The attached Choice Board Offers some anytime Math activities to help practice skills. This can take the place of Math Workshop while your child is learning from home.
Grade K Math Choice Menu
Items on this menu are grade level appropriate with some extension and some review.
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Cereal Math
Scoop a cup of different colored cereal or other multi-colored items.
- Count all.
- Sort by color.
- Count each color set.
- Add 2 colors together.
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Measurement
Using a standard unit of measurement (feet/inches) or a non-standard unit of measurement (hand/foot/finger/pencil/) measure items in your house/yard/
- How long is it?
- How wide is it?
- How tall is it?
- How deep is it?
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Junk Mail Word Problems
Select a picture, graph, advertisement, restaurant menu from junk mail, a newspaper or a magazine. Write a word problem to represent what is being shown.
Use grade level math concepts:
- Counting
- Ordering and comparing
- Addition
- Subtraction
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Create a Song or Poem
Create a song or poem that teaches
- Numbers 1-20
- Compares numbers between 1-10
- Fluently add or subtract within 5
- Describes shapes (squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres)
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Counting On/Skip Count
- Practice counting on from a given number other than 1 (1-100)
- Skip count by 2, 5, 10
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Create a 100 Chart
- Color all the even numbers red.
- Color all of the odd numbers blue
- Count by 5s. Put a square around each number.
- Count by 10s. Put a circle around each number.
Next:
- Do you notice any patterns?
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Geometry
Ask your child to find items that are :
- squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres
- Ask your child to sort different items based on on their shape
- Identify shapes as 2d or 3d
- Build shapes using items such as Play-doh or popsicle sticks
- Draw a picture using different shapes
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Connection to Reading
Use the characters and situation from a story you recently read to create a word problem.
Use grade level math concepts:
Use grade level math concepts:
- Counting
- Ordering and comparing
- Addition
- Subtraction
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Make a Graph
Make a simple bar graph:
- Survey family members on their favorites (ex: fruit, vegetables, dessert, etc)
- Make a graph with toys
Next:
- Compare the data on the graph and tell a family member 3 true statements about the data.
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