Math

We love math time in our kindergarten classroom, and this year, we utilize our Bridges curriculum.  The Bridges curriculum allows for a combination of whole-group, small-group, and independent activities.  Students will be engaged in their learning by being given the opportunity to work through problems and challenge and support each other's thinking.

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Math Units:

• Unit 1 - Numbers to 5 & 10

  • Students will learn number names and counting to 20, count to tell the number of objects, and understanding quantities of 5 and 10.  Students will also be exposed to sorting, classifying, comparing, and graphing. 

• Unit 2 - Numbers to 10

  • Students will learn number names and counting to 20, count to tell the number of objects, and comparing quantities within 10.  Students will also focus on combinations of numbers to make 5 and subitizing.

• Unit 3 - Bikes & Bugs: Double, Add & Subtract

  • Students will learn how to look for, build, and solve problems about doubles within 10.  Students will also focus on using 5-frames and 10-frames to add, compare, and order numbers.

• Unit 4 - Paths to Adding, Subtracting & Measuring

  • Students will work with the numbers 0 to 10 to count forwards and backwards and identify missing numbers.  Students will also solve addition and subtraction story problems and compare lengths.

• Unit 5 - Two-Dimensional Geometry

  • Students will describe and compare measurable attributes of objects to classify them. Students will learn how to count, compare, and graph the number of objects in each category. Students will learn how to identify and describe shapes. Students also analyze, compare, create, and compose shapes. 

• Unit 6 - Three-Dimensional Shapes & Numbers Beyond 10

  • Students will work with numbers 11-19 to gain foundations of place value.  Students will learn how to identify and describe shapes (2-D & 3-D).

• Unit 7 - Measurement & Teen Numbers

  • Students will explore measurement (weight, length, etc.).  Students will continue to work with numbers 11-19 to gain foundations of place value.

• Unit 8 - Computing & Measuring with Frogs & Bugs

  • Students will use what they have learned to continue solving addition and subtraction problems, measuring, estimating, comparing, and investigating place value.

This will be our fifth year implementing Number Corner, which is a component of the 'Bridges in Mathematics' curriculum.  "Number Corner is a skill building program that revolves around the classroom calendar, providing daily practice as well as continual encounters with broader mathematical concepts in 15-20 minutes of engaging instruction." 

"Number Corner." The Math Learning Center, 2005-2022, https://www.mathlearningcenter.org/curriculum/number-corner.

Links:

• Starfall.com is a free website that has both reading and math activities for your kindergartner to use. It is a fun site for kids as they begin to use the computer, and it has opportunities for them to read and listen to stories, and interact with different learning activities. 

• ABCya.com is another fun website for kids that has lots of reading and math activities. It is free for you to use, but it does have some advertisements that may pop up on occasion.