Math Resources
Within the following
sites you will find at least one resource for each of the seven standards of
math listed on the Voluntary State Curriculum for Maryland.
The resources will give you ideas on how to go about teaching the
different standards to the children.
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Measurement
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http://mathforum.org/varnelle/kgeo.html
Date viewed: May 19, 2005
http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/lessons/K2K_Pitter_Patter.pdf
Date
Viewed: May 19,2005
This is a great web unit that walks you through engaging activities created for kindergarten aged students dealing with beginning fraction concepts. The site is created and maintained by Varnelle Moore from the Math Forum at Drexel. The students will learn how to express equal parts, divide and shade, parts to whole, and writing fractions. Within the unit, there are also opportunities to bring in literature to help with the study of fractions. There are also teacher extensions for the children that are ready for further study.
http://mathforum.org/varnelle/knum3.html
Date Visited: May 18, 2005
In this unit, which should be taught at the end of the Kindergarten year, the students will gain a concrete understanding of probability terms likely, less likely, never, etc. The unit begins by reading the book, "The Boy Who was Always Late!" The unit delves into the concept of fairness and collecting data based on an experiment. Created by Jennifer Altman and Hana Motozono from General Wolfe Elementary.
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/2255.html Date Visited: May 31, 2005
In this lesson, the students will collect and display data by creating graphs about characteristics of classmates. The first day, discuss similarities and differences and everyone has both. Take one characteristic to look at, like hair color. Ask one student to give the hair color of another student and then graph the color. Discuss most frequent color, least frequent color, and so on. The lesson was created by Debbie Haren.
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/190.shtml Date Visited: May 29, 2005
The students will listen to a shared reading of the story, "Rainbow Fish." The teacher has a jar of fish and the students estimate how many fish are in the jar. Then, they will graph the colored scales of the fish and answer a series of statistical questions, such as, which color had the most, which color had the least and so on. As an assessment the students will get 10 fruit loops and be asked to create a graph using the different colors. The site was created by Patricia Pena. It is part of an initiative by the U.S. Department of Education.
http://pt3.cl.uh.edu/lessonplan/lessonplansee2.cfm?ID=430 Date Visited: May 29, 2005
List of Daily Graphing Questions
This site provides the teacher with a list of questions that can be asked in order to compile a graph. These questions are well suited to Kindergarten children and is a great way to take attendance every morning. The question is posted and they move there name above the appropriate answer. The list makes is easier since you don't have to think of all the questions yourself.
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/statprob9.html Date Visited: May 31,2005
The Pumpkin, Pumpkin lesson plans teaches students measurement concepts using a pumpkin. Students will find the circumference of the pumpkin by first estimating the distance around by cutting a pieces of yarn. Then they will actually find the distance around using uncut string. Finally, they will compare the two string lengths. The data can be recorded in a chart based on the different size pumpkins. The story by Jeanne Titherington, "Pumpkin, Pumpkin," will get this lesson off to a great start. The lesson was created by Judy Christiansen.
http://www.kids-learn.org/pumpkins/ideas.htm Date Visited: May 29, 2005
A great lesson to assess students prior knowledge at the beginning of the year about big and little objects. The students are divided into 2 teams, the big team and the little team. Both teams name something that is either big for the big group or little for the little group. However, you have to say something bigger then the person before if you are on the big team. Likewise for the small team. The site was carted and is maintained by the Houghton Mifflin Company.
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/large/whatbig.html Date Visited: may 29, 2005
Manipulative
+ Literature = Mathematical Thinkers
This year long unit encourages and teaches student how to become independent mathematical thinkers and problem solvers. The students will have the opportunity to see math in everyday life and literature. The unit spans all standards and encompasses many skills needed for everyday life. The unit was created and is maintained by Kelly Flynn and Debbie Willett from Sharonville Elementary in Cincinnati, Ohio.
http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/lessons/K2K_Manipulates.pdf
Date
Visited: May 19,2005
Lessons to meet a variety of standards
These lessons were written to meet California kindergarten standards. Maryland standards align with the California standards, therefore, the lessons are excellent resources. The lessons are engaging and hands on allowing the students multiple avenues to process the knowledge. Each standard also has a story problem lesson associated with it thus allowing the teacher to address the processes of mathematics standard. The site was created by Joshua Cowell School in, Manteca, CA.
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/1318.html Date Visited: May 28, 2005
This lesson focuses students on writing word or story problems using the Dr.Suess book, "I Can Lick 30 Tigers." The students help solve the word problems in the book and then create their own problems. The lesson integrates reading comprehension with math which is essential in a Kindergarten classroom. The author of the lesson plan is Marc Sheehan. He is also the creator of the lesson plan page. The page was last modified on May29,2005.
http://www.halcyon.com/marcs/litmath.html Date Visited: May 29,2005