I have my math block right after lunch and it lasts about an hour. We have a routine we follow during the first 10 minutes. When the kids come in from recess they do their "calendar job" right away. Each kid has a job on our calendar wall. These jobs rotate every day.
Here are two jobs: the Today is, tomorrow will be, yesterday was chart and the calendar which we add to with patterned numbers.
More jobs: calendar application questions, problem of the day, writing the date, day tallies, and time
Adding and counting straws, temperature, weather graphing, counting chart, money, and graphing question of the day.The students all do their jobs and then head back to their seats before the counting chart person and the graphing question of the day person lead the class in skip counting and a graphing excersize.
After calendar, every day we have math olympics. The kids make their way through addition and subtraction facts. I use Easy Timed Math Drills by REMEDIA Publications. The pictures below are linked to a TpT site where they can be bought.
I give students 3 minutes to get as many facts as they can. If they get 34 out of the 36 problems they move forward the following day. From +0 to +1 to +2 all the way to +9 and then it begins to mix the problems together. +1 and +2, +2 and +3 and so on to +8 and +9. Then mixed up even more +1, 2, and 3. and following and then finally +0-9. When they have moved through all of these facts. They are awarded a medal. I print out medals in black and white and give the child a medal to decorate with paint and glitter. I then use red, white, and blue ribbon to finish the medal. The kids are so proud of themselves when they finally get the medal. They have to work really hard to get there.
Here's my kids today working hard at math olympics!
After math olympics students rotate through independent math work, practice sheets, and time with me to learn the new lesson.
Here's a couple of pictures of my kids today experimenting with cups, pints, and quarts.
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