Florida is all over the
Common Core with creative ways to make the skills go down. If you’ve never been to the fcrr.org
(Florida Council for Reading Research) website, it’s the BEST for activities
that align with the standards. The
teachers at the Florida Kindergarten Conference also taught me a few new math
tricks last week.
Tens and Ones
(Ginger McCormick)
(Cadence – Children repeat
each line.)
I don’t know but I’ve been
told. (Repeat)
Tens are tall and ones are
small.
First you count up all the
tens.
Then add the ones to the
end.
*Pick students to be tens
and stand tall.
Pick students to be ones
and sit criss-cross in front of the tens.
Count the tall students by
tens.
Count the students sitting
on the floor by one.
What’s the number?
Hands Up Addition (Cheri Buescher)
Cut hands out of construction paper and glue down the palms. Bend the fingers on each hand to make sets.
*Use for addition, more/less, etc.
Measurement (Angela Berthiaume)
Give each child 5
connecting cubes. They can walk
around the room and compare objects to their cube train using the words
“longer” and “shorter.” But, they
must use a whisper voice and only use the words “longer” and “shorter.” If they talk, they must sit down.
Mingle (Nancy Kulp)
Children walk around the
room whispering “mingle,” “mingle.”
The teacher calls out a number and the children have to form groups of
that amount. The remainders go to
the front of the room.
*Let the remainders cluck
like chickens!
*This time of year you
could change the word to “jingle.”
Elf Surprise! (Highlands Florida K Team)
Let an elf leave a
snowflake from toothpicks. (Bend 5
toothpicks as shown and put the points toward the center.) Turn it into a star by putting a drop
of water in the middle.
I’ve got more ideas from
Florida to share on tomorrow’s blog!