On the first day of a month, the Boss Of The Day writes the month as well. Following a weekend of snow days, etc we would write any missing numbers. Monthly calendar: This is an ongoing slide so most days the Boss of the Day just writes the next number on the calendar and we say the entire date: September 20, 2018. Here are the components of our daily 10 minute calendar routine: By October we have all of the pieces in the calendar and our calendar routine is flowing smoothly (for the most part!). The pieces of our calendar are introduced slowly at the beginning of the year. The date is displayed along with the days of the week and the months of the year! We do not have a calendar on display in the classroom. We use an interactive calendar on our smart board. The rest of the class is providing answers, counting, spelling and engaging with the calendar routine. The Boss Of The Day leads the calendar and fills in the calendar on our interactive white board. Our calendar routine is designed to be interactive and keeps everyone engaged. In addition to these we also include ELA standards when writing the days of the week! How Does Your Calendar Routine Work? Starting the math block with calendar makes sense because all of the math concepts in the calendar!Įach day we cover the following math skills/standards in our 10 minute calendar routine: number recognition, rote counting, 1 to 1 correspondence, subitizing, counting on, 1 more 1 less, greater than/less than, patterns, making 10 and place value. Calendar IS NOT a part of our morning meeting because we follow a very specific morning meeting routine.

In our classroom we use our calendar time to kick off our math block. Daily work with numbers, patterns, equations, place value and counting! This is the type of math engagement our students need.

People, that is DAILY practice of multiple standards. But my argument for using a calendar routine in kindergarten is time and standards and engagement! Why A Calendar Routine?Ī daily calendar routine provides a dedicated 10 minutes for number talks, covers a multitude of math standards and builds strong number sense for our students. The arguments for this are time, standards, etc. One thing that really shocks me is how many districts and admin have removed the calendar time and calendar routine from the classroom. As I travel and speak to teachers all over the country, one thing that I hear a lot about is calendar time or calendar routine in kindergarten and early childhood.

Daily calendar kindergarten