Saturday 15 February 2014

How To Teach Counting and Cardinality


A child's ability to count involves many cognitive processes and is not as simple as we may seem to think. Even if they can prattle off numbers in sequence that still does not relate a mathematical understanding of what they are doing. Learning to count involves a number of principles or ideas that they must be able to demonstrate.

  1. Each number must be given only ONE name.
  2. The order of name placing is fixed, for example, when counting forward three must follow two.
  3. The order of objects to be counted does not matter.
  4. The last number says how many objects there are in total.
  5. The way the objects are arranged will not affect how many there are in total.
Each of the principles above may pose difficult for some students. This means that we need to spend a considerable amount of time checking the understanding of each of our students and provide them with the assistance that they may need. Every child will be able to demonstrate their level of mathematical understanding once multiple opportunities for use are given to them in the classroom. Below are best practices in teaching counting and cardinality presented by fellow teachers.


Let's Count! Learning About Number in Multiple Ways

Mingle and Count: A Game of Number Sense

Counting Objects and Ordering Numbers

Wednesday 5 February 2014

Long Vowel Pattern ideas!




Allow me to showcase my new vowel sets that I have created and will add in the future. As a matter of fact I'll be adding them to this page as I go along, slowly but surely! It's been very hectic for me so my creativity speed is cut down a bit due to my class committments and my new study goals. So hop back from time to time to see what's new!
Nicole

Shades of 'A'

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Shades-of-a-Long-Vowel-Sound-Spelling-Pattern-Activities-1097855
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E-Harmony- Long 'e'

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/E-Harmony-Long-e-Spelling-Pattern-Poster-and-Word-Cards-Set-1139117

Electricity Clipart for Your Science Lessons

  Electricity & Circuits Clip Art by Nicole Hernandez Are you looking for the perfect set of electricity clipart for your science lesson...