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Mathematical Thinking To foster mathematical development in children, teachers must: encourage thinking value individuality support exploration

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Mathematical ThinkingMathematical Thinking

To foster mathematical development in children, teachers must:

•encourage thinking

•value individuality

•support exploration

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Thematic Math FocusThematic Math Focus

Off We Go: Free ExplorationLet’s Be Friends: Sorting and ClassifyingWho’s My Neighbor?: Patterning, Sequencing,

All/SomeDeep in the Forest: One-to-One Correspondence,

Number to 5Giving Gifts: Geometry, Sizes, ShapesWe Are Family: Number to 10Brrrr!: Number to 20, Place Value, Part/whole, fractionsWonderfully Made: Standard/Nonstandard

Measurement, Weight, Volume, TimeMoving On: Beginning Addition and Subtraction We’re On a Mission: Number to 20+, Money

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Math RoutinesMath Routines

• Large Group Work Estimating, Predicting,Graphing, Calendar, Weather, Finger Plays,

Poems• Small Group Work• Independent Work

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Planning OverviewPlanning Overview 22

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Choosing Math ActivitiesChoosing Math Activities

• What will the children learn?• How will they feel about it?• What will they do with the

information/concept? How will they use it?

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Lesson PlanningLesson Planning

• What will the children learn?• How will they feel about it?• What will they do with the

information/concept? How will they use it?

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Math ActivitiesMath Activities 51

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Math ActivitiesMath Activities 107

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Math ActivitiesMath Activities 51112

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Blackline MastersBlackline Masters

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AssessmentAssessment

Children master skills and concepts at differing rates and times. Tracking his or her progress allows a child to move ahead sooner once he or she has mastered a concept; it also allows a teacher to provide further practice and reinforcement when needed.

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AssessmentAssessment TM 27

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AssessmentAssessment

“As early as age five, there is a huge variation in the kinds of mathe-matical understanding children bring with them to school.”

Ginsburg, Klein, and Starkey. The Development of Children’s Mathematical Thinking: Connecting

Research with Practice. 1998.

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K-1, K-2 Multigrade planning resources for the classroom teacher (fall 2011) (http://pathways.nadeducation.org)

Webinars (to be scheduled by TDEC) (www.nadeducation.org/tdec)

Webpage on NAD site (www.nadeducation.org)

Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=1032933626)

Blog (http://kindergartensteppingstones.blogspot.com/)

Other Supporting Other Supporting ResourcesResources