Math - Addition Houses

In kindergarten we are really working on our addition facts to 10.   This is such a complex skill for some of the kindergarten kids.

My kids have LOVED all the scavenger hunts that we have done in our room.  They love moving around and the are actively engaged in what they are doing.  Because of this, I decided to do another scavenger hunt actively, this time with math facts.  We have been talking about our families, so I thought I would tie math into this.

To introduce our lesson, I showed the kids an orange card with a number on top of it.  I told the kids that 7 people lived in the house.  Some lived upstairs and some lived downstairs.  I  told them that altogether there were 7 people in the house and that we needed to make an equation with the info that we had.  I had the card under my document camera projected onto the Smart Board.  We talked about what we saw.

Each kid made an equation on their white boards.  We started with 7 because we knew that there were 7 people altogether.  We then added the people in the house.  This child said that there were 7 people.  2 live downstairs and 5 live upstairs.

This child said 5 people live upstairs + 2 people live downstairs = 7 people altogether.

We practiced looking at several different houses and we wrote several different equations,

One of my paras hid a bunch of blue houses with people in them around the room.

The kids were then given a sheet with some houses with numbers on top and lines in the middle.  They were told that they needed to go around the room and look at the blue houses.  They needed to find the house that the equation belonged in.

This was the part that they loved.

They did so well with this and some of them found almost all the houses.  They were bound and determined to find all the equations that equaled each total.

During our math center time they are going to look at the houses and write the equation that it shows.

They are also going to take a task card and read what it says.

They will find the house mat that has the same number on it as the total number of people that live in the house.  They are then going to use people manipulatives to show what the the task card says.

They will make sure they write the equation that shows what the task card says.

They had so much fun today and asked if we could keep doing our math problems.  We spent a lot longer on math than we usually do.  They were actively engaged and on-task the entire time!!  One of my little K sweeties said to me, "My memory is full!"  I asked why he said that and he said, "I learned a lot today!"  It made me laugh.  We learn a lot every day.  I promise!

You can find my math pack HERE.

Have a great night!

Sara

St. Patrick's Day Pack

I can't believe we are already starting our last week in February and March 1st will be here on Friday!  I can't believe that spring will be here before we know it.  I also can't believe that I have gotten my St. Patrick's Day Pack done BEFORE March has even started.  It is loaded with skills that our first graders need to know.  In my pack, you will find a letter to parents asking them to help their child build a Leprechaun trap.  There is a recipe for Shamrock Shakes.  There are lots of literacy center activities, math activities and writing activities.  Pictured below are some of the samples included in the pack.  You can find it here....St-Patricks-Day-Literacy-and-Math-Centers-More

You will find a letter to parents inviting them to help their child build a Leprechaun Trap.  Some pictures are included to show examples from my kiddos last year.

There is a mini book.  Some pages have pictures and some the kids will be able to draw pictures.  It has lots of facts included to tell about St. Patrick's Day.

 

Children will be able to match analog and digital clocks with each other matching times to the hour and half hour.  4 worksheets are included to go along with this.

In this activity students will solve addition equations.  They will solve addition equations and match the coins to the answer on the pots.  An addition facts sheet can be completed after.

Who doesn't love Lucky Charms?  With tis activity, you will give your kids each a baggie with cereal in it.  They will complete the graphs based on the number of each marshmallow they have.

 In this activity, students will sort words that have a ch, sh, wh or th in them.  They will record the words on the worksheet provided.

 

In this activity, students will look at words with the "R" sound.  They will notice that ir, ur, er, or ear sometimes makes the "r" sound.  They will sort this words and record 5 of each one on the recording sheet.

 



Child will sort words into piles of singular or plural nouns.   They will record them on the recording sheet.

Students will learn about contractions in this activity.  They will put puzzles together with two words and it's contraction word. 

In this activity, students will learn about future, present and past tense words. They will sort sentences into the correct columns. After sorting, they will do a worksheet.

In these puzzles students will make compound words.  They will put two words together to make a compound word.

In this activity, students will match shamrock pairs with words that mean the same thing.  They will complete the worksheet after.

Students will put pairs of words together that mean the opposite of each other.  A worksheet is included.

We will end the day by making Shamrock Shakes.

This activity is always one of my favorites.  I put each child's name on a piece of paper.  Each child has to draw a name.  They have to look at the name and write about why that person is a good friend or why we are lucky to have them in our class.

You can find these activities by visiting my TPT store....by clicking here....St-Patricks-Day-Literacy-and-Math-Centers-More

Enjoy your week!
Sara