Dear Families of Div. 14,

As a class community, Division 14 has engaged in a daily Calendar routine for 59 days. Each child is responsible for being the leader of this learning activity after one month of watching me lead the routine. There are many Math concepts and life skills that are included as part of the daily calendar routine.  These activities help students practice every day and build their number sense. They apply the daily number into different formats and math applications. We have also been learning to count by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s to lead us to our 100th day of school, which will occur in February. In addition, we have been learning about the number of the day (today it is 59), place value, addition, subtraction and about multiplication.  Also, the calendar routine provides opportunities for students to practice important skills such as self-regulation, oral language, presenting to their peers and leadership skills.

Big Idea: Collaborative daily routine as a class community provides structure, enhances academic and social skills and increases a sense of belonging for each member of the community.

First Peoples Principles of Learning:

  • Leaning is holistic, reflexive, reflective, experiential, and relational.

Learning Involved:

  • Strengthens overall number sense
  • Patterning, counting, tallying
  • Skip counting by 2s, 5s, 10s
  • Graphing the Weather, Days in School, and Teeth lost
  • Months of the year, Days of the week, Number of days
  • Concepts of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (past, present, future)
  • Promotes self-esteem by presenting what you are good at at the end of each Calendar routine
  • Provides students with opportunities to practice leadership and presentation/public speaking skills
  • Enhances self-regulation skills to be an attentive and involved listener when being an audience member