Mathematics Within Our Morning Message

One component of our morning meeting is morning message. Each day this message provides the opportunity to learn and apply concepts about print. The common core says this . . . . 

Reading: Foundational Skills

Print Concepts

1. Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.

1. Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.
2. Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.
3. Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
4. Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

On January 15th we also used our message to apply some mathematical skills. We gathered data, analyzed it, tallied it, compared it and discussed it.