Class Experience
Right Start Math is innovative hands-on math that allows the use of visual pictures to solve problems. It has a different approach but provides students with the foundation for everyday life, advanced math for science in our technological world. This curriculum provided many opportunities for review within the lesson to ensure students are learning and retaining the information. According to Dr. Joan Cotter's research, this curriculum will allow students to view numbers in a vital way to understand arithmetic procedures.  In these 34 lessons, there are only 17 worksheets and lots of games and activities. This curriculum is great for active and kinesthetic learners.  For more information about the curriculum go to https://rightstartmath.com/our-curriculum/the-rightstart-difference.

Class Breakdown
Classes will be held twice a week i.e. Monday’s and Wednesday’s. The class duration will be between 40mins and since it's hands-on, l may stay a little longer if need be. Students who are struggling may choose to work out a plan with me to help them improve.

Monday
Classes will start with a song or active warm-up activity. Students will be introduced to the key concepts for that week of lessons using a
variety of interactive activities and games. Some of the activities will require physical materials from RightStart Math kit or from their home and other activities will make use of web-based interactive manipulatives. Most of the time the last 5-10 minutes of class the students will play a game together!
Homework (activities or worksheets from the curriculum) will be assigned for the week and I will reach out to individual families if a child needs to focus on a particular aspect more closely.

Wednesday
The class will again start with a song or movement-based activity. I will review content that students struggled with on Monday as well as feedback from families during the week and cover any additional topics that are needed. The class will end with a math game.
I reserve the right to modify the class structure and pace to meet the needs of the students and I will reach out and talk with each parent altering the pace of the class.

Classroom rules:
1. Respect everyone and everything, with your words, and actions.
2. Come prepared with items needed for class. (List will be sent Sunday).
3. I need to see the student's face.
4. Students should keep themselves muted unless they are speaking. 
5. Students must have their own copies of the curriculum.

For me, Outschool requires a weekly breakdown of each topic. They prefer a daily breakdown but we need flexibility.

Week 1: Aug. 14th - Aug. 20th
Making Rectangles
Patterning

Week 2:  Aug. 21st - Aug. 27th
Pennies, nickels and Dimes
Coin Problems

Week 3:  Aug. 28th - Sep. 3rd
Counting money
Adding with calculator

Week 4:  Sep. 4th - Sep. 10th
Multiplication with arrays
Introducing Division

Week 5:  Sep. 11th - Sep. 17th
Beginning fractions
Comparing fractions by weighing

Week 6:  Sep. 18th - Sep. 24th
Lines of symmetry
Tangram

Week 7:  Sep. 25th - Oct. 1st
Number and operations
Number and operations in Base 10

Week 8: Oct. 2nd - Oct. 8th
Number and operations
Number and operations in Base 10

Week 9: Oct. 9th - Oct. 15th
Measurement and data Games
Geometry Review and Games