Kindergarten Math, Science

Kindergarten Math, Science
Who doesn't enjoy collecting objects from outside? Use your students' natural curiosity to spur interest in math. Your students will have fun outdoors collecting natural objects to practice addition!

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to represent addition facts up to 10.

Materials and preparation

Small paper bag for each student Collection of small, natural items that each student will collect such as acorns, small leaves, etc. (place outside)
Liquid glue Sentence strips Pencils
Paper
Addition workmat Counting manipulatives

Attachments

Addition Work Mat (DOCX)


Introduction (10 minutes)
Tell your students that they will be adding natural objects that they get to collect.
Read a story that relates to natural objects and enumeration such as The Very Hungry Caterpillar.


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Beginning

Review mathematical vocabulary such as add, sum, and equation in students home language (L1) and in English.

Intermediate

Preview the read aloud, providing students with any relevant information or background knowledge needed to access the text.


Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling (15 minutes)
Tell your students that they will be going on a walk outside to collect objects for their addition projects. Have students count their objects as they collect them. Use addition vocabulary as they add to their collection. Say, "You had three acorns, and adding one more makes four. Now you have a total of four acorns."
Instruct your students to find approximately 10 objects.

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