Kindergarten, Math, Week 22

Monday we worked on Estimating Weight

• You'll Need: a More/Less Spinner, Computer Clip Art CD
• I started by copying a picture of a wedding cake and pasting it onto a blank sheet in a document.
• K. flicked the spinner. It landed on "More", so she had to find something in Clip Art that would weigh more than a cake and copy and paste it to the document. (She chose a cow.)
• Next I flicked the spinner. It landed on "Less", so I had to find something in Clip Art that would weigh less than a cow.
• We continued our tuns until the page was full. At one point K. needed something that weighed more than a house -- she found a picture of Earth.

Tuesday we played with Number Patterns

• Game: Three Pots, see Math, Week 19 for instructions

Wednesday we practiced Counting On

• I got out our bag of coins and we reviewed the worth of each coin
• Then I put out a nickle and 3 pennies and had her count the total: 5, 6, 7, 8
• I kept putting out different combinations of coins for her to count
• We did this about 10 times

Thursday we worked with Place Value

• Game: Bunch of Beans, see Math, Week 19 for instructions

Friday we reviewed Recognizing Numbers

• On our way to the park (about 10 miles away) we read all the numbers we could see on signs.
• It was a contest to see who could see them and read them off first.
• K. won as my first priority was driving and safety.