Multiage Math

Math in the Multiage Classroom
We have lots of opportunities to experience Math in our class. Each day, we work with Math in at least three areas:
1. Daily Calendar Work As part of our daily Morning Meeting, we

look at patterns on our monthly calendar and on our count of days in school, and days left in the school year.
investigate place value by adding a bead to our total for each day we are in school.
practice counting money by looking at different combinations which add up to the day's number
add and subtract numbers assigned to the vowels and consonants in the month/day/year
brainstorm equivalent values for the day's number
have a story problem to solve about one or two students and their interests which partners may work on together. We then look at all the different ways of solving such problems. Boy, are we inventive!

2. Mini Lessons Just as we do in Reading and Writing, teachers present a Math "Mini Lesson" on different topics such as

skills to be introduced,
strategies to be reinforced,
experiences to be reviewed

These mini lessons take just a few minutes, and are often presented as a problem to be solved, or a game to be played, or a story to be read and discussed. A wide variety of questions are asked to accommodate students' different levels.
3. Centers After the mini lesson, centers are arranged for your child to practice a skill or strategy. These may take the form of

games to play with one or two other students (for example, Math Explosion on the computer for arithmetic practice, or playing Trading Post to learn to add and subtract to 100 using blocks, etc) or
tubs of "junk" to manipulate in some way (for example, using blocks to find all the ways of adding number to 9, or creating problem stories using plastic flies, etc)
practice papers to carry over from the manipulatives to symbolic numbers

During this time, your child may be called up individually or with several other students for a teacher conference, in which strategies are taught or checked.

Topics we cover each year include:

counting and place value, computation (arithmetic), fractions, measurement, time, money, geometry, and problem solving.

Morning Meeting Reading

Multiage Definition Spelling

Themes Writing

Class Community Are you ready?
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	Math in the Multiage Classroom We have lots of opportunities to experience Math in our class. Each day, we work with Math in at least three areas: 1. Daily Calendar Work As part of our daily Morning Meeting, we look at patterns on our monthly calendar and on our count of days in school, and days left in the school year. investigate place value by adding a bead to our total for each day we are in school. practice counting money by looking at different combinations which add up to the day's number add and subtract numbers assigned to the vowels and consonants in the month/day/year brainstorm equivalent values for the day's number have a story problem to solve about one or two students and their interests which partners may work on together. We then look at all the different ways of solving such problems. Boy, are we inventive! 2. Mini Lessons Just as we do in Reading and Writing, teachers present a Math "Mini Lesson" on different topics such as skills to be introduced, strategies to be reinforced, experiences to be reviewed These mini lessons take just a few minutes, and are often presented as a problem to be solved, or a game to be played, or a story to be read and discussed. A wide variety of questions are asked to accommodate students' different levels. 3. Centers After the mini lesson, centers are arranged for your child to practice a skill or strategy. These may take the form of games to play with one or two other students (for example, Math Explosion on the computer for arithmetic practice, or playing Trading Post to learn to add and subtract to 100 using blocks, etc) or tubs of "junk" to manipulate in some way (for example, using blocks to find all the ways of adding number to 9, or creating problem stories using plastic flies, etc) practice papers to carry over from the manipulatives to symbolic numbers During this time, your child may be called up individually or with several other students for a teacher conference, in which strategies are taught or checked. Topics we cover each year include: counting and place value, computation (arithmetic), fractions, measurement, time, money, geometry, and problem solving.
	Morning Meeting	Reading
	Multiage Definition	Spelling
	Themes	Writing
	Class Community	Are you ready?
	Kinney Home