Can Calendar be Used even in First and Second Grade?
The answer to this question is yes. Just change your content. Cut out the fluff (singing months of the year, days of the week, etc.). These skills are mastered in Pre-K and Kindergarten. One of the most important skills introduced and continued in First and Second Grade is place value. To develop this knowledge, we must remember to teach first concrete and then abstract. In First Grade, when this skill is introduced, not every First Grader understands that a ten stick is ten ones. However, if we reinforce everyday by utilizing a concrete place value system, this concept will be easier for First Graders and even Second Graders to understand. Previously, I mentioned Counting to the 100th Day in Kindergarten. We can use this knowledge with How Many Days Left in School. Still use the hundreds chart and put a sticky note over each day that has passed on the hundreds chart, but when you get to 100, start over again at 1 and label it 101, 102, etc. Point out some of the patterns of the hundre
