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Essential Math Skills for Kindergarten: A Comprehensive Guide

Explore the essential math concepts for kindergarten aligned with Core Standards, including counting to 20, comparing objects, and more. Enhance learning with daily activities and problem-solving tasks.

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Essential Math Skills for Kindergarten: A Comprehensive Guide

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  1. Using the Daily Guide for Mathematics • And • The Kindergarten Core Standards • Presented by • Kristen Poindexter

  2. The Core Standards • Developed to complement the Indiana Academic Standards • Outline of the most important concepts students must know by the end of the grade level • Integrate multiple standard indicators into a small number of targets

  3. The Kindergarten CoreStandards • #1 Counting to 20 • #2 Comparing and Classifying Objects • #3 Measurement • Did you notice what’s missing?

  4. Daily Guide for Math • Framework designed to help us get all important components of Math in everyday • Consists of Daily Spiral Review, Direct Instruction, Writing Activity, and Problem Solving/Reasoning

  5. Comparing and Classifying Objects * Identify and describe common geometric objects *Identify, describe, sort, compare, and classify objects by size, shape, roundness, number of vertices, and other attributes

  6. Comparing/Classifying Objects • Daily Spiral Review • people sorting • use attribute blocks • play “Sorting Rule” game • math pocket chart riddles

  7. Comparing/Classifying Objects • Direct Instruction/Standards Based • Circus Shapes by Stuart Murphy • 3 Little Firefighters by Stuart Murphy • Keynote presentation • Math Pocket Chart Riddles • Sorting Circles w/attribute blocks • Draw A..., It can be... pocket charts

  8. Comparing/Classifying Objects • Problem Solving/Reasoning • “Enchanted Forest” • “Stack, Tell, Spin, and Win” • Shape Chart • Shape Walk http://www.poindexterpress.blogspot.com • “Stacks” • 10 Red Apples

  9. Comparing/Classifying Objects • Writing Activity • Give an example (2 items), write about how they are alike and different • Write a new shape riddle -put it in a book for the classroom

  10. Counting to 20* counting objects and using symbols* find one more/one less than any number up to 20* recognize numbers from 10-20 and represent as groups of tens and ones* show equivalent forms of the same number using objects, diagrams, and numerals

  11. Counting to 20 • Daily Spiral Review • Calendar • counting to 20+ by ones, fives, and tens • straws, how many days in school • base ten blocks • money count, exchanging coins each day for bigger coins

  12. Money during Calendar

  13. Counting to 20 • Direct Instruction/Standards Based • use math mats to show groups • Number Dice Toss • Rock It, Sock It, Number Line • Every Buddy Counts • Math Monsters (United Streaming)

  14. Counting to 20 • Problem Solving/Reasoning • “Parking Lot” • Clown Balance • Fill in the Missing number • What’s the Missing Number Rhyme • Finger Counting (DNC pg. 34) • Plus 1 game • What’s Missing

  15. Finger Counting • Be sure to write down the math sentences as you work through the combinations with the children.

  16. Counting to 20 • Writing Activity • Make a number book • Every Buddy Counts classbook • Make “Groups Of” posters • Writing more than/less than sentences

  17. Any Questions? • Try filling out the Daily Guide to Math using the Measurement Content Standard

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