Math in Kindergarten

Lisa ShermanMath Science Teacher

Math in Fairfield

• Workshop teaching: mini lesson, independent work time, share or wrap-up

• Focus on building independence and the sharing of strategies through discourse

• A blend of inquiry based investigations and skill based instruction

• Meet students at their level of understanding: developmental model vs. deficit model

What your child will learn:

• Unit 1: Counting and Matching Numerals 0-5– Focus on developing the benchmark number of 5.

• Unit 2: Geometry– Basic shapes: 2-D and 3-D

• Unit 3: Counting and Matching Numbers 6-10 with matching– Moving to the ten structure basis for our number

system!– Also work on proper number formation

What your child will learn:

• Unit 4: Counting and Matching Numerals 11-20– Working explicitly with teen numbers– Decomposing numbers

• Unit 5: Addition and Subtraction within 5– Mastery is not expected building concepts!

• Unit 6: Developing Place Value Concepts• Unit 7: Measurement

How can you get your child ready for math in Kindergarten?

COUNT!

Getting ready for Kindergarten

• Make math happen throughout the day:Time what does the clock say when

you wake up? Eat breakfast? Catch the bus? Go to sleep?

Estimating How many items in our grocery cart? Birds on a tree? Coins in my pocket?

Compare Do we have more or less than ten bowls on the table?

Getting ready for Kindergarten

• Share coins with your child- identify each one, talk about how much they are worth

• Shapes- find shapes all around you• Look for patterns, create patterns using

household objects• Play games!• Parent math website:

http://fairfieldpublicschoolsk5math.wikispaces.com/home

Read math books!

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