Summer Math Calendar: for students entering First Grade Hatherly Elementary School Scituate Directions: Complete at least 20 math boxes each month. Color in the box after you complete it. Return the calendar grids to your new first grade teacher in September and you will receive a prize*. ***Supporting materials found at the end.*** This packet can also be downloaded from Ms. Huntress Math site at: http://www.scituate.k12.ma.us/hatherlymath/dhuntress.htm Click on Summer Math Packets (* work is not required)
July 2018 First Grade Directions: Complete at least 20 math boxes in July and color in the box after you complete it. Return this calendar to school in September. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Number Card Scavenger Hunt Find and identify shapes around your home. Or play I Spy with shapes. Choose a math book to read from the attached list. Play tic-tac-toe. Count and tally all the windows in your house. Practice writing numbers 1-20 either in the sand at the beach or with soap in the bathtub. At clean-up time, estimate how many toys need to be put away. Count the toys to see how close your estimate was. Look through newspapers and magazines for pictures of things with shapes. Cut them out and sort them by shape, then glue them onto pages to make a shape book. Ask an adult for the coins in their wallet and sort and identify by pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. Take a walk at the beach and collect seashells. Sort them by size. Play Coin Exchange with a friend or family member. Play Before & After - Have an adult say a number (20 or under), then the child tells what number comes before and after. Play Concentration on the web with number 1-10. Record your matches. Web directions are on the bottom of the page. Swing or jump 100 times. Count the number of stairs as you walk up. Then try counting back as you go downstairs. Take 5 pennies and use all 5 pennies to make as many designs as you can think of. Count to 100 by 1s while taking a walk outside (or wherever). Play a card game. For example, Crazy Eights or Go Fish. Play Dice Addition with a friend or family member. Count by 5s to 100. Count by 2s to 20. Count by 10s to 100. Watch the moon for many nights in a row. Notice the different shapes the moon appears to make. Do you notice any patterns? You might want to sketch on a calendar how the moon looks each night. Jump 3 times, once like a bunny, once like a frog, and once like a child. Measure each jump. Which jump was the shortest? Longest? Ask an adult at home for the coins in their wallet and sort and identify by pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. Play Ten Frames on the web. Follow website directions below. Ask an adult to give you a handful of nickels, and then count them. Remember to count by 5s. With chalk, make a repeating pattern design on a sidewalk or driveway near you. Ask an adult first. Count everything! Count the floors in building, cars stopped at a traffic light, ball bounces, and so on. Play Patch Tool on the web. Web directions are on the bottom of the page. Website Directions: Go to: illuminations.nctm.org Click on ACTIVITIES. Click on K-2 and press SEARCH. PARENT SIGNATURE: CHILD S NAME (first and last): adapted by D. Huntress, Hatherly School Math Specialist: Revised Spring 2018
August 2018 Directions: Complete at least 20 math boxes in August and color in the box after you complete it. Return this calendar to school in September. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Choose a math book to read from the attached list. Take a variety of sizes of buckets or cups to the beach to pour sand or water into. Count how many cups it takes to fill a larger bucket. Tally them and then write the number in the sand. Create and solve number stories with family members. Play Ten Frame Concentration with the Ten Frame cards. Look at a calendar. How many days are left until school begins? How many weeks? Predict how many will be sunny, rainy or cloudy. How can you keep track? Find and identify shapes in your backyard or neighborhood. Count by 5s to 100. Count by 2s to 20. Count by 10s to 100. Look for numbers all around-on the mailbox, telephone, book pages, houses, restaurants, gas pumps, and so on. Number Card Scavenger Hunt Play Coin Exchange with a friend or family member. Practice writing numbers 1-30 either in the sand at the beach or with soap in the bathtub. Play Concentration on the web with number 1-10. Record your matches. Web directions are on the bottom of the page. On a bright day, have someone trace your shadow on the sidewalk with chalk. Try this in the morning, at noon, and late in the afternoon. Measure the shadow with your feet or another measuring tool. How does the size change? Are there any other changes? Estimate and then count how many books (or CDs or movies) are on a bookcase. If you shared the books with everyone in your family, how many would each person get? Take 8 pennies and use all 8 pennies to make as many designs as you can think of. Ask an adult for the coins in their wallet and sort and identify by pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. Play Concentration on the web with number 1-10. Record your matches. Web directions are on the bottom of the page. Write your first and last name. How many letters in each? How many more letters in your long name than in your shorter name? Play Ten Frames on the web. Follow website directions below. Count and tally all the teddy bears or books in your bedroom. Make a picture using circles, triangles, and rectangles. How many did you use of each? Which one did you use the least of? Sort the laundry. After the clothes are washed and dried, help fold the clothes and sort them into piles of your choice. For example, by shirts, pants, color or by family member. Count to 100 by 1s while taking a walk outside. Play Dice Addition with a friend or family member. Practice counting backwards when an adult cooks food in the microwave. Set the time, and then count back to 0. Set up an obstacle course at the park or in your yard. Go around bushes, under lawn chairs, over the toy blocks, and so on. Draw a map of the course. Go with an adult to the store. Pay and receive the change. Count your change. Play a card game. For example, Crazy Eights or Go Fish. Website Directions: Go to: illuminations.nctm.org Click on ACTIVITIES. Click on K-2 and press SEARCH. PARENT SIGNATURE: CHILD S NAME (first and last): adapted by D. Huntress, Hatherly School Math Specialist: Revised Spring 2018
Supporting Materials BOOKS TO READ THIS SUMMER as noted in above calendar Benny s Pennies by Pat Brisson Pattern Fish by Trudy Harris Inch by Inch by Leo Leonni Ten Flashing Fireflies by Philemon Sturges Two Ways to Count to Ten by Ruby Dee GAME DIRECTIONS as noted in above calendars Dice Addition Materials: dice; counters or tally marks Players: 2 or more players Object of the game: To collect the most counters or tally marks. Directions: 1. Players each roll a pair of dice at the same time and announce the sum of dots on their dice. 2. The player with the higher sum takes a counter (or can record a tally each time they get the highest sum). 3. The game ends when one player has 10 counters (or tally marks).
Coin Exchange Materials: For the bank, you will need 20 pennies, 10 nickels, 10 dimes and one die (or slips of paper with the numbers 1-6 written on them). If you have more than 3 players, put more coins in the bank. Players: 2 or more players Object of the game: To have more money. Directions: 1. Start with all the coins in the center of the table or game area. This is the bank. 2. Take turns rolling the die or drawing slips of paper. For whatever number you roll or draw, take that amount. For example, if you roll a 4, take four pennies. Each time you have 5 pennies, exchange them with the bank for a nickel. When you have two nickels, exchange them for a dime. 3. Before you turn is over, you need to count all your coins and tell your partner how much you have. 4. The game ends when there are no dimes left in the bank. 5. The player with the most money at the end of the game wins. Materials: scrap paper Number Card Scavenger Hunt Players: 2 or more players Object of the game: Put numbers 0-20 in order from least to greatest. Directions: 1. Using scrap paper, make number cards 0-20. 2. Have a family member or friend hide the cards around your house. 3. Have the child(ren) try to find all the number cards and then put them in the correct order. 4. Put the cards in a safe place so you can reuse later.
Ten-Frame Concentration (Memory) Materials: Deck of Ten-frame Cards 0-10 (cards are attached - cut and then play start with 1 set and for a greater challenge use both sets) Object: Find as many combinations of two cards that equal 10. Directions: 1. Place all the cards face down on a table in a rectangular arrangement (an array). 2. Players take turns turning over two cards. 3. If the two cards add together to make 10, the player keeps the pair. 4. If the cards do not make 10, the player turns them back over. 5. The game ends when all possible combinations have been taken. Important Note: While playing remember to talk to your partner about the combinations that you are making. I have a 3 and 7, that equals 10! That is a match.
Additional Summer Math Practice For Kindergarten Students Students can practice their math skills over the summer by playing math games. Students can play various board games, card games and computer games. I have included some of the many games that are fun and can benefit student mathematical development. Cards Go Fish Old Maid Rummy Solitaire Uno Games Monopoly Chess Checkers Yahtzee Dominos 1) Type in http://www.scituate.k12.ma.us/hatherlymath/dhuntress.htm into the URL. You may use any browser (ie. Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc ) or you may do a Google search for Diana Huntress Scituate and my math page will pop up. 2) Wait for the page to open and then click the Fun Math Links button for computer games under Kindergarten or try some Grade 1 activities. 3) Have fun playing the math games! See you in the fall. - Diana Huntress
Ten Frame Cards (2 sets)