Quarter 4
Concepts Students will Use and Understand
FUN THINGS TO DO AT HOME
At counting from a number different than one. This is a good car activity. (Start counting at the number 42 etc. If this is easy for them, ask them to count backwards from a number.
Give your child a handful of objects to count out at the dinner table. (Count out 13 peas and 17 carrots, etc)
Count out objects like pennies, shells, buttons, toys and have your child count them.
Make a simple card game. Each player puts a card down, the greater number gets to keep both cards. Count to see who has the most at the end of game. (Good use for flash card number decks.)
Give your child play dough. Have them make small balls and use these for subtraction stories. They can smash the play-dough.
Do a shape scavenger hunt. Tell your child to see how many rectangles they can find in the home. Repeat with other shapes. (2D and 3D) Also hide objects and give your child position word clues. (above, below, beside, under, etc.)
Keep a box of paper towel rolls, toilet tissue rolls, Kleenex boxes, oatmeal containers, etc. to make creations and inventions at home.
Ask a lot of measurement math question. Ex: Which is heavier? The dog food bag or cat food bag? Who is the tallest in the family? Who is the shortest?
Have your child help put away groceries, but have them do some sorting into categories. (Fruit, vegetables, canned goods) Have them count them as well.
Cut out pictures in magazines to sort. Fruits/vegetables, Animals that fly/animals that don’t fly, toys for outside/inside.
Concepts Students will Use and Understand
- Count forward from numbers other than 1
- Count up to 10 scattered objects
- Count up to 20 objects in a line, array or circle
- Compares 2 written numbers between 1 and 10 (use terms greater than, less than, equal to)
- Addition and subtraction to 10 (Using fingers, drawings, sounds, acting out situations)
- Add and subtract fluently to 5
- Solves addition and subtraction word problems within 10. (Using objects or drawings)
- Names and describes shapes (2D -circle, square, rhombus, rectangle, triangle and 3D – cube, cylinder, cone, sphere)
- Uses position words (above, below, besides, in front of, behind, next to)
- Composes simple shapes to form larger shapes
- Describe attributes of an object (length/weight/height)
- Measures objects to see which has more or less or specific attribute (ex-taller)
- Sort objects and count
FUN THINGS TO DO AT HOME
At counting from a number different than one. This is a good car activity. (Start counting at the number 42 etc. If this is easy for them, ask them to count backwards from a number.
Give your child a handful of objects to count out at the dinner table. (Count out 13 peas and 17 carrots, etc)
Count out objects like pennies, shells, buttons, toys and have your child count them.
Make a simple card game. Each player puts a card down, the greater number gets to keep both cards. Count to see who has the most at the end of game. (Good use for flash card number decks.)
Give your child play dough. Have them make small balls and use these for subtraction stories. They can smash the play-dough.
Do a shape scavenger hunt. Tell your child to see how many rectangles they can find in the home. Repeat with other shapes. (2D and 3D) Also hide objects and give your child position word clues. (above, below, beside, under, etc.)
Keep a box of paper towel rolls, toilet tissue rolls, Kleenex boxes, oatmeal containers, etc. to make creations and inventions at home.
Ask a lot of measurement math question. Ex: Which is heavier? The dog food bag or cat food bag? Who is the tallest in the family? Who is the shortest?
Have your child help put away groceries, but have them do some sorting into categories. (Fruit, vegetables, canned goods) Have them count them as well.
Cut out pictures in magazines to sort. Fruits/vegetables, Animals that fly/animals that don’t fly, toys for outside/inside.
Quarter 3
Concepts Students will Use and Understand
FUN THINGS TO DO AT HOME
Have your child count at different times throughout the day (car, bedtime)
Give your child a handful of small objects like pennies, buttons, cherries, or match box cars to count.
Dinner time is great time to discuss greater than and less than! (Ex: Who has a greater number of cookies, would you like less macaroni and cheese, etc)
Practice writing numbers and addition problems to 5 with sidewalk chalk or bathtub crayons.
Act out addition and subtraction stories. (Put 2 toys in the toy box. Put 3 more toys in the toy box. How many toys have you put away? At the grocery store, I need 5 apples. 3 of these should be green. How many reds ones do I need to get?)
- Count to 100 by 1’s and 10’s
- Count up to 20 objects in a line, array and a circle and write correct number
- Compare two sets up to ten objects and use terms greater than, less than and equal to
- Addition and subtraction within 5 (Can use fingers, objects, mental images, drawings, sounds, and acting out situations)
- Word problems using addition and subtraction to five (drawings and objects)
FUN THINGS TO DO AT HOME
Have your child count at different times throughout the day (car, bedtime)
Give your child a handful of small objects like pennies, buttons, cherries, or match box cars to count.
Dinner time is great time to discuss greater than and less than! (Ex: Who has a greater number of cookies, would you like less macaroni and cheese, etc)
Practice writing numbers and addition problems to 5 with sidewalk chalk or bathtub crayons.
Act out addition and subtraction stories. (Put 2 toys in the toy box. Put 3 more toys in the toy box. How many toys have you put away? At the grocery store, I need 5 apples. 3 of these should be green. How many reds ones do I need to get?)
Quarter 2
Concepts Students will Use and Understand
- Count by ones from 0 to 100
- Counting on from a given number
- Write numbers from 0 to 20
- Understand that when counting, the next number said is one larger (5 is one more than 4)
- Count to match objects in a set
- Compare objects as greater than, less than or equal to with up to 10 objects in a set
- Compare 2 numbers between 1 and 10 as written numerals
Fun Things to do at home
- Have your child count the number of spoons and folks in the drawer. Compare to see which set is greater or less than a set.
- Help your child learn to count forward from 1 to 100. They can start at 58 and count to 75, or start at 28 and count to 63
- Place money in a straight line and have your child touch and count each coin (they do not need to know
- Play games that require counting and using dice, such as Trouble, Chutes and Ladders.
- First, your child separates the buttons into different piles based on color (all the blue buttons are in one
in each pile: blue (5), green (4), orange (3).
- Help your child learn various words to compare objects she sees in her world. For example, when she
- Students may use observation to compare two quantities (e.g., by looking at two sets of objects, they may be able to tell which set has more or less without counting).
- Use benchmark numbers such as 0, 5, 10 to help students develop sense of quantity. Then the student state whether the number of objects in a set is more, less, or equal to a set that has 0, 5, or 10 objects.
Quarter 1
Counting
· Count by ones from 0 to 100
· Counting on from a given number
· Write numbers from 0 to 10
· Understand that when counting, the next number said is one larger (5 is one more than 4)
· Count to match objects in a set
Shapes
· Recognize, name, build, draw, compare, and sort simple two- and three-dimensional shapes
· Describe attributes and parts of two- and three-dimensional shapes,
· Group objects according to common properties
· Investigate and predict the results of putting together and taking apart simple two- and three-dimensional shapes
· Describe, name, and interpret relative positions in space and apply ideas about relative position
· Count by ones from 0 to 100
· Counting on from a given number
· Write numbers from 0 to 10
· Understand that when counting, the next number said is one larger (5 is one more than 4)
· Count to match objects in a set
Shapes
· Recognize, name, build, draw, compare, and sort simple two- and three-dimensional shapes
· Describe attributes and parts of two- and three-dimensional shapes,
· Group objects according to common properties
· Investigate and predict the results of putting together and taking apart simple two- and three-dimensional shapes
· Describe, name, and interpret relative positions in space and apply ideas about relative position
Fun things to do at Home
Counting
· Have your child count the number of spoons in the drawer.
· Help your child learn to count forward from 1 to 50. Don’t always begin at 1; start at other numbers
like counting up from 15 etc.
· While your child is taking a bath, spray a little shaving cream on the wall and have your child write the numbers 0 – 9.
· Lay out your child’s toys, and have your child touch and count each one.
· Place money in a straight line and have your child touch and count each coin (they do not need to know the name or value of the coins, just using them as a counter).
· Play games that require counting and using dice, such as Chutes and Ladders.
Shapes
· Help your child learn various words to compare objects she sees in her world. For example, when she sees two dogs, it could be one is taller, and one shorter.
Locate different shapes outside, e.g. the window pane of a house is a square, the sun is a sphere.
· Correctly find and name the shape of objects throughout the grocery store and in her surroundings, e.g. ice cream cones have cones.
· Compose simple shapes to form larger shapes. For example, “Can you join these two triangles with full sides touching to make a rectangle?”.
· Have your child count the number of spoons in the drawer.
· Help your child learn to count forward from 1 to 50. Don’t always begin at 1; start at other numbers
like counting up from 15 etc.
· While your child is taking a bath, spray a little shaving cream on the wall and have your child write the numbers 0 – 9.
· Lay out your child’s toys, and have your child touch and count each one.
· Place money in a straight line and have your child touch and count each coin (they do not need to know the name or value of the coins, just using them as a counter).
· Play games that require counting and using dice, such as Chutes and Ladders.
Shapes
· Help your child learn various words to compare objects she sees in her world. For example, when she sees two dogs, it could be one is taller, and one shorter.
Locate different shapes outside, e.g. the window pane of a house is a square, the sun is a sphere.
· Correctly find and name the shape of objects throughout the grocery store and in her surroundings, e.g. ice cream cones have cones.
· Compose simple shapes to form larger shapes. For example, “Can you join these two triangles with full sides touching to make a rectangle?”.