Math+Chat+-+Kindergarten

  __Welcome to our On-line Reflection Meeting! To add text, simply click on "Edit this Page" and start typing. Please be sure to sign your name or initials to your comments. The goal of this is for you to place comments that will help us teach the math program more effectively. Typical comments might be: "We need two days on Lesson 2-3 instead of 1" or "I would like for this topic to be placed at a different time in the year" or "I didn't really get what they were trying to get the kids to do on page 45."__ __ Also, it would be awesome it you could share any additional instructionally sound activities, games, etc. that you used. __

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What should we do with Topic Tests? Should we send home or record and send home. I think we should record the grades and for the time being keep them. You could have parents sign and return them..JB Have all of you registered on Pearson Success Net? JB  ====== 

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enVision Topic 1: Sorting and Classifying -- 7 days Most of you, I believe, finished this topic and tested on it. Then you guys did the placement test, correct? Hold on to those placement tests. JB We still have the placement test and all K teachers are keeping them. SM ====== Topic 1 was good but they didn't stay on one attribute a day. They talked about all three in one lesson. Thought it was difficult to assess due to K not being able to write their name let alone look at 4 choices and mark the best one. I did this topic 1 assessment orally. SM

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__ enVision Topic 4: More and Fewer -- 8 days __ Topic 4-1 More and Fewer - 4-3. Vocabulary hard. I think this is a Topic we should switch and teach later in the year. Lesson 4-4 Zero (this part of topic 4 was great.) Kids loved it.SM ======

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We are trying to teach addition and subtraction in disguise--how many fewer and how many more does it take to make...I actually had students cry because they got so discouraged--I went back over 4-7 several times-They did not get the "making the list concept AT ALL!!-I think it's just too soon in the year to be teaching this skill to Kinder.--we usually don't teach it until after Jan. and tomorrow we test them on it after introducing today???!!! Additionally, I've had to set up 3 parent conferences over the U's on topic tests which is all we used for math grade on report cards. Is it okay if we send Topic Tests home after we record them just so the parents can actually see what we're expecting??- Also, we still do not have the yellow and red counters that are required and needed for the lessons.-AA ======

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__** Topic 5 **__-1--Good lesson, clear, easy for students to follow. Topic 5-2--kids had NO CLUE!! I used counters on overhead for them to use and some still did not finish the work mat, much less the Quick Check.I am going to try the lesson again tomorrow instead of moving on to mading and counting 7. ======