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What a great question! I am going to try really hard to NOT comment until other comments have been offered. (Won't be easy...)
I certainly do not have a magic bullet to this never ending question, but I do find ways to get math thinking in throughout the day. For instance, I usually have a quick math activity or question in my morning message which we work on together and/or discuss.I begin each math lesson with a few minutes of mental math and then I begin my lesson of the day that usually last an hour with independent practice and/or games (Math choices). This usually gets my math time up to 75-80 minutes. Not to mention when I try to integrate into other areas.
Maggie probably does have some magic bullet to this question, but for the time being, we will comment on our attempts to make math not just an isolated subject "time for Math now" but if we are truly integrating math with the same philosophy as reading and literacy, we should be able to find ways to make the instruction and practice seamless. Suggestions: Familiar math games available for indoor recess; center activities daily; read-aloud math word problems (stories) similar to traditional read-alouds (see Peg's lit list), use a fact family triangle to figure out attendance every day--I'm anxious to see other's ideas.
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