Transition Games/Activities from Grade to Grade
As of June 2006
In order to have a smooth transition from Grade to Grade and so that teachers
can build on previously learned skills during the first week/month of school,
each student entering from a Clinton classroom will be familiar with the
following Investigations games by the end of the year in the following grades:
Kindergarten
Collect 25¢ Together
Collect 15 Together
extension: Collect 25 Together
extension: Collect 40 Together )The Teddy Bear Race
Routines:(Descriptions found in Investigations Books)
-Attendance
-Counting Jar(Majority of teachers used this Routine)
-Calendar
-Today’s Question
-Patterns on the Pocket Chart
Grade 1
Five-in-a-Row with Three Cards
Collect 25¢ Together
extension: Collect 15 Together
extension: Collect 25 Together
extension: Collect 40 Together
Counters in a Cup
Routines:(Descriptions found in Investigations Books)
-Attendance
-Sign in lunch-How many more,less,equal,odd,even,half,one more,two more,one
less, two less
-Counting Jar(Majority of teachers used this Routine)
-Calendar-patterns on the pocket chart
1.Day of Week-before, after,
ordinal-second Tuesday in May
2.Months
-Money Tub
-Today’s Question
-Oral and written daily/weekly math problems.
Grade 2
(1) Collect $1.00
(2) Tens Go Fish
(3) Capture 5
Grade 3
Close to 100
10 Minute Math-Today’s Number, Count Around the Class
Integrated Day 2-3
The Fraction Cookie Game
Close to 100
Capture 5
Plus-Minus-Stay the Same
Integrated Day 4-5
Close to 0
Close to 1000
Capture Fractions
The In-Between Game
Grade 4
Close to 1000
Capture 5
Grade 5
Fraction Track
In-Between Game
Capture Fractions
