30 Minutes of Math

This class will be highly interactive.  The focus of this class will be on using repetition and strategies to help improve math skills.  Each class will run in the same format to instill confidence and security in the children.  We will begin with a mental math warm-up that will involve various methods of counting.  I will give students numbers to read and ask them to write numbers.  We will practice identifying relationships, such as "more than" and "less than."  We will also practice identifying the "whole" and "parts" of numbers.  We will spend time each lesson working on place value and converting numbers between standard form and expanded form. A new skill or concept will be taught each week. Lessons may end with a game to reinforce the new skill.

February 7th and 10th:  Adding Even and Odd Numbers
February 14th and 17th:  Roman Numerals
February 21st and 24th: Mentally Adding 2-Digit Numbers
February 28th and March 3rd:  More Practice with Mental Addition
March 7th and 10th:  Adding 4-digit numbers
March 14th and 17th:  No classes
March 21st and 24th: Subtraction
March 28th and 31st: Subtracting 5 and 10
April 4th and 7th: Subtraction Strategies
April 11th and 14th: The Values of Coins and Counting Money
April 18th: No class 
April 21st: Making Change
April 25th and 28th: Mentally Subtracting 2-Digit Numbers 
May 2nd and 5th: Mentally Subtracting 2-Digit Numbers