Scott Foresman Kindergarten Math Journal

Do you use Scott Foresman Math?! I created a Math Journal that aligns with this program. The first FREE journal that I am sharing with you is Chapter 7 (Time and Money). There is one journal page for each lesson 7-1 through 7-16. I also created a journal cover. You can put together and staple for your students, or you can copy the journal pages and just give them out each day. It is up to you! Whichever works best! 

The journal prompts are very easy and they don't take very long at all to complete. It has prompts that include: drawing and labeling pictures of things they do on certain days of the week, times of day, and has them draw coin combinations to 10 cents....to name just a few things! 

I have them do these BEFORE they had to math stations. 

Download your FREE journal by clicking the cover page below!

A FREEBIE to Create Small Groups for Math Fact Fluency & Letter ID/Sight Word Fluency

I know we are all expected to get our students fluent with math facts to some degree before they leave our classrooms.  I found an easy way to keep track of who needs work with what strategy and type of facts, allowing me to provide interventions and accelerations all at once.  Swing on in to Mrs. Miner's Monkey Business to grab your freebie AND see some of the changes I made this year to ensure that my students FLEW with their math fact fluency and sight word fluency!

Watermelon Math FREEBIE

This Watermelon Math FREEBIE is perfect for the beginning of school (especially if you go back in early August like I do!)  I usually have a Watermelon Day which includes seed spitting, eating watermelon, writing activities and more...check out this post {HERE} for more information on that.  But below I am sharing just one part of the fun day, our watermelon math! (for the watermelon pattern, check out my Watermelon Pack at the bottom of this post)

First my students collected their choice of seeds (up to 10, but you could do smaller or greater numbers)

Next, they made plan using pictures and writing a number sentence to match.

Then they added their plan to the final copy, which then was attached to their watermelon (where they glued the seeds they collected)  Get your Watermelon Math printable FREEBIE {HERE}

 If you are looking for more watermelon activities or the watermelon pattern, check out my pack {HERE} on TpT.

Hope you can add some fun into your back to school routine with your own Watermelon Day!

For more fun freebies and activities, visit my blog!

Money Poem and Test Freebie!

Mastering skip counting through coins is a definite "real world" application of the skip counting standards.

I have a couple of fun freebies to assist you with that!

Come on over and grab them!!

Number Formation Poems

I remember going through school and loving math. It was one of my favorite subjects! I felt really confident in math, which I think is why I loved it so much. As a teacher, I want my students to love math as much as I do. So I'm always looking for ways to make it fun, hands-on, and engaging!

These number formation posters make learning numbers fun by using poems to teach the correct number formation. It also really helps our students understand exactly how each number needs to be formed. I created some number formation posters that you can print out and back on cute paper to match your room decor. 

After we learn how to correctly form the numbers, we practice writing them in the air, on the carpet and even on our neighbor's back ;)

You can grab these FREE number posters over on my blog!

If you're starting to collect ideas for your classroom next year, I hope these are helpful to you! Make sure to follow my blog and TpT store for more fun ideas and freebies!

Ten Frame Drop - A Math Game FREEBIE!

My students love to play games...especially during math!

So I created this ready-to-print-and-use math game...reinforcing learning to read and build numbers using ten-frames.

 

 

I guarantee your students will love learning about ten-frames with this fun game.

Come on over to learn more and download your free copy!

 



 

 

Making TENS with a Rainbow to 10!

Hi friends, Teri from A Cupcake for the Teacher here!  My firsties and I are working hard on addition and subtraction to 40.  Math with big numbers can be a bit tricky... especially when we seem to have forgotten our facts to ten!  That's why I created this little freebie:

Rainbow to 10 is a colorful way to remind our littles of all the ways to make a ten!  Included in the freebie are two posters {one in color for displaying, one in b&w for copying} and a practice sheet.

To grab your FREEBIE copy of Rainbow to 10, stop by my blog.  You'll also find a matching CRAFTIVITY and an anchor chart along the way!

Bee hive adding freebie

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week fellow teachers.

I have a little freebie to practice adding to 20.  Children pick 2 numbers and add them together.  They then cover the total on their mat with a bee.  The first person to cover their mat wins.

Click on the picture below to head on over to my blog to grab it for free.

FREEBIE Eraser Graph

 St. Patrick's Day is coming and we all love to get simple learnign ideas for our students.

And the more FUN we have, the more they seem to try.

I found some 

seasonal erasers 

for super cheap

and I had to make them into a graph.

I always encourage my students to make their graphs with different colors.

This small step makes them take a little more time 

and also allows them to see the results in their graph a little better.

Here is the work my kinders did this past week.

You can read all about my math centers here 

and grab this FREEBIE eraser graph printables too!

 

Keep learning fun!

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Race to the Top - A Math Game FREEBIE

My students have been learning all about graphing during the month of January.

I created this fun and easy game to reinforce the skills that were taught.

 

 

I showed them how to play it during our whole group math lesson time and they quickly caught on!

Now it's out at the Math Centre and one of the most popular things to do!

 

 

You can learn how to play and also download your copy for FREE by visiting my blog! 

 

 



Guided Math Freebie!

Hello! Kristen here from A Day In First Grade!  Since I was stuck in my house for two days due to the MASSIVE blizzard, I was able to prep all of my February math centers for my kindergarteners and plan my guided math groups for the next three weeks. On my Facebook page, I had asked y’all what you wanted me to blog about and guided math was one of the topics. On my blog, I wrote all about how I schedule and plan my math block. To be honest, the key to success in my math block is the schedule that I use. All of our math lessons hinge on a simple teaching model that I love: I do, we do, you do.  During our math time I use this model to set up my schedule. “I do” is the first and shortest time {whole group teaching}, “we do” and “you do” take up the majority of our time.

I believe that students need to experience math to truly get it. In order to help my students develop number sense and a solid foundation with their math skills, I make sure that our activities include hands-on materials, interactive lessons, and centers where students can explore and manipulate what they are learning. All of the centers that I create are made with intentionality and are exactly what my students need to work on each month. I base each center off of my curriculum’s scope and sequence and pacing guide along with the common core standards that students need to master by the end of the year. I try to keep some of the games similar while adding in a few new ones each month to keep things fresh and fun. I use the centers not only as my students “you do” activities but also as the basis of our "we do" guided math lessons. In doing this, it only requires me to prep the month’s centers and then my math planning is practically finished for the month!

To help me plan for my Guided Math Lessons, I use this format. If you would like to grab it and read more about how I structure and plan for my math block, Head over to my blog!{Click Here!}

I hope you are staying warm! 

Kristen