Halloween Math Fun!

Halloween Bump











Pumpkin Patch Fun

Geoboard shapes

Counting Plus - multi player game

 Shape count and number

Halloween patterns with stamps

Counting Pumpkins little readers

Pumpkin number rhymes

Making 4 - Using this first in a teacher led table for a few days, and then it became independent.

Halloween number write the room.

Measuring a skeleton with unified cubes - then they took it to the bathroom to watch it glow!

 Measuring activities - Lots of Lines and Farm Animals

Week 8 and 9, 2014: subitizing, sorting, writing numbers, making numbers, shapes, positional words

Activities:
     *Subitzing dot game

     *Sorting Leaves

     *More or Less game

     *Shape and count roll 

     *Fabulous Worm Game
     *Roll a fall tree
     *Tic Tac Toe

     *Write a number on the long strip

     *Dot to Dot 1 to 10 - Computer game

     *Number Match - Computer

     *Dot numbers on ten frame

     *Positional BUMP

Week 7 - Shapes, sorting, numbers, counting, showing a number

Activities:

  *Rub a number - students rub a number in the middle of their paper, then draw four lines to make boxes, then draw 4 way to show the number. (dots, tally, fingers, objects, number word)  I think this year I am only going to have them show me one or two ways to make the number - it is hard for me to even come up with 4!

    *Subitizing - dot the number just like the card using dot markers

    *Monster Teeth - Students roll the dice, write the number and put that number of teeth on the monster.
    *Subitizing Game - Cover board, partner removes the piece and places it back quick, if the friend guesses the number correctly, then he keep the piece and the game continues.
    *Little Monster Roll and Cover - Roll a dot dice, place a unifix cube on the number, if you get the same number twice, you may snap it on and no one can knock you off, if you have only one on the number, someone can take that spot.  Person with the most pieces on the board, wins!
    *Numeral Dice Toss - Roll the dot die and write the number on the sheet starting at the bottom.
    *Computer game - Candle Counting
    *Dinosaur counting - iPads
    *Fact family of three - bowl game - just facts of 3

Monday
    *Computer game - Candle Counting
    *Numeral Dice Toss - Roll the dot die and write the number on the sheet starting at the bottom.
    *Little Monster Roll and Cover - Roll a dot dice, place a unifix cube on the number, if you get the same number twice, you may snap it on and no one can knock you off, if you have only one on the number, someone can take that spot.  Person with the most pieces on the board, wins! NEW! (parent helper)
    *Dinosaur counting - iPads

Tuesday
  *Computer game - Candle Counting
    *Numeral Dice Toss - Roll the dot die and write the number on the sheet starting at the bottom.
    *Little Monster Roll and Cover - Roll a dot dice, place a unifix cube on the number, if you get the same number twice, you may snap it on and no one can knock you off, if you have only one on the number, someone can take that spot.  Person with the most pieces on the board, wins!
    *Dinosaur counting - iPads

Wednesday
  *Computer game - Candle Counting
    *Numeral Dice Toss - Roll the dot die and write the number on the sheet starting at the bottom.
    *Little Monster Roll and Cover - Roll a dot dice, place a unifix cube on the number, if you get the same number twice, you may snap it on and no one can knock you off, if you have only one on the number, someone can take that spot.  Person with the most pieces on the board, wins!
    *Dinosaur counting - iPads
    *Rub a number - students rub a number in the middle of their paper, then draw four lines to make boxes, then draw 4 way to show the number. (dots, tally, fingers, objects, number word)  NEW!

Thursday
  *Computer game - Candle Counting
    *Numeral Dice Toss - Roll the dot die and write the number on the sheet starting at the bottom.
    *Little Monster Roll and Cover - Roll a dot dice, place a unifix cube on the number, if you get the same number twice, you may snap it on and no one can knock you off, if you have only one on the number, someone can take that spot.  Person with the most pieces on the board, wins!
    *Dinosaur counting - iPads
     *Rub a number - students rub a number in the middle of their paper, then draw four lines to make boxes, then draw 4 way to show the number. (dots, tally, fingers, objects, number word)

Friday
  *Computer game - Candle Counting
    *Numeral Dice Toss - Roll the dot die and write the number on the sheet starting at the bottom.
    *Little Monster Roll and Cover - Roll a dot dice, place a unifix cube on the number, if you get the same number twice, you may snap it on and no one can knock you off, if you have only one on the number, someone can take that spot.  Person with the most pieces on the board, wins!
    *Dinosaur counting - iPads
     *Rub a number - students rub a number in the middle of their paper, then draw four lines to make boxes, then draw 4 way to show the number. (dots, tally, fingers, objects, number word)
    *Subitizing - dot the number just like the card using dot markers  NEW!

Week six - printing numbers 6-10, sets, counting, number id, and subtizing

Activities
    *SMART Board - How many?  Students count, write the number and check their answer.  Carpet friends waiting a turn will be matching sets.
    *Printing numbers 6-10 - teacher led, say poems as you guide students through the correct writing process.
    *Monster Eyes - roll, write and count the correct number of eyes
    *Roll Say Keep - Students place the cards on their board, roll and say the number, if they are correct, they get to keep the card - hope to use this as an independent game.  (after teacher led day)
    *Fire Safety Game - Here is a great article on games.  Counting on.  Parent led activity
    *Subitizing Game - Great game for quick count and taking turns.
    *Computer - 5 frame
     *iPad - Counting Race - two friends can play this game and it is a subitizing game - they look and count fast and the first one to press the correct number wins the point - the one with the most points gets to do a little fun activity.

Monday
     *iPad - Counting Race - two friends can play this game and it is a subitizing game - they look and count fast and the first one to press the correct number wins the point - the one with the most points gets to do a little fun activity.  NEW!
    *Printing numbers 6-10 - teacher led, say poems as you guide students through the correct writing process.
    *Roll Say Keep - Students place the cards on their board, roll and say the number, if they are correct, they get to keep the card - hope to use this as an independent game.  (after teacher led day)
    *Fire Safety Game - Here is a great article on games.  Counting on.  Parent led activity.  NEW!
    *Computer - 5 frame  NEW!

Tuesday
    *iPad - Counting Race - two friends can play this game and it is a subitizing game - they look and count fast and the first one to press the correct number wins the point - the one with the most points gets to do a little fun activity.
    *Printing numbers 6-10 - teacher led, say poems as you guide students through the correct writing process.
    *Roll Say Keep - Students place the cards on their board, roll and say the number, if they are correct, they get to keep the card - hope to use this as an independent game.  (after teacher led day)
     *Computer - 5 frame
    *Monster Eyes - roll, write and count the correct number of eyes.  NEW!

Wednesday
    *iPad - Counting Race - two friends can play this game and it is a subitizing game - they look and count fast and the first one to press the correct number wins the point - the one with the most points gets to do a little fun activity.
    *Printing numbers 6-10 - teacher led, say poems as you guide students through the correct writing process.
    *Roll Say Keep - Students place the cards on their board, roll and say the number, if they are correct, they get to keep the card - hope to use this as an independent game.  (after teacher led day)
     *Computer - 5 frame
    *Monster Eyes - roll, write and count the correct number of eyes

Thursday
     *iPad - Counting Race - two friends can play this game and it is a subitizing game - they look and count fast and the first one to press the correct number wins the point - the one with the most points gets to do a little fun activity.
    *Subitizing Game - Great game for quick count and taking turns. NEW!
    *Roll Say Keep - Students place the cards on their board, roll and say the number, if they are correct, they get to keep the card - hope to use this as an independent game.  (after teacher led day)
     *Computer - 5 frame
    *Monster Eyes - roll, write and count the correct number of eyes

Friday
   *iPad - Counting Race - two friends can play this game and it is a subitizing game - they look and count fast and the first one to press the correct number wins the point - the one with the most points gets to do a little fun activity.
    *Subitizing Game - Great game for quick count and taking turns.
    *SMART Board - How many?  Students count, write the number and check their answer.  Carpet friends waiting a turn will be matching sets.  NEW!
     *Computer - 5 frame
    *Monster Eyes - roll, write and count the correct number of eyes

 

 

Week 5 of 2014 - Number printing, sets, shapes, positional words

Monday
    *SMART Board - Printing Numbers    NEW  (teacher led)
    *Dump Truck Counting Mat  - pick a number and fill with duplos the correct amount
    *Mister Mouse Game - positional words - Parent led    NEW
    *Computers - Fuzz Bugs - counting, sorting, order, positional
    *iTouch - Subitizing - quick game of flash cards   NEW

Tuesday
    *SMART Board - Printing Numbers   (teacher led)
    *Dump Truck Counting Mat  - pick a number and fill with duplos the correct amount
    *Dominos - subitzing, students make their boards look the same as the domino   NEW
    *Computers - Fuzz Bugs - counting, sorting, order, positional
    *iTouch - Subitizing - quick game of flash cards   NEW

Wednesday
    *SMART Board - Printing Numbers   (teacher led)
    *Roll Say Keep - Apple roll and color the correct number    NEW
    *Dominos - subitzing, students make their boards look the same as the domino
    *Computers - Fuzz Bugs - counting, sorting, order, positional
    *iTouch - Subitizing - quick game of flash cards

Thursday
     *SMART Board - Printing Numbers   (teacher led)
    *Roll Say Keep - Apple roll and color the correct number
    *Dominos - subitzing, students make their boards look the same as the domino
    *Computers - Fuzz Bugs - counting, sorting, order, positional
    *Shape up - Parent led game    NEW

Friday
     *SMART Board - Printing Numbers   (teacher led)
    *Roll Say Keep - Apple roll and say the correct number  and keep if they know it
    *Dominos - subitzing, students make their boards look the same as the domino
    *Computers - Fuzz Bugs - counting, sorting, order, positional
    *Roll and Cover  - roll a die and color the number   NEW

Week 4 of 2014

Monday:
    *Lakeshore has this great game, this week we will work on just numbers 1-10 (the game goes up to  20)  NEW

    *Shape Book will continue - Color and glue toothpicks on a hexagon

    *Dot to Dot Cards 

    *Bingo Dots

    *Brown Bear shape roll and match - And since we were working with shapes AND finishing our Brown Bear book, here is a cute little teacher directed activity.  NEW

     *Snack and iTouch - this week I will use Nemo 123 app

Tuesday:

    *Shape Book - a Hexagon flower

    *Lakeshore counting game

    *0 - 10 Number matching game - this is a new tub I will introduce.  NEW

    *Dot to Dot cards

    *Brown Bear roll and match

    *Snack and iTouch

Wednesday

    *Shape Book - Review all shapes and poems and color review page

    *Lakeshore game on Computer

    *0 - 10 Number Matching Game

    *Parking Lot - I use my plastic boats and make it a boat yard just to keep the noise down and the cars from flying.   NEW

    *Brown Bear Roll and Match and snack

    * iTouch - dot to dot

Thursday

    *Shape Book - Review all shapes and poems and color Front page - take home

    *Lakeshore game on Computer

    *0 - 10 Number Matching Game

    *Parking Lot 

    *Brown Bear Roll and Match and Snack

    * iTouch - Ninja numbers

Friday

    *Shape Game - Carson Delosa easy great review game.  NEW

    *Fuzz Bugs - sorting, counting, ordering and positional words  NEW

    *0 - 10 Number Matching Game

    *Dump Truck numbers  NEW

    *Brown Bear Roll and Match

    *Snack and iTouch

I will add pictures as I get a chance!

I placed the word NEW by tubs that I will introduce on that day.  Instead of trying to show the students several new tubs in one day, I have found just changing out one a day makes the introduction to what we are doing today much shorter and the students remember one new one better than several new ones.  

School Year 2014-2015 Week 1-3

Welcome Back!  So sorry for the late post, but everyone knows how crazy a start to Kindergarten is AND trying to get your scedule to work.

Week 1
We started the school year with just exploration,  Tubs are set out and the students simply explore what is there.  It give them a chance to get their "play" out.  Everyone wants to run their fingers through the buttons, but if you start right with a job for them to do, it is hard to focus with their desire to just play getting in the way.  SO you fix that with "explore" time.

Here are a list of some of my math tubs:
Links
Unifix cubes
Boats (from Oriental)
Keys
Pattern Blocks
Cubes
Tiles
Seashells
Squares
Shapes
Lids
Snap Cubes
Fish
Dinosaurs
Bread ties
Pentograms
Tangrams
Buttons
Jewels
Leaves (plastic from Michaels)


I usually move the tubs the first week, but due to our schedule, I needed for the students to move.  Here is why.  I have Math at the end of my day.  We have first lunch this year so I need to fit in packing up AND snack into my schedule without loosing instructional time, so I have one table for snack and one table for packing up.  I have continued with this for two weeks, and now that I have the students trained to pack up and I have taken that out of our rotation.

Week 2
Still exploring all five days.  Six tables with activities, remember two of those table are occupied with snack and packing up.  To make the packing up table independent, I used this packing up chart and the students checked off as they completed each item.  It made it so I could float and not stay just with packers.

Week 3

Monday:

Introduced 4 new jobs, still have packing and snack as the other 2 jobs.

    *Fishy Count on Computers - Great for counting, recognizing numbers and mouse practice.

    *Geoboard numbers - just making numbers on the Geoboards using picture cards to help.

    *Pete the Cat and his groovy buttons - Draw a card and place the correct buttons on Pete

    *Shape Book - my assistant is guiding this table with glue and scissors - Today is a Square House

Tuesday:
Moved packing up to before specials, opening up an additonal math tub
    *Fishy count
    *Geoboard numbers
    *Pete the Cat
    *Shape Book - Color and glue macaroni on triangle
    *Dot to Number - Tap not splat, students roll two die, one has a color dot and the other has a number on it - students tap using bingo markers on a blank sheet of paper.  Roll again, continue until the bell rings.

Wednesday:

Early Dismissal day so I had Math first thing in the morning  - so all 6 tubs were up and running

    *Fishy Count

    *Geoboard numbers

    *Dot to Number

    *Count and Write on iTouches

    *Dot to Dot Cards - students simply write the number and connet the numbers making a picture
    *Shape Book - Triangle carrots

   
Thursday:
    *Fishy Count
    *Geoboards
    *Dot to number Bingo dots
    *Shape Book - Color and glue Q-tips on rectangle
    *Snack with Count and Write on iTouches if they finish early
    *Dot to Dot Cards


Friday
    *Fishy Count - last day of this
    *Geoboards - last day of this
    *Shape Book - Rectangle window
    *Dot ot number using Bingo dots
    *Snack with Geoboards on iTouches if they finish early