First we went to the rug area and did the calendar. At first I thought it was different to do the calendar later in the day but on the calendar there were patterns and they talked about those and the angels that the shapes have. Once I realized how she incorporated so much math into the calendar time, it made sense to do it at that time of day. Then the students worked as a group to add and subtract numbers that were on the flashcards. The teacher held up a card and it had an equation, for example six minus three, and the students would wait to say their answer for about ten seconds and then she collected their answers. The students did well in this area and when the teacher asked for some more equations one student wanted to work on 20-17. According to North Dakota Content standards, K.OA.5, students need to “fluently add and subtract within 5.” All of the students were able to work on this problem and they went above the standard that they needed to
First we went to the rug area and did the calendar. At first I thought it was different to do the calendar later in the day but on the calendar there were patterns and they talked about those and the angels that the shapes have. Once I realized how she incorporated so much math into the calendar time, it made sense to do it at that time of day. Then the students worked as a group to add and subtract numbers that were on the flashcards. The teacher held up a card and it had an equation, for example six minus three, and the students would wait to say their answer for about ten seconds and then she collected their answers. The students did well in this area and when the teacher asked for some more equations one student wanted to work on 20-17. According to North Dakota Content standards, K.OA.5, students need to “fluently add and subtract within 5.” All of the students were able to work on this problem and they went above the standard that they needed to