With much help from Ms. Karr and Sarah Steel I finally did get my action research woes figured out. I begin implemting all three of my daily routines this week, as well as my first timed test. Another form of data I figured I could use for my action research is recording what the students say are way to make 30 (or whatever the date is) Today is the 30th so we talked about what we knew about 30, including but not limited to ways to make and write the number. Everyday this week, except Tuesday because it was a planning day, I wrote down what the students told me on a poster and copy it onto my data collection form. I was very surprised today during this part of our daily routine. It started when we were writing 30 tally marks since today is the 30th. We counted by fives up to thirty, I asked the students how many sets of 5 we have, and I wrote 5x6=30 and explained that 6 sets of 5 equals 30. I acted surprised that they just did 2nd grade math and moved on to even or odd. When we got to the "Ways to Make" part of the routine, Tre raised his hand first thing and kept it up until I called on him. When I finally called on him and asked "Tre, what do you know about 30?" He replied, it's five times six. I was very proud of him, because most of the students were saying number sentences like 28+2 and25+5. It goes back to the chapter of Sharon's book that I read about transfer of learning. I experienced it for the first time since my full time student teaching!
Another boy asked why we only have 28 days of school when today is the 30th. I just said, "I wonder" and let him figure it out himself. He finally raised his hand and said, "I know, it's because we only count the days of school when we are in school, but we still count the date even if we aren't." Despite the fact that I had a hard time keeping them from chatting to each other this morning, it was still a good morning message!
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