Bridges Implementation Guides – Kindergarten

The Math Learning Center provides guides for two different kinds of meetings that help support the successful implementation of the Bridges curriculum. The Teacher-Led Implementation Guides help teachers conduct bi-monthly (or monthly) meetings in grade-level teams at their own schools. In each meeting, teachers prepare for the upcoming Bridges unit or month of Number Corner. Alternatively the Facilitator-Led Implementation Guides help facilitators, such as district math specialists, conduct monthly meetings for groups of about 10 to 45 teachers at a single grade level.

Teacher-Led Implementation Guides

Use these guides if you are a teacher conducting your own meetings with your colleagues. You may find it helpful to begin by reading over the short Introduction.

Support Materials
Introduction
Yearlong Meeting Schedule
Handout 1: Challenges & Solutions
Handout 2: Organizing Your Photocopies

Number Corner Meetings
Meeting 1: Preparing to Teach October Number Corner
Meeting 2: Preparing to Teach November Number Corner
Meeting 3: Preparing to Teach December & January Number Corner
Meeting 4: Preparing to Teach February Number Corner

Session Meetings
Meeting 1: Preparing to Teach Sessions 20-33
Meeting 2: Preparing to Teach Sessions 34-47
Meeting 3: Preparing to Teach Sessions 48-71
Meeting 4: Preparing to Teach Sessions 72-83

The rest of the guides for this year will include plans for preparing to teach both Number Corner and the upcoming sessions.  These guides will follow an abbreviated format. Please read  this letter, which includes a generic agenda that you can use to plan and conduct these meetings.

Session and Number Corner Meetings
Meeting 5: Preparing to Teach March & Sessions 84-94
Meeting 6: Preparing to Teach April & Sessions 95-107
Meeting 7: Preparing to Teach May-June &  Sessions 108-121

Facilitator-Led Implementation Guides

Use these guides if you are a facilitator working with a large group of teachers at the same grade level.