Hello everyone, I will be posting a few Kinder challenges here each week as an option for your advanced kiddos to work on at home. Your students does not need to turn these in, but if he or she would like for me to see their work - just email me their assignment at robin_bresnahan@dpsk12.org.
Kinder Fall Challenge Problems
Finish the patterns below:
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, _____,_____,_____
5, 10, 15, _____,_____,_____
10, 20, 30,_____,_____,_____
Solve the equations below:
2 + 8 = 6 + 2 = 10 + 3 = 5 + 4 =
5 - 2 = 6 - 3 = 13 - 3 = 7 - 4 =
Write down as many many ways as you can to make 10.
Word Problem Challenge:
Sammy goes out to the garden to help her mom harvest the vegetables. She counts 3 pumpkins, 4 zucchinis, and 6 tomatoes. How many vegetables does she count in all?
Puzzles: This week I am using puzzles and open ended tasks to promote question asking and answering, wonder, and math creativity. Feel free to email me any student answers!
Task 1: Blotch addition game from math pickle - https://mathpickle.com/project/blotch/
Task 2: Skip Counting Activity: https://mathpickle.com/project/intro-to-skip-counting/
Task 3: Building Magical Towers: https://mathpickle.com/project/4112/
If these are two easy for you Kinder kiddos check out the 1st grade extensions!
Money and tens facts extensions
Skip counting and more!
Finish the patterns below:
28, 38, 48, _____, _____, ______, ______
6, 9, 12, _____. ______, ______, _______
4, 9, 14, 19, ______, ______, ______, ______
25, 50, 75, ______, ______, _______, _______
2, 4, 8, ______,_______, _______. _______
Solve the following problems (discuss your answer to number 8 with your parents. Hint - make a number line):
10 + 22 + 20 = 13 + 15= 25 + 25 + 25 = 4. 11 + 19 + 15 =
5. 34 - 10 = 6. 60 - 10 - 5 + 7. 32 - 17 + 8. 1 - 2 =
Mrs. B and her kids spent some of the weekend pulling weeds. Mrs. B picked 30, Josie picked 16, and Rocky picked 14 weeds. How many did they pick in total?
Write your own story problem that relates to your life right now.
Winter Challenges: