Math Rocks!

Did you know that what kids know about math when they enter kindergarten and first grade predicts their mathematics achievement for years to come-even throughout their school career?!?  This is why math is SO important!! We work hard in kindergarten to understand and explore numbers. Many days we do math mat activities. We use numbers 1-10 and try to build arrangements for those numbers using square-inch tiles, money, and shapes. The kids participate in collaborative conversations by using math talk to discuss mathematical ideas. We have also started telling oral story problems and finding a variety of ways to solve our story problems. We have learned we can use our fingers to count, draw pictures, and use our heads to count. At conferences I sent home some purple numbers and tiles that you can use to help your kindergarten kid. You can also tell story problems about family meal time and solve the problems together!! I am enjoying watching your children become mathematicians!!

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