Bridges Blog Archive for Tip

Teena Staller, Instructional Math Coach and Title 1 Coordinator for Medford School District in Oregon, has put together a comprehensive list of all the assessments in Bridges and Number Corner for each grade level. She has also created a presentation about the different types of assessments in the curriculum. If you would like the original files (Microsoft Word document or PowerPoint presentation), please contact her at Teena.Staller@medford.k12.or.us

If your kindergartners make their own markers for the calendar, here is a new idea. At the end of each month, remove the markers from the calendar grid pocket chart and glue them onto a sheet of butcher paper. Early the next month, hang the chart and invite your students to make observations. Add a title and some of their comments, and you have a beautiful and mathematically powerful display.

See examples in Bridges Kindergarten Student Gallery

If you find that you don’t have time in your busy schedule for children to make the calendar markers each month, we have developed pre-made sets for October, November, January, February, March, and April. We will add sets for December and May within the next couple of months.  All of the sets developed so far revolve around geometry, one of three major areas the NCTM Focal Points target for first grade instruction.