This area of learning includes big ideas about students’ understanding of mathematical reasoning and their ability to solve problems using learned strategies. We have developed activities to help you better support your child at home. You may access the activities by clicking on any of the progressions below. Should you wish to print the activities for quick reference, click on the printer icon included with each progression.
A kindergarten student will explain the relationship between numbers and quantities; count forward and backward in sequence; compose and decompose numbers; identify, write, represent, and compare numbers; and use the concepts of addition, subtraction, and equality to solve problems.
Big Idea
A kindergarten student will explain, extend, and create repeating patterns and describe patterns involving the passage of time.
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Activities
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Playing the Numbers Game:
Draw a simple picture and ask your child to extend the pattern four times (e.g., heart, circle, heart, circle, heart, circle, heart, circle or 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4). Ask your child to start the pattern, repeat four times, and then switch the AB pattern to another pattern to see if your child follows. Vary the patterns ABC, ABBA, ABCD, ABCABC, etc. As your child displays their patterns, ask them to explain the pattern to you.
Dear Diary: With your child, keep a daily diary where your child draws a picture about their day and makes a prediction about what might happen tomorrow. Review the entries from prior days to determine if the predictions came true. Incorporate words such as “yesterday,” “today,” and “tomorrow.” |
Exceeding
Big Idea
A kindergarten student will observe, describe, and compare the physical and measurable attributes of objects, and analyze graphical displays of data.
Big Idea
A kindergarten student will identify, describe, and compare basic shapes, form 2-dimensional shapes and 3-dimensional figures, and describe the relative location of an object using positional words.