Math
The kindergarten math curriculum can be viewed through this link.
There are three main areas of focus for kindergarten math: number, patterns and relations, and shape and space. While we do move through units of instruction, most of the units also incorporate components of other topics as well. For example when learning about patterns, we count the number of elements in the pattern core. Students experience all of the kindergarten math skills simultaneously throughout the school year. These math concepts are also embedded in most activities we do such as stories, playtime, phys. ed. songs, poems, games, activities, daily jobs, and body breaks.
For formal math instruction, students receive lessons through whole group, small group, and individual time. When the teacher is working with a group of students, the rest of the class works through their assigned math jobs.
Students who are displaying challenges with math concepts, may be provided with extra teacher assistance, a variety of manipulatives, and at-home recommendations.
There are three main areas of focus for kindergarten math: number, patterns and relations, and shape and space. While we do move through units of instruction, most of the units also incorporate components of other topics as well. For example when learning about patterns, we count the number of elements in the pattern core. Students experience all of the kindergarten math skills simultaneously throughout the school year. These math concepts are also embedded in most activities we do such as stories, playtime, phys. ed. songs, poems, games, activities, daily jobs, and body breaks.
For formal math instruction, students receive lessons through whole group, small group, and individual time. When the teacher is working with a group of students, the rest of the class works through their assigned math jobs.
Students who are displaying challenges with math concepts, may be provided with extra teacher assistance, a variety of manipulatives, and at-home recommendations.
In math, we are currently working on a skill called subitizing. Subitizing means knowing how many, quickly and without counting. We start with dots on a dice, then move onto pictures that are also in the formation of the dice dots. Then we move into dots that are not in the dice formation. After that we subitize fingers, five frames and ten frames. I've included some links of videos that you and your child can watch to practice subitizing, and to show parents a little more of what this skill means. I will also list some subitizing activity ideas below the video links.
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youtu.be/nKO0yQgJAho
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Activity Ideas
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youtu.be/nKO0yQgJAho
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Activity Ideas
- Play a board game that uses a dice.
- Play a game where someone holds up fingers, and the child says how many. Then the child could have a turn holding up their fingers and the adult can say how many. Maybe throw in a wrong answer once in a while to see if they notice.
- If you have stickers or stamps at home, you could roll the dice and then they say how many, then they have to put that many stamps or stickers onto a paper. They could also draw that many pictures if you don't have stickers or stamps.
- Play subitize bingo - make a bingo card with the numbers 1-6 on it (can put more than one of each number on it) then roll a dice and cover up the matching number on the bingo card.
- Roll a dice and find that many of something in your house. For example, roll the dice and say the number. If you rolled a 5, you would look for 5 of the items in your house such as 5 stuffed animals.