Our day will begin with Math as do our weather, calendar, day counting and temperature. During the first few weeks, your child is expected to commit to memory their telephone number and address!

Unit 1:

Skills we will focus on:

Counting forward from 1-20

Counting backward from 20-1

One more than a given number

One less than a given number

Comparing numbers

Using the calendar

Working in Small groups

Explorations - discovering manipulatives in small groups

Weather and Temperature Routines

Working with number stories

Unit 2:

Skills we have finished focusing on in this unit:

Counting up and back on a number grid

Understanding the numbers in a phone number and what they mean

Exploring complements of 10

Using unit labels for numbers, especially in a number story

Becoming familiar with an analog clock

Telling time to the hour

Explorations - comparing lengths of objects; practicing drawing straight lines with a straightedge; developing familiarity with what constitutes a set of dominoes

Writing cent notation

Comparing two numbers

Recording number of pennies

Exchanging pennies for nickels

Finding the values of various combinations of nickels and pennies

Using and writing number models for more than and less than stories