Joining small groups
Connect small collections and addition within 20. Use counters and talk about how the total changes.
- Combine quantities and explain an addition strategy.
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Learning paths and classroom games · Kindergarten · United States
Explore for Kindergarten: Joining small groups, Print, sounds and letters, Messages, words and talk. See learning goals and a suggested sequence; start with any available activity.
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Print, sounds and letters
Print, sounds and letters: How print works → Sounds we hear → Letters represent sounds → Read familiar words.
- Recognize direction, word spaces and upper/lowercase letter forms in teacher-mediated examples.
- With teacher voicing, identify rhymes, syllables and beginning/ending sounds in familiar words.
- Match taught consonant and common vowel graphemes with teacher-supplied sounds.
Messages, words and talk
Messages, words and talk: A message has a purpose → Words in sentences → Capitals and end marks → Talk and listen together → Words and relationships.
- Distinguish a simple opinion, information statement and event account.
- Use familiar nouns/verbs and simple complete sentences with teacher modelling.
- Recognize sentence-start capitals, capital I and common end punctuation.
Counting tells how many
Counting tells how many: One number for each object → The last number tells how many → Numerals and quantities → Which has more?.
- Count arranged/scattered sets with one-to-one correspondence and recognize zero.
- Match a counted set to its cardinal number even after rearrangement.
- Connect written numerals 0–20 with sets, including teen quantities.
Joining and separating
Joining and separating: Put together, take apart → Pairs that make a number → Make ten → Small number stories → Five in different ways.
- Represent joining/separating stories with objects or drawings.
- Decompose numbers to 10 in more than one way.
- Find the missing part needed to make 10 from a given number 1–9.
United States · 5–7 yearsThe number bridgeJoin small groups and practice addition within 20.
United States · 5–6 yearsA message has a purposeExplore messages that share a preference, give information, or tell what happened.
United States · 5–6 yearsWords in sentencesBuild clear spoken sentences with familiar naming words and action words.
United States · 5–6 yearsCapitals and end marksNotice sentence-start capitals, the word I, and periods, question marks and exclamation marks.
United States · 5–6 yearsTalk and listen togetherPractice relevant questions, helpful replies, turn taking, and asking for clarification.
United States · 5–6 yearsWords and relationshipsGroup familiar words, compare opposites, and use context to choose a word’s meaning.
United States · 5–6 yearsHow print worksFollow words, find spaces, and recognize letter forms together.
United States · 5–6 yearsSounds we hearListen for rhymes, word parts, and sounds at the beginning and end.
United States · 5–6 yearsLetters represent soundsConnect teacher-voiced consonant and short-vowel sounds to familiar letters.
United States · 5–6 yearsRead familiar wordsRecognize taught everyday words and carefully read a small set of decodable words.
United States · 5–6 yearsOne number for each objectCount every object once, keep track of scattered sets, and notice empty sets.
United States · 5–6 yearsThe last number tells how manyUse a finished count to name the whole set, even when the same objects move.
United States · 5–6 yearsNumerals and quantitiesMatch written numerals to counted sets, from an empty set through twenty.
United States · 5–6 yearsWhich has more?Compare quantities with counting and matching; explain more, fewer and the same number.
United States · 5–6 yearsPut together, take apartChoose objects, drawings and actions that show what happens in a number story.
United States · 5–6 yearsPairs that make a numberMake two parts of a whole, find a missing part, and compare different splits.
United States · 5–6 yearsMake tenFind what is missing from ten, explain a strategy, and check a proposed pair.
United States · 5–6 yearsSmall number storiesSolve small joining and taking-away stories, then explain what the numbers mean.
United States · 5–6 yearsFive in different waysUse small facts flexibly, explain patterns and check mistakes without racing.