Kindergarten, Math, Week 38

Monday

• Fractions: Halves of a set
• We went into the kitchen and I pulled out sets of things: forks, recipe books, bowls, spices, etc.
• K. divided each set in half

Tuesday

• Calculator: Make numbers
• I said or wrote a number and K. punched it into the calculator
• Then she punched in numbers and read them to me

Wednesday

• Fractions: One-Half
• I had printed some manipulatives: a pizza, a pie, a chocolate candy bar (I put some figured contact paper that I had on the back side to make them durable)
• I showed these and we talked about one-half
• I had made a worksheet showing how to write 1/2. Explaining the denominator tells how many equal parts are in the whole and the numerator tells how many parts we are talking about. I had made four circles on the paper and divided them in half, coloring each side a different color. Then asked, "How many parts (of this circle) are yellow?" This gave K. the opportunity to write the fraction 1/2.

Thursday

• Game: Triangles, see Math, Week 31 for instructions

Friday

• Problem Solving
• Activity: Number Stories, see Math, Week 26 for instructions