Kindergarten with Mrs. Martin

 

 

 

Quantity Discrimination

 

Which is more? Which is less?  After learning numer concepts and recognition, students should be able to compare two numbers and tell which is more and which is less.

 

Missing Number

 

After number recognition is mastered Kindergarten students learn to order numbers on a number line from 0 - 10.  We then practice naming the "missing number".  Examples are:

3, 4, ___

___6, 7

8 ___10.

 

 

Shapes

 

 Math concepts in Kindergarten begin simply and grow and expand with each                       week.  At the begining of the year we focus on two-dimensional shapes and then three-dimensional shapes later in the year.  Students not only need to know the names of the shapes, but should have an understanding of the number of sides and angles.

 

 

Rote Counting

 

Kindergarten students need to count to 100 by the end of the year.  We practice counting orally each day.  Children have the most difficulty with the transitions:  29-30, 39-40, 49-50, etc.  An easy way to check to see if your child is counting correctly is to listen to them count when you are driving in the car!  If your child is doing well with this, try counting by 10s, teach them to count by 5s, count down from 20, or skip count by 2s!!  These are all part of the common core curriculum and will need to be mastered by the end of the year.

 

 

Number Recognition

 

The first semester we work on number identification 0 - 12.  Students need to identify the number, write the number, count a set of numbers correctly, show the number in a ten frame and with tally marks, order the numbers, and determine numbers that are one more and one less.  We also work to determine missing numbers in a number line and quantity discrimination. Dice dot patterns are also important for your child to recognize with ease.

Number words to ten are also introduced.

 

 

Patterns

 

Patterns are all arounds us!  We see them in reading and math.  Our brains are "pattern seekers".   Recognizing patterns helps our mind organize, understand and foresee what's coming ahead.  Kindergarten students work with patterns on the calendar, with pattern blocks and cubes, and with numbers.  Our hundreds chart is full of patterns!