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SetA6Number&Operations:OneDot,ManyDotsCalendarPattern

Includes

OctoberCalendarPatternA6.1

Skills&Concepts

★comparesetsofobjectsanddeterminewhethertheyhavethesame,fewer,ormoreobjects

★useandunderstandthewordsone/many,none/some/all,more/less,most/least,equalto/morethan/lessthan

★describenumbersusing5asabenchmark

★describeandextendsimplegrowingandrepeatingpatterns★countandreadnumeralsto31

★identifyordinalpositionsthroughthe31st

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SetA6Number&Operations:OneDot,ManyDotsCalendarPattern

SetA6★OctoberCalendarPattern

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Overview

ThissetofCalendarGridmarkersreplacesthestudent-mademarkersinthemonthofOctober,andprovidesopportunitiesforkindergartnerstocountandcomparesetsto31.

Skills&Concepts

★comparesetsofobjectsanddeterminewhethertheyhavethesame,fewer,ormoreobjects

★useandunderstandthewordsone/many,none/some/all,more/less,most/least,equalto/morethan/lessthan

★describenumbersusing5asabenchmark

★describeandextendsimplegrowingandrepeatingpatterns

★countandreadnumeralsto31

You’llneed

★CalendarGridpocketchart

★Day,Month,andYearCalendarGridcards

★OneDot,ManyDotsCalendarMarkers(availableat

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calendarmarkersheetsincolor,single-sided,onwhitecardstock.Cutthecalendarmarkersapartandlaminateifdesired.

★ComparisonWordResourceCards(pagesA6.7–A6.11,seeAdvancePreparation)

★2piecesoflinedchartpaper(seeAdvancePreparation)★redandblueUnifixcubes

★chartpaperorwhiteboardnearcalendardisplay★helperjarcontainingapopsiclestickforeachchild

withhis/hernameonit

AdvancePreparationRun1copyoftheComparison

WordResourceCardsonpaperorcardstock.Cutthe

cardsapartandlaminateifdesired.Postthe10cardsto

theleftofyourcalendargrid,orinapocketchartnear

thegridifyoudon’thaveroomonthewall.Finally,draw4columnsonbothsheetsoflinedchartpaper,asshownbelow.Addatitleandcolumnlabelstothefirstsheet,

andpostthesheetnexttoyourcalendargridpocket

chart.Keepthesecondsheetinreserveuntilthemiddleofthemonth,andthenattachittothefirstsoyoucan

continuetorecordobservationsthroughtheentiremonth.

OneDot,ManyDots

HowManyDots?

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Comparison

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SetA6Number&Operations:OneDot,ManyDotsCalendarPatternOctoberCalendarPattern(cont.)

BackgroundfortheTeacher:GrowingPatternsWhileweoftenintroducepatternsassequencescomposedofcoreunits(e.g.,AB,ABB,ABC,andsoon)thatrepeatoverandover,itisimportantforyounglearnersto

understandthatpatternscanalsobesequencesofshapesornumbersthatgrowinsomepredictableway.OneDot,ManyDotsisasimplegrowingpatternthatadds1dotperdaytoagrowingcollection.However,ifyouexaminethefirstfewmarkersinthesequence,youcanobserveavarietyofotherpatternsaswell.

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Youmightnotice,forinstance,thatthereisanequalnumberofredandbluedotsoneveryeven–numbered

marker.Everyfourthmarker,startingwithMarker1,displaysdotsinonlyonecolor,andthecolorsalternate.Marker1showsonereddot.Marker5showsfivebluedots.Marker9showsninereddots,Marker13shows

thirteenbluedots,andsoon.Thenthereisthefactthatthedotsareloopedingroupsof5tomakethemeasiertocount.Asthemonthunfolds,studentsmightnoticethateveryfifthmarker,startingwithMarker5,anotherloopappears.Whilesomeofyourstudentsmaybenefitprimarilyfromthedailyopportuntiestocountand

comparesets,restassuredthatotherswilldiscoversomeofthepatternsmentionedhere,aswellasothers,espe-ciallyifyouarealerttothemanypossibilities.

IntroducingtheOneDot,ManyDotsCalendarGridPattern:Day1

OpenyourfirstNumberCornerlessoninOctoberbydirectingstudents’attentiontothecalendar

grid.ExplainthatyouwillputupanewcalendarmarkeraseachdayofOctoberpasses.Placethefirstmarkerinthecorrectpocket,andaskchildrentopair-shareobservations.Whatdotheynoticeaboutthismarker?Afterafewmoments,pullpopsiclesticksfromyourhelperjartocallonchildrentosharetheirobservationswiththeclass.

StudentsIt’satinylittlecircle.Red—littlereddot.

It’ssolittleIcanhardlyseeit!

Thenaskchildrentopredictwhattheymightseeonthemarkerforthefollowingday.

StudentsMaybeanotherdot!ItcouldbeablueorgreenoneOrmaybeasquarenotacircle.Ithinkitwillbetwodots!

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SetA6Number&Operations:OneDot,ManyDotsCalendarPatternOctoberCalendarPattern(cont.)

TeacherWhydoyouthinkwemightseetwodotstomorrow,Hannah?

HannahBecausetodayisnumber1andthere’s1dot.Tomorrowwillbe2,somaybetherewillbe

2dots.

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Thenextday,invitechildrentopredictwhatMarker2willshow,andthenplaceitondisplayinthecorrectpocket.Askchildrentopair-shareobservations,andthencallonafewvolunteerstosharewiththegroup.

StudentsItistwodots—Iwasright!

Oneofthemisred.Theotheroneisblue.

First1dot.Now2.Maybetherewillbe3tomorrow.Maybeanothercolor,too,likegreen.

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Next,drawchildren’sattentiontothewordcardsyouhavepostednearthecalendargrid.Explainthatthesearewordspeopleusewhentheycountandcomparesetsofobjects.Choose2or3ofthecardstoreadtothechildren.Asyoureadeach,challengethestudentstouseittodescribethemarkersyouhavepostedsofar.

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SetA6Number&Operations:OneDot,ManyDotsCalendarPatternOctoberCalendarPattern(cont.)

TeacherSothereareanequalnumberofredsandbluesonthismarker?JustinYes!Oneofredandoneofblue.

TeacherEqualisononeofourwordcards.Let’ssee—hereitis.

ContinuingthroughOctoberwiththeCalendarGrid

Thenextday,havechildrenpredictwhatMarker3willshow,andthenplaceitondisplayinthecor-rectpocket.Havestudentspair-shareobservations,andthencallonafewvolunteerstosharewiththegroup.Duringthediscussion,introduceacouplemorewordcards,andchallengechildrentoutilize

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Students3dotstoday,Iknewit!Therearemorereds.

Someareredandoneisblue.Allofthemareround.

Thendrawstudents’attentiontotherecordingchartyouhaveprepared.Workwithinputfromtheclasstoenterinformationaboutthefirst3markers.

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Overthenextfewdays,introducetherestofthewordcardsandencouragechildrentousethemas

theymaketheirpredictionsandobservationsaboutthemarkers.Oncethemarkerforthedayhasbeenposted,havestudentscountthetotalnumberofdotsonthatmarker,andcomparethesetsofredsandbluesthatappear.Workwiththeirinputtorecordacomparisonstatement,alongwiththeotherinfor-mationaboutthedots,onthechart.

NoteStartingonthe4thor5thday,askavolunteertosetout1redorblueUnifixcubeforeachdotontheday’smarker,andthenlinkthecubesintostacksbycolor.Havetheotherstudentscountalongwithyourvolunteer,

andthenplacethestacksondisplayforalltosee.Thiswillmakeiteasierforstudentstoseeandcomparethequantities,andwillbecomeincreasinglyimportantasthenumberofdotsincreasesthroughthemonth.

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SetA6Number&Operations:OneDot,ManyDotsCalendarPatternOctoberCalendarPattern(cont.)

StudentsIt’s3redsand3bluestoday!They’rethesamenumber.

Thecubescomeuptothesameplace.They’reequal!

Herearesomequestionsandpromptstousethroughoutthemonth:

?Howmanydotsarethereonthemarkertoday?Howmanyarered?Howmanyareblue?

?Aretheremoreblueormorereddots?Howdoyouknow?

?Howmanydotswillweseeontomorrow’smarker?Howdoyouknow?

?Doyouthinktherewillbemorereds,moreblues,oranequalnumberofeachcoloronournextmarker?Why?

?Arethereanymarkerswhereallofthedotsarethesamecolor?Whichones?Doyouthinktherewillbeothermarkerslikethatthismonth?Canyoupointtowhereyouthinkthenextonewillshowup?

Whydoyouthinkitwillbethere?

?Whichmarkerssofarhaveanequalnumberofredandbluedots?Doyouthinkwe’llseeanyothermarkerslikethatthismonth?Whichones?Howdoyouknow?

?Whichmarkersofarhasthemostbluedots?Theleastorfewestbluedots?Themostreddots?Theleastorfewestreddots?

Extensions

?Afterthefifthofthemonth,workwithchildrentocountthequantitiesofdotsby5sand1s,aswellas1by1eachday.

?Inadditiontorecordingacomparisonstatementforthemarkereachday,writeanequationtoreflecttheblues,thereds,andthetotal(e.g.,3+3=6).

?Itwon’tbelongbeforesomestudentsdiscoverthateveryothermarkerinthesequenceiscomposedofanequalnumberofredandbluedots.Whenthiscomesup,taketheopportunitytointroducetheideaofevennumbersasquantitieswhereeachmemberofthesethasapartner.

?EncouragechildrentouseredandblueUnifixcubestobuildtheirpredictionsaboutupcomingmark-ers.Predictiontrainscanbeplacednearthecalendargridandexaminedthefollowingdayasthe

nextmarkerisposted.

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SetA6Number&Operations:OneDot,ManyDotsCalendarPatternOctoberCalendarPattern(cont.)

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SetA6Number&Operations:OneDot,ManyDotsCalendarPatternBlacklineRun1copyoncardstock.Cutcardsapartandlaminateifdesired.

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SetA6Number&Operations:OneDot,ManyDotsCalendarPatternBlacklineRun1copyoncardstock.Cutcardsapartandlaminateifdesired.

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SetA6Number&Operations:OneDot,ManyDotsCalendarPatternBlacklineRun1copyoncardstock.Cutcardsapartandlaminateifdesired.

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SetA6Number&Operations:OneDot,ManyDotsCalendarPatternBlacklineRun1copyoncardstock.Cutcardsapartandlaminateifdesired.

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SetA6Number&Operations:OneDot,ManyDotsCalendarPatternBlacklineRun1copyoncardstock.Cutcardsapartandlaminateifdesired.

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Print1copyofthecalendarmarkersheetsincolor,single-sided,onwhitecardstock.Cutthecalendarmarkersapartandlaminateifdesired.

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Print1copyofthecalendarmarkersheetsincolor,single-sided,onwhitecardstock.Cutthecalendarmarkersapartandlaminateifdesired.

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SetA6CalendarMarkers?BridgesinMathematicsKindergartenSupplement?TheMathLearningCenter

Print1copyofthecalendarmarkersheetsincolor,single-sided,onwhitecardstock.Cutthecalendarmarkersapartandlaminateifdesired.

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SetA6CalendarMarkers?BridgesinMathematicsKindergartenSupplement?TheMathLearningCenter

Print1copyofthecalendarmarkersheetsincolor,single-sided,onwhitecardstock.Cutthecalendarmarkersapartandlaminateifdesired.

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SetA6CalendarMarkers?BridgesinMathematicsKindergartenSupplement?TheMathLearningCenter

Print1copyofthecalendarmarkersheetsincolor,single-sided,onwhitecardstock.Cutthecalendarmarkersapartandlaminateifdesired.

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