You may or may not be aware that this year, ALL kindergarten students will
take the SAT-10 test in both reading and mathematics.
Mathematics is concepts and a process, which needs to be reinforced; hence
you need to continue practicing these skills in everyday activities. There
is a plethora of skills that I have already taught and an abundance yet to
come.
Here are some of the skills we have or will be continuing to work on this
marking period:
K.CC.1: Count to 100 by ones and by tens.
K.CC.2: Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence
(instead of having to begin at 1).
K.CC.3: Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a
written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).
K.CC.4: Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect
counting to cardinality.
K.CC.5: Count to answer “how many?” questions about as many as 20 things
arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things
in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1–20, count out that many
objects
K.CC.6: Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than,
less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using
matching and counting strategies. (Include groups with up to ten objects)
K.CC.7: Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals.
K.G.1: Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes, and
describe the relative positions of these objects using terms such as above,
below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to.
K.G.2: Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall
size.
K.G.3: Identify shapes as two-dimensional (lying in a plane, “flat”) or three
dimensional (“solid”).
K.OA.1: Represent addition and subtraction with equations.
K.OA.2: Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract
within 10 (first marking period to 10, now to 20)
K.OA.3: Decompose numbers less than or equal to 20 into pairs in more than
one way, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each decomposition by
a drawing or equation (e.g., 5 = 2 + 3 and 5 = 4 + 1).
K.OA.4: For any number from 1 to 20, find the number that makes/equals 20.
K.OA.5: Fluently add and subtract.
Some examples to do with your child:
At the grocery store: pick up two apples, or any item, and ask, “If I have
two apples, how many more will I need to have 5?” Staying in the fruit and
vegetable section, picking up two groups of bananas and asking “Which group
of bananas is the fewest?”
Asking your child what is “above”, or “below” or “to the right or left” of
something.
Other skills we are working on that will be tested:
Number line
Patterns
First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth……. (Example: which is 5th in
line?)
Tally Marks
Charts and Graphs
Comparing Sets (fewer, most, least, greatest…)
Stay tuned for more…
