Impact of learning on students lives beyond the classroom:

Go through everyone's name in the class list by using a splash board thing... When the students come in have the a splash board up with something math related. Then have them sign with their names very neatly. After, separate in groups and have them organizes the names in the categories.

Use white boards in groups to try different adding strategies... Example: 4 people, each have 3 apples. How would you add all the apples up?

reasoning skills, number sense, mastery of counting, spatial sense, money sense, ability to record data, problem solving skils

ability to connect math to the students' interaction with the real-world, ability to count to 100 by 2s, 5s, 10s, add and subtract manipulatives

self confidence, persistance, positive attitude toward math, communicative, willingness to reflect on their own thinking, critical thinking, independence

Ability to process information involving money and finances.

Building number sense and values to further mathematical knowledge

Ability to analyze and identify key strategies in order to solve problems.

use whiteboards in groups to test different adding strategies