Daily+Calendar

Math Calendar: ==This is the most important teaching time during the day in Kindergarten. You can teach most of the math standards during this time. Here you will find ideas and pictures for teaching the calendar. ==

__Odd Even Numbers__- Students should be able to identify odd and even number by using a variety of representations.
==__Straw Count__- Use three cups, empty milk containers or commercial pocket chart. Add a straw to the onces cup each day until you get to 10 days, then move to the tens cup. Continue adding a straw each day to model the number of days in school. //This is one method to keep place value.// ==

__Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow__- Use sentence strips to write:
"Yesterday was ." "Today is _." "Tomorrow will be _."

Here are some fabulous videos found on school tube that you can sing with your class:
(After pressing play on the desired video, you can click on the bottom right hand corner of the video of the two arrows pointing out so the video will expand and fill the entire screen. - Much better for showing it on a big screen!)

Number in the teens (place value):
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Kindergarten Calendar Resources
==Shari Sloan: This site offers the BEST ideas for teaching calendar using Calendar Notebooks. Just click on her Daily Calendar icon on the left side of the page. ==