Our calendar time is based on Patsy Kanters' Calendar math program with my own additions.  Each month we add new mathematical components to the calendar activities.  In the months of September and August we start out with 4 areas of focus.

• Calendar-focus on knowing the days of the week in order, knowing the names of the months, developing number sense, counting with one-to-one correspondence, counting on and counting back, reading, comparing and ordering numbers 1 to 31, recognizing, analyzing and extending patterns & solving problems and using mental math
• Birthday Graph-focus on knowing the months of the year, counting with one-to-one correspondence, counting, comparing and ordering small quantities, collecting and recording data, & creating and interpreting a scatter graph
• Clip Collection-focus on developing number sense, counting with one-to-one correspondence, counting and grouping by 10's and 1's, matching quantities with numerals, comparing and ordering quantities, counting on and counting back, discovering number patterns and using mental math & solving problems
• Counting Tape-focus on developing number sense, counting with one-to-one correspondence, counting and grouping by 10's and 1's, matching quantities with numerals, comparing and ordering quantities, counting on and counting back, discovering number patterns and using mental math & solving problems

• Daily Domino-focus on one-to-one correspondence, comparing and ordering quantities of 9, recognizing small quantities, visualizing amount for numbers 1 through 9, matching quantities and numerals & seeing sets from 1 to 9 as combinations of smaller sets
• Daily Depositor-focus on counting with one-to-one correspondence, matching quantities and numerals, reading numerals to 31, grouping and counting by 10's and 1's & sorting by one attribute
• Every Day Graph-focus on collecting and recording data on a graph, reading and interpreting a bar graph, counting and comparing small quantities & counting with one-to-one correspondence
• Every Day Estimation-focus on estimating and comparing number, weights, capacity, using the language of comparing, measuring length using nonstandard units comparing and ordering lengths,

• Weather Graph
• Temperature Graph
• Hundreds Chart
• Money Graph
• More than/Less than Comparison-local teams with wins/loses compared
• Tooth Graph

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