Math

We've started our new math unit on Number Sense and Numeration. I thought it might be helpful to share the curriculum expectations with you. By the end of our unit, your child is expected to:

• count forwards by 1's, 2's, 5's and 10's up to 100
• count backwards by 1's, 2's and 5's from 20
• demonstrate one to one correspondence when counting objects (meaning they assign a number to each object with no skipping or double counting)
• demonstrate the concept of conservation (meaning they know that 5 counters is 5 whether they are near or apart, moving them around or rearranging them doesn't change that there are still 5)
• read and print in words numbers to 10 (eg. one, two, etc)
• represent, compare and order numbers to 50 (eg. draw 8 circles, 10 is more than 5, putting numbers in order)
• estimate the number of objects and then check by counting
• relate numbers to the anchors of 5 and 10 (eg. 7 is 2 more than 5 and 3 less than 10)
• compose and decompose numbers up to 20 (eg. 7 can be made with 5 and 2 or 4 and 3)

It would be great if you can practice this at home. Count your pennies, nickels (by 5's), dimes (by 10's). Organize drawers and see how many socks you have (counting by 2's). Count how much candy you have left after Halloween. Count how many books you have. Compare things - who has more? Less? How many all together. The possibilities are endless. Have FUN!