Numeracy: Grades Primary-1

CONTINUE USING ACTIVITIES FROM PREVIOUS WEEKS; KEEP THIS FLYER.

All activities can be done with both grades, unless otherwise indicated.

Section 1 Counting and Number Routines (5-10 min): Gr. Primary counts forward to 20/backward from 10. Gr. 1 counts forward/backward between 0 and 100.

Ordering: Print numbers 1-10 (Gr. P) and 1-20 (Gr. 1) on paper/cereal box (size of playing cards). Mix them up. Say, put them in order from least to greatest / greatest to least.

Counting: Gr. P, count from 1 to 20 or from 10 to 1; Gr. 1 skip count by 5s or 10s to 100. Omit numbers and ask, what number(s) did I miss?

Which One Doesn’t Belong? Have your child look at one of the images. Ask, which one doesn't belong? Can you find a reason for each? Accept all responses, with explanations.

Section 2 Number Sense (10-15 min): Gr. P, use sets from 1-10; Gr. 1, 0-20.

Number of the Day: Have your child show a number in many ways, using objects or drawings. Gr. 1, also write number sentences where the sum or difference is the number of the day ( __ + __ = __ or __ - __ = __).

My 10 Book: Have your child create pages to show 10 in two parts; ex. pg.1 shows 2 leaves and 8 sticks. They could print: 10 is 2 and 8.

Ten-Frame Activities: Use ten-frames from previous flyers.

Make 10: Place items on the ten-frame; ex. 6. Say, do 6 jumps. Ask, how many more to make 10? Gr P, record: 10 is ___ and ___ . Gr 1, record ___ + ___ = 10.

Scavenger Hunt: Place 7 items on the ten-frame. Ask, how many? Say, find 7 things inside/outside. Repeat using other numbers.

Domino Activities -

Use dominos from previous flyers.

Domino Exercise: Choose a domino; ex. 8. Ask, how many dots? Say, touch your toes 8 times.

Domino Draw: Draw dominos showing 10. Gr 1, also draw dominos showing 10-20; draw 10 dots on one end and the rest on the other.

Domino Hide: Select a domino. Ask, how many dots? Say, cover your eyes. Hide one end. Ask, how many dots are hidden?

Domino Compare: Say, choose 2 dominos. Ask, which has more dots? Which has fewer dots? Gr 1, how many more/fewer dots does one have than the other?

Daily Questions (5 min.)

What did we practice/learn?

What was your favorite/most challenging part?

What are you wondering?

Grade 2 - Numeracy

Fill in a circle every time you do an activity.

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SKIPPING ROPE GAME (20-30 MINUTES)

● Skip rope while singing:

a) the following repeating patterns

1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, …

3, 4, 5, 3, 4, 5, 3, 4, 5, …

10, 11, 12, 10, 11, 12, 10, 11, 12, …

You can choose which number to start at to create your own pattern!

b) the following increasing patterns

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, …

4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, …

22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, …

You can choose the tune of your favourite rhyme. What is your favourite pattern?

c) Challenge: Complete the following increasing patterns:

1, 4, 7, 10, ___, ___, ___, ___

2, 12, 22, ___, ___, ___, ___

5, 11, 17, ___, ___, ___, ___

Describe and reproduce the patterns using rocks or objects in your house.

● Start with small steps: Skip rope in two minute intervals.

FOLLOW ME (20-30 MINUTES)

Invent a dance using a pattern that has 3 to 5 different actions that get repeated.

- Your pattern must have 2 attributes (such as taking 3 steps forward, tapping 2 times in front of you, taking 3 steps backwards, tapping 2 times behind you).

- Show your dance to a member of your family.

- Don’t forget to state the rule of your pattern.

Reflection: What are the 2 attributes of your dance?

WHAT'S THE RULE? (20-30 MINUTES)

Resources and materials: sticks, dry pasta or toothpicks

a) Think before building and extending the patterns in the drawing.

b) Build and extend each pattern using toothpicks, dry pasta or sticks.

Each shape you build must share a side with the previous shape.

Question: What do you think is the rule to extend this pattern?

WHAT YOU KNOW (20-30 MINUTES)

Talk with a friend about:

● everything you know about weeks with regards to a month;

● everything you know about days with regards to a month;

● everything you know about days with regards to a week;

● everything you know about days with regards to a year.

● You could even write it down in a small journal.

WORDS AND NUMBERS GAME (5 MINUTES)

Write a different sentence per day containing the four words and numbers below. You can also write other words and numbers.

4 bigger 6 and

For example:

4 and 6 are bigger than 3.

45 + 6 are bigger than 30 and 10.

3D shapes challenge (20-30 minutes)

Look around your house to find 3D shapes (three dimensions). Last time, you looked for the following shapes: rectangular prism (a box), cube (a die), sphere (a ball). This time, here are a few other three-dimensional shapes you can try to find at home: a cylinder, a pyramid or a cone.

Challenge: can you find more than five different objects?

NUMBER OF THE DAY (15-20 MINUTES)

● Fill out the entire page every day with a different number of the day.

● Every day, choose a number from the list below and use it to fill out the Number of the day chart.

○ 10

○ 11

○ 12

○ 13

○ 14

○ 15

○ 36

○ 46

○ 56

○ 66

Grade 3 - Numeracy

All students in Grades 3 can participate in the following activities every day to strengthen their skills in Numeracy:

DAILY NUMBER ROUTINE (10 MIN)

Represent a 2 or 3 digit number in as many ways as you can with coins, Base-Ten blocks, expressions, place value chart.

COUNTING (5 MIN)

Ask: Start at 100 and count forward by 1s to 130. Now try counting by 2s from 100 to 130. Do you say more numbers when you count by 2s or by 1s? Why?

In addition, students in Grades 3 may choose to participate in 1-2 choice learning activities (15 minutes each) daily for Numeracy including:

Number Talks:

In a fraction, the numerator is the top number and it represents the number of parts being considered. The denominator is the bottom number and it represents the total number of equal parts in the whole. A fraction always represents a relationship of equal parts. For example, the shaded parts of this rectangle would be represented as:

What fraction represents the unshaded (white) parts of this rectangle?

What other ways could this rectangle be divided into eight equal parts?

Trace the pattern block on paper. Show how you could divide the block into equal parts. What fraction is each part? Repeat with the other blocks. What do you notice? What do you wonder?

Walk around your home/yard.

Count the number of steps. Repeat this 3 times. Can you write an addition equation to show how many steps you took altogether. How many ways could you represent the total number of steps with an addition or subtraction expression?

Math and Art

All about Me: Draw a rectangular quilt (blanket) to represent all about you! Divide the rectangle into 9 equal parts and include drawings/representations of important things in your life, your culture, your interests/hobbies, etc in each part. How many equal parts of your quilt represents your culture; your interests; your family, etc?

Mystery Ten Frame : A Ten Frame was shaded with different colors. Three clues that describe it are: my Ten Frame is four tenths blue; two tenths red; 4 tenths green.

Create your own Mystery Ten Frame. Share it with another person to see if they make the same Ten Frame. Repeat with different shadings.

Card/Dice/Games

Circles and Stars: Roll two dice. One number tells you how many large circles to draw (“groups”) and the other dice tells you how many stars to put in each circle (“items in each group”). How many stars altogether? The winner is the player with the most stars each round.

Roll the dice: Brainstorm objects that come in sets of the number you rolled. For example, if you roll a 2, you may say socks come in groups of two. Make a list or draw all of the items you came up with. Continue to roll until you have tried groups of 3, 4, and 5.

Problem Solving:

A structure is something built of parts, arranged in a special way, for a particular purpose. A structure was built with 12 windows arranged in rows and columns. How many different ways could the windows be arranged? Draw a picture to represent the structure’s windows. What would be the best way to design the structure? Why?

The Mi’kmaq Eight Point Star Petroglyph was discovered in Bedford, N.S and was cut using stone tools. This petroglyph is separated into 8 equal parts. The 4 colours represent the 4 cardinal directions: white - north; yellow - east; red - south; and black - west. Describe the Mi’kmaq Eight Point Star using fractions. What part of the star is red? How many eighths are red and yellow? How many eighths are not white?

Create your own design using equal parts. Describe your design, noting what it represents and the fractions shown in the design.

Fill in a circle every time you do an activity:

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Reflection questions:

What did you learn about today?

What did you notice?

What strategies did you use?

What surprised you today?