. I am trying to get away from using traditional worksheets to provide this type of practice. This year I am having the students write in Math Journals to record vocabulary words and computations. As you can see in the first picture all of the students are writing in their journals. They have 10 math unifix cubes to practice showing each number's value.
Students wrote the information from a chart paper we worked on together. I wrote the number, asked the students how many dots to draw, and asked them to tell me what the beginning sound of each number word started with. This not only provided number sense, but some phonics as well. We did each number one at a time. I did not move on to the next number until the students finished writing the information for the one we were working on. Those who finished quickly could write the next number and draw the dots for that number.
Having these number words in their journal will allow for easy access when they are writing and need to use a number word. As with all chart paper created by the students and myself, I will post it for the year on the wall.
To find out more about using vocabulary and teaching to the common core visit my site here. You can sign up for my course ELA 925 Reading: Common Core and Curriculum mapping here.
Students wrote the information from a chart paper we worked on together. I wrote the number, asked the students how many dots to draw, and asked them to tell me what the beginning sound of each number word started with. This not only provided number sense, but some phonics as well. We did each number one at a time. I did not move on to the next number until the students finished writing the information for the one we were working on. Those who finished quickly could write the next number and draw the dots for that number.
Having these number words in their journal will allow for easy access when they are writing and need to use a number word. As with all chart paper created by the students and myself, I will post it for the year on the wall.
To find out more about using vocabulary and teaching to the common core visit my site here. You can sign up for my course ELA 925 Reading: Common Core and Curriculum mapping here.