Curriculum Guides

Grade Level: Kindergarten

Content Area: Operations/Computation

Skills: 1 digit addition, 1 digit subtraction

Prerequisites:

Instructional Practices: Problem Solving, Communication, Reasoning, and Connections

Materials Needed: manipulatives (beans, seeds, cubes, junk boxes, etc.)

Technology: Mental Math

Activity: Have students count out a given set of manipulates and put them in a designated work area on desk. Teacher will show how to make a "cave" by cupping her hand. The teacher tells how many objects are to be hidden and the students read the problem. The children take away the "cave" and reread the problem. (See Mathematics Their Way, Chapter 7, Page 192.)

Theme Ideas: Manipulatives may be chosen appropriately based on teacher's theme.