 Math everyday with Everyday Math! Our school uses the Everyday Mathematics program for math instruction. Everyday Math was developed through the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project in efforts to provide elementary students with opportunities to learn more content in addition to helping them become mathematical thinkers. The program is designed to capitalize on students' interests thus maximizing their learning. 
The Everyday Math program is organized into six content strands which include: Operations & Computation Learning addition and subtraction facts, fact families, and extended facts; beginning informal work with properties of numbers and problem solving. Numeration Counting; reading and writing numbers; investigating place value of whole numbers; exploring fractions and money. Patterns, Functions, & Algebra Exploring attributes, patterns, sequences, relations, and functions; finding missing numbers and rules in Frames-and-Arrows and "What's My Rule?" problems; studying properties of operations. Data & Chance Collecting, organizing, and displaying data using tables, charts, and graphs; exploring concepts of chance. Measurement & Reference Frames Using tools to measure length, capacity, and weight; using clocks, calendars, timelines, thermometers, and ordinal numbers. Geometry Exploring 2- and 3-dimensional shapes.  Home Links and Family Letters To follow up on the activities done in class, provide enrichment, and involve parents in the Everyday Math program, students will complete a 'Home Link' on a regular basis. These activities will help reinforce newly learned skills and concepts. At the beginning of each new unit, a family letter will be sent home. This letter will describe the concepts the students will be learning in the unit, vocabulary terms, activities to do anytime to help build success, and Home Link clarifications (answers) for all Home Links in that unit. Please read the family letters and keep them as a handy resource throughout the unit.  Assessment Students are assessed in a variety of ways in the Everyday Math program. Observations of students during classroom activities, samples of work collected in student portfolios, and formal assessments (end of unit quizzes and progress indicators) provide me with an overview of student growth and current abilities. Click here to view the first grade math checklist. 
Games Click on the links to find out how to play the math games we're playing in school! 
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