Our focus last week and this week has been identifying coins and how much they are worth. Kindergarteners are expected to know the names of each coin and know how much it is worth. We learned a song to help us remember each coin and have played a variety of games and activities during math work places. We've also looked closely at each coin, noticing what graphics were displayed on each and did coin rubbings to recreate the coins. Ask your child to sing the coin song to you. It starts, "Penny, 1 cent, Penny, 1 cent...."
We have also been diligently practicing how to count in groups of five. Using our math hands we have practiced counting while reading books, playing magic number, and beat you to 50!
We continue to practice numeral writing through white boards and spin a number and also practice writing number sentences to 12.
Math work places offer each student multiple opportunities to practice each skill in fun, interactive, game based centers.
