Monday, January 30, 2012

Easy Morning Work

Do you do daily data? All the teachers on my grade level have our kids work on "daily data". It's really just a question of the week and then each day there is an activity that goes with it. I use it as morning work (once my kids get the hang of it and pick up the routines) and it's a nice way to have them practice lots of math skills and there's a little bit of writing in there too.

This is the data we collected today. I call Mondays "Make it Monday" since that's the day we make the data display. Then the kids record the data in their math notebooks.

There's a different task each day for the kids to complete in their notebooks:
Make it Monday
Tally chart Tuesday
Write about it Wednesday
Three equations Thursday
Another way Friday

I give them the paper on Monday and they cut it in half and glue into the notebook so it's ready for them to complete one task each morning. Here's a look at a whole week's worth of work.


Anyway, I've been working on putting together a daily data packet for TPT and I wanted to see if anyone was interested. I made it for the month of February and I'll hopefully get it posted tomorrow.


13 comments:

  1. Love the idea! I'd love to see more! My email is alynch@aumail.averett.edu

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  2. Great Idea:) Can't wait to try it out with my kids!
    clhall3@interact.ccsd.net

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  3. Awesome! I'd love to try it with my children:) aamco360@gmail.com

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  4. Just missed it! Thanks!
    I would love to take a look and give you feedback!
    sdavis6281@hotmail.com

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  5. darn ,just missed it!

    but I really like your daily math schedule of morning work...oh, how i wish we had time for morning work, but as soon as they come it, we have to go to intervention - bleh! I will be putting this in my cart :)
    Thanks!

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  6. I love this! It fits perfectly with my Question of the Day! =)
    (Can't remember if you emailed or not, but let me know if you are interested in an Alabama Meet Up!=)
    Jennifer
    First Grade Blue Skies

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  8. I love your blog!

    Tag!!! You are it! Come to my blog and play!

    Michelle
    Apples and ABC's

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  9. I love this idea, it may be just what I need for morning seat work! Thanks! Also,
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    Farming the First Grade Crop

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  10. This is a great idea! I know I'm a little late on the post, but I really like it! ~Heidi V.

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  11. This looks really awesome! I wish I had been one of the first 3 to get to preview everything!! Oh well. Love your blog!

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  12. Hello! I just LOVE this idea! I was on your TpT site..are you planning on creating Aug. though Jan? I would love to use this in my classroom. Awesome job!

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  13. nmteacher- I made daily data packets for Feb. through May and am working on the other months this summer. Thanks for asking!

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