Kindergarten Math
8 units matched to the Alberta Curriculum. Kids see this subject as “Numbers”.
Organizing ideas
- Number: children investigate quantities to 10, count with one-to-one matching, and see small groups at a glance (subitizing)
- Number: children take quantities apart and put them together (composition and decomposition) within 10
- Geometry: children notice 2D and 3D shapes in the world, such as circles, triangles, cubes and cylinders
- Measurement: children compare size by looking and holding, and talk about longer, shorter, heavier and lighter
- Patterns: children copy, extend and make repeating patterns of up to three parts
- Time: children put events in order and use words such as first, next, today, yesterday and tomorrow
Units
Unit 1
Count to 10
Counting objects one at a time, matching numbers to amounts, counting on and back, putting numbers in order, and knowing that nothing is zero.
Learning outcome: KN1.2, KN1.3 · counting forward and backward within 10, and matching one number to each object
Unit 2
See It Fast
Subitizing means knowing how many are in a small group without counting. Practise with dice, dominoes and fingers: show a number and ask how many.
Learning outcome: KN1.3 · seeing small quantities to 5 at a glance without counting one by one (subitizing)
Unit 3
More, Less, Same
Comparing groups by matching them one to one, seeing equal as balanced and unequal as unbalanced on a scale, and reading simple picture graphs.
Learning outcome: KN1.1 · comparing quantities using more, less, the same, enough and not enough
Unit 4
Make 5 and 10
Using 5 and 10 as anchors (fingers, five and ten frames), finding how many more make 5 or 10, and breaking numbers into two parts.
Learning outcome: KN1.1, KN2.1 · putting numbers together and taking them apart within 10
Unit 5
Add & Take Away
Small story problems where some join or some leave (totals to 10), plus finding one more and one less.
Learning outcome: KN2.1 · adding and taking away within 10 with objects
Unit 6
Patterns
Spotting the part that repeats in patterns like AB, AAB, ABB and ABC, then predicting what comes next or what is missing.
Learning outcome: KP1.1 · copying, extending and making repeating patterns of up to three parts
Unit 7
Shapes & Sizes
Naming flat shapes and solid objects by one feature (sides, corners, rolls or not), and comparing things by size, height, length, weight and how much they hold.
Learning outcome: KG1.1, KM1.1, KM1.2 · 2D shapes and 3D objects in the world, and comparing size by length, weight and capacity
Unit 8
First, Next, Today
Talk about the order of things at home: what you do first, next and last, and what happened yesterday or will happen tomorrow.
Learning outcome: KT1.1 · putting events in order, and using first, next, today, yesterday and tomorrow
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