September+07

9/10/07: Exploring materials (geoblocks, cubes, pattern blocks, power polygons) 9/11/07: See 9/14/06 for math story, then continue exploring materials 9/12/07: Teach Collect 20 Together (//Investigations)//, then make choices of Exploring materials and Collect 20. End with discussion from 9/15/06. 9/13/07: Begin with discussion from 9/18/06. Choices: Exploring materials, Collect 20. 9/14/07: Teach Staircases. Choices: Collect 20 or Staircases. End with conversation of how to find out how many more you need to get to 20 in Collect 20. 9/17/07: Teach Compare (as kids play, some may learn Double Compare). End with math problem about 2 apples on each of 3 tables (see end of 9/19/06.) 9/18/07: 7 apples (decomposing numbers). Use lesson plan from 9/19/06 but end with sharing of combinations. Use as an assessment tool. 9/19/07: Teach Snap it! 3 centers (children get to 2 today): Compare/Snap it!; Staircases; 7 apples revisited (or 8 or 9 depending on child). End with Quick Images. 9/20/07: Teach Mystery Boxes. 3 centers (children get to 1 today): Compare/Snap it!; Mystery Boxes; 7 apples. End with conversation from 9/20/06. 9/21/07: Story problem from 9/21/06. Then children choose between Compare, Snap It!, and Mystery Boxes. 9/24/07: Half-groups for Mystery Boxes and Ordering Numbers. End with Quick Images. 9/25/07: Half-groups for Mystery Boxes and Ordering Numbers. End with discussing data from Missing Numbers and counting a box with a greater total. 9/26/07: Teach Double Compare (one large group, one small group). End with solving a simple subtraction story problem on the rug and in the small group.