Doing Math in Morning Meeting: 150 Quick Activities that Connect to Your CurriculumBring joy and energy to math learning without adding to your already-packed schedule! This book gives you 150 fun and engaging math activities suitable for kindergartners to 5th graders, and provides math-themed ideas for all four Morning Meeting components: greeting, group activity, sharing, and morning message. Use these guessing games, songs, chants, hands-on experiments, and more to inspire students' interest in math and help them practice skills. Each activity includes: * Easy how-to steps * The Morning Meeting component in which to use the activity * Relevant NCTM content and process standards * Specific math skills addressed * Materials needed (all require few or no materials) * Tips on preparing students for success * Math vocabulary to emphasize * Variations and extensions |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
1st Grade Activities | 43 |
2nd Grade Activities | 75 |
3rd Grade Activities | 109 |
4th Grade Activities | 143 |
5th Grade Activities | 175 |
Activity Subject Lists | 205 |
Common Core State Standards | 221 |
Related Resources | 254 |
Common terms and phrases
Activity Materials needed Algebra NCTM Process Analysis & Probability Ask students Base Ten Block Batting Averages circle clap classroom Coin Flip coins Communication Specific math Connections Specific math content or skill count Data Analysis decimals estimate example EXTENSION Grade Hundreds Chart inches LATER MATH LESSON Let students know Leve Level NCTM Content Magical Mystery Machine Mental Math Message chart message Materials needed message portion Mixed Number Morning Meeting Morning message Materials multiplication Name Values NCTM Content Standard NCTM Process Standard Number & Operations number cards number sentence Operations NCTM Process pair partner pattern polygons Post some version Preparing students Problem Solving Specific Proof Specific math ra de Lev rade Level NCTM reading the message Reasoning & Proof rectangle Representation Specific math skill addressed Skip Greeting Solving Specific math Specific math content students for success subtraction Sum Fractions Toss and Call Trail Mix VARIATION Venn Diagrams Vocabulary What’s Our Sum