Daily Five Math, Common Core and Investigations

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That's right, I am incorporating all three of these things in one classroom.  I've been a fan of the Daily Five and Literacy CAFE for a couple of years. Last year, I started to use the structure of the Daily Five in mathematics.  I did this for a couple of reasons - first and foremost is that I hate segmenting curriculum areas into compartments.  If something works well in one area, it should work well in another.  And it does.Admittedly, I have adapted D5 to suit my own needs as a teacher and the needs of my students.  This year has been a little tricky. The Common Core implementation ALONG SIDE continued attention to the 2004 Mathematics Framework makes me feel like I'm straddling a fairly fast moving river as the water level rises.This week - school vacation week here in Massachusetts - I spent some time getting my bearings again for what universal or landmark games I can rotate in and out of the Daily Five.  Here's what my current list looks like (this is on wikispaces, feel free to join in).