1. Date Window for the Calendar
One of my biggest pet peeves when I taught primary was when teachers would fill out the calendar to the current date…Calendars are for planning ahead! I needed a way to let students know the current date within the context of the month, so I created a little paper window I stuck around the date of the calendar. I’ve included this tiny innovation in Math Meeting 1.0, 2,0 and 3.0.
2. Color-Coding
Now, I can’t take all the credit for this one…my amazing classroom paraprofessional of four years told me that when she taught the concept of the digital date, students had difficulty with this concept. She suggested color-coding and it was added to Math Meeting 2.0! I also included color-coding for the date in Math Meeting 1.0 and for three-digit numbers in Math Meeting 3.0.
3. Touch Points on Coins
When I taught second grade, the math curriculum I used had a very complicated way of organizing coins in order to determine the values of groups of coins. I was so relieved to discover Touch Math and added the red dots on the coins as a way to start to get students exposed to using touch points on coins. In case you are not familiar, each touch point represents “5” and the line under the penny indicates “1”. So, the quarter has five touch points because it’s worth 25 cents. Students will practice the correct touch point placement on their Student Worksheet in Math Meeting 2.0. In Math Meeting 3.0, students will work on determining the values of coin combinations, with the touch point visuals.
4. Independent Station
Included in all of the levels of Math Meeting are visuals to set up an independent station after students have mastered the Math Meeting during modeling and guided instruction. This is great way to ensure that students maintain the skills learned through Math Meeting and build independence! The independent station includes an independent station page and smaller versions of the reference sheets. Just add copies of the student worksheet and you are ready to go!
5. Leveled Student Worksheet
Each level of Math Meeting comes with two versions of the student worksheet for easy accommodations. In the Math Meeting 1.0 and Math Meeting 2.0, there are student worksheets with or without word boxes. In Math Meeting 3.0, there is a version of the student worksheet with visual cues and one without.
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6 Responses
Will there be a literacy meeting up in the store before school starts back up?
Yes! We are working on it! 🙂
Is there a way to adapt this for non-writers? I have LOVED using math meeeting daily but my upcoming class is mostly nonwriters! Thanks!
You could write things in yellow and have them trace or give more circling options. We can add a Math Meeting Level 0.5 to our list!
Does this include the ten frame concept and word problems (1st grade)?
Hi Shae! Math Meeting Level 1.0 includes ten frames for digits 1-20. None of the levels work on word problems.