Kindergarten Number Corner: Days in School

Tomorrow will be our 10th day of Number Corner! The kids love it and teachers are doing such an amazing job working though all the kinks. In Kindergarten, the days in school workout will continue in to October and can be pretty tricky. Let's dig into Dots, Links & Numbers and make sure everything is correctly in place for all the changes that will happen on Day 11.

Dots

Preparation

The first thing you need is ten copies of the Days in School Activities 1 - 2 Teacher Master. You can find this in your Number Corner Binder, September, behind the Teacher Masters tab.

There are a lot of different ten frames you could use from the kit, but use these because they are smaller. You are going to collect dots all the way up to 100, so big ones will take up a ton of room in your display. You also don't want to use the student ten frame mats because they are going to need those for some of the games coming up.

Next, cut them out according to the guide lines, so they look like this:

You should currently be using 1 of these and have 9 dots (5 red on top and 4 blue on bottom). If you do not have dot stickers, please let Amanda or your AP know and we will get you soon. They are so much easier and neater than drawing the dots or taping each day!

Tomorrow, on Day 10, you will put your final blue dot. 

On Wednesday, Day 11 you will move this over to another part of your board and start fresh on a new ten frame. 

Routine

Make sure to read the routine for each day in your Number Corner binder. Each day, you have a student point at the dots while the class counts. Ask the students how many there will be after today's dot is added. Add the new dot and count again to confirm the total. 

Links

Preparation

All you need is a push pen to hang the links on. Today, you should have 5 red links and 4 blue links. Tomorrow you will add your last blue link. The picture below, shows the colors reversed, but same idea.

Routine

Each day you follow the same procedure for the links as the dots. Once you have a chain of ten, you will put a second push pin right next to the first and start a  new chain - using the same colors as the first. 

Classroom Number Line

Preparation

Using 2 different color sentence strips, prepare 18 number line (9 in each color). Measure and mark the strips, as shown below.

Tomorrow you will label the last dot on the first strip as 10 and mark it with a special, color, sticker, or shape. On Wednesday, you will add the second strip in the other color and begin working your way to 20. Here is what it will look like after day 20, you are just repeating the same process!

Routine

Each day point and read the numbers on your number line, and then work with input from the class to record the next number.

Please make any updates to your Number Corner board so you will be on track for Day 10 and beyond. Here is a visual from the Teacher's Edition that clearly shows what your board will look like after Wednesday!