Kindergarten Math

Teaching the Virginia Standards of Learning

Welcome! This web page is designed for Kindergarten teachers in Virginia who are looking for Internet resources and technology integration ideas to use with math.

Integrating Technology and Standards Grid:

Suggestions for using technology to teach the Virginia Standards of Learning

Web Sites:

What are other math teachers in Virginia doing? Visit the Commonwealth of Knowledge, the first lady's collection of SOL-based lesson plans. (This link takes you directly to the list of math lesson plans, organized by SOL.)

Autumn's Free Activity Page for Kids: Lots of activities in math and other areas complete with worksheets. Here are a few samples linked to appropriate standards.

• K.4 The student will investigate and recognize patterns from counting by fives and tens, using concrete objects and a calculator: Number pattern activities.
• K.8 The student will add and subtract whole numbers using up to 10 concrete items: A fun approach to beginning addition and subtraction.
• K.17 The student will display objects and information, using object and pictorial graphs and tables: A simple graph with questions. After completing the sheet, students could create their own similar graph.

Professors Vicki and Richard Sharp, California State University, Northridge have assembled lots of links in various subject areas. The math page has lots of place to go for lesson plans, instructional materials, and online resources. A few highlights aligned to standards are listed below.

• K.8 The student will add and subtract whole numbers using up to 10 concrete items: Flashcards from All Math
• K.13 The student will identify representation of plane geometric figures (circle, triangle, square, and rectangle), regardless of their position and orientation in space: Print Sesame Streets pictures to color. They also have number coloring pages (K.2).
• K.4 The student will investigate and recognize patterns from counting by fives and tens, using concrete objects and a calculator: A Base 10 Game that lets you drag shapes onto a grid and then divide them into groups of five and ten.

Math Cat: The Game

Six games: each one focusses on a different standard:

• K.1 The student, given two sets containing 10 or fewer concrete items, will identify and describe one set as having more, fewer, or the same number of members as the other set, using the concept of 1 to 1 correspondence. Game: More or Less?
• K.2 The student, viven a set containing nine or fewer items, will tell how many are in the set by counting the number of items orally and select the corresponding numberal from a given set. Game: How Many?
• K.7 The student will add and subtract whole numbers using up to 10 concrete items. Game: Add It Up
• K.9 The student will recognize a penny, nickel, dime, and quarter. Game: What Coin Is It?
• K.13 The student will identify, describe, and make plane geometric figures. Games: Name the Shapes and Name the Shapes 2

Note: You'll need the Shockwave Plugin to play Math Cat.