Addition

 Addition

In this post, we are going understand the concept of addition.

Addition is usually signified by the plus symbol (+). The addition of two whole numbers results in the total amount or sum of those values combined. For example: 3 apples and 2 apples, making a total of five apples. This is equivalent to the mathematical expression 3 + 2 = 5 (i.e., "3 add 2 is equal to 5").

Addition is one of the simplest numerical tasks. Addition of very small numbers is for very small kids; the most basic task, 1 + 1, can be performed by them. The first step towards addition to master counting.

When given a problem that requires that two items and three items be combined, young children model the situation with physical objects, often fingers or a drawing, and then count the total.

With additional experience, children learn to add more quickly by exploiting the commutativity of addition by counting up from the larger number, in this case starting with three and counting "four, five." Eventually children begin to recall certain addition facts like Number Bonds either through experience or rote memorization. Once some facts are committed to memory, children begin to derive unknown facts from known ones.

For example, a child asked to add six and seven may know that 6 + 6 = 12 and then reason that 6 + 7 is one more, or 13. Such derived facts can be found very quickly and most elementary school students eventually rely on a mixture of memorized and derived facts to add fluently. (Courtesy: Addition Wikipedia)

Here is a complete lesson Plan for Kindergarten 2 along with the related worksheets, activity pictures for the teachers and parents use. It is up to you how you can use your creativity to make it more interesting and interactive. We can make use of recycle material and make the addition mats as per choice or according to any theme. Like i have used transport theme: car mats and water world: Fish mats. It makes the learning more interesting  and fun filled for the children.

LESSON PLAN

Introducing addition with the help of this activity

CLASSROOM RESOURSES

VISUAL TIMETABLE

Visual timetable helps children to organize  their school as well as home routine. Timetables are extremely important for young children. 

They give students a visual representation of what's expected of them throughout the day. It is an important resource to have in any classroom!

A visual timetable is a schedule that uses objects, photos, pictures or symbols to show what’s planned for the day. Routine and structure is so important to enable the children to focus and bring discipline in them.

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1. PRAYER TIME & SNACK TIME   
2. MUSIC & CIRCLE TIME
3. OUT DOOR PLAY & LIBRARY
4. WRITING & ART WORK
5. NUMBER WORK & DANCE
6. CYCLING & READING
7. DISCOVERY & FREE FLOW

DAYS OF THE WEEK 

1. SUNDAY & MONDAY
2. TUESDAY 
3. WEDNESDAY
4. THURSDAY
5. FRIDAY
6. SATURDAY

MONTHS OF THE YEAR

1. JANUARY & FEBRUARY
2. MARCH & APRIL
3. MAY & JUNE
4. JULY & AUGUST
5. SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER
6. NOVEMBER & DECEMBER

 THEMED NAME CARDS for (Behaviour)

   

   ANIMALS

     1. LION 

     2. ELEPHANT 

     3. LEOPARD 

     4. FOX 

     5. PIG

     6. MONKEY

     7. GOAT

     8. GIRAFFE

     9. HIPPO

   10. HORSE

SELF REGISTRATION CARDS

       1.  ANIMALS

       2.  BIRDS

       3.  FLOWERS

       4.  WATER ANIMALS

       5.  FRUITS

        6.   STAR

LEARNING TO SKIP COUNT

SKIP COUNTING(PSRN)

Earlier we discussed about many topics in CLL( Communication Language Literacy) like CVC, Sight Words, Rhyming Words. So I thought it would be good if we discuss PSRN (Problem Solving, Reasoning, and Numeracy).

Today I will talk about, how to introduce skip counting in our class. 

Skip counting is one of the simplest math skills that your child will need to understand before learning how to multiply. 

It makes the foundation strong and helps them understand how multiplication works and breaks in simpler forms.

Skip counting helps not only in multiplication but also in addition and patterns.

By adding a number to itself again and again, the child memorizes the counting pattern.

They will be closer to understanding what you mean when you start showing simple multiplication problems and in later grades, when students are asked to memorize the multiplication tables.

To make the lesson and introduction more interesting we can use Craft Activities . Children get inquisitive and more interested when they see colourful innovative Activities.
                

                Skip count in 2's                          

                                    Froggie 's Tongue                                           

             

 Skip count on 3's, 5's

Wormy Apple

       

        Arrange the BOTTLE CAPS(Re- Use of Bottle Caps)                                     with correct numbers  

                                                      Skip Counting by 2's                        

         

        

                                                  Skip Counting by 5's

         

Here I am sharing the complete lesson plan for teachers use.

                         Lesson Plan For the TEACHER Use

                                                 NUMBER GRID 

Number Grid can be used for practice and also as a worksheet. Children can
highlight the square for skip counting

                         CATERPILLAR SKIP COUNTING IN 5's WORKSHEET
                                              

                                   SKIP COUNTING WORKSHEET 2's and 5's

                     SPACE THEME SKIP COUNTING WORKSHEET (5's)

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The NEWSLETTERS

Hi Folks!

Today we are going to talk about the Newsletters. 

I am sure some of you know the importance of it but for those who don't, I will tell you briefly about it.

Newsletters play an important role in all spheres, be it education, marketing, manufacturing, information technology and so on.

A newsletter is a bulletin issued periodically to the members of a society or an organisation. It can be sent on a monthly, fortnightly or weekly basis to communicate the information regarding any future events that will soon be organised.

In schools, newsletters are very important medium to convey the information to parents.

Teachers interact with kids every day in classrooms, fields, discovery hall, library etc. but cannot meet the parents on daily basis hence sending the newsletters to parents is an excellent idea. They bridge the gap between parents and teachers. Parents get their child’s involvement and progress report on a regular basis of the different activities done in class and school.

Early years school can even send pictures of kids doing activity-based learning and it acts an eye opener for parents.

I am sharing  

FREE NEWSLETTER TEMPLATES & FREE BORDER TEMPLATES  for KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS use. They are all theme based. I will keep on adding more themes HERE. 

  

  NEWSLETTER TEMPLATES  

 

                                   Back to School

                                                                    

                                   Colours

                                    Garden Friends 

                                    Jungle Animals

                                    Me and My Family 

                                    Means of Transport

 

                                    Plants and Flowers 

                                           Water World

                                   Habitats

                                     
  NEW TEMPLATES

                                            Numbers
                                          
                                    Senses

                                    Earth Day or Environment

                                    Winter
        
                                    Lemonade Day or Summer

                                    Deepawali

                                    Christmas

    

  BORDER TEMPLATES

                                     Air Transport

                                     Flowers 

                                     Ocean World

                                     Wild Animals

                                                                                          

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WALT and WILF

This post is to help teachers to make the teaching and learning process interesting and more effective!
Introducing WALT to Kindergarten 1 and 2 classes to verify that they understand what the objectives are for the day.  

WALT refers to "We are learning to..." And

WILF stands for the phrase "What I am looking for...” 

Reference to WALT and WILF was introduced in primary schools as a way to communicate to children what the learning objectives for a particular lesson are, and what things the teacher will be looking for in a piece of work or during an activity. 

WALT and WILF stem from research by Shirley Clarke,  an academic who works with teachers to improve teaching and learning. Her idea was that if children know what is expected of them in a lesson, they can start to evaluate their own learning and having done so, can try to improve their work and be more successful in their learning.

Are you interested in coordinating a Learning Team for your School?

Then, kindly send in the inquiry.

Email: kinderpearls.blog@gmail.com 

RESOURSES - RHYMING WORDS

Hi!

Here are some worksheets, rhyming words list and flash cards for the class use.

WORKSHEET 1

WORKSHEET 2 

WORKSHEET - 3

PRINTABLE FLASH CARDS

ALL ABOUT RHYMING WORDS

Today we will be learning about the rhyming words!

What are Rhyming Words?

Rhyming words are two or more words that don’t start with the same sound, but they end with the same sound and sometimes with the same letters.

Some examples of rhyming words are:

 mat, bat, cat, sad, mad, add, bun, fun, run, frog, log, blog.

  Poems and songs often use rhyming to create a rhythm or a repeated pattern of sound, and sometimes poems will also tell a story. By learning these words, students will increase their sentence building and creative writing skills.

Things to remember

Rhyming words have different beginning sounds, but have the same vowel and ending sounds.

 For example: sat/fat/bat/mat, bin/ fin/ tin, snail/ pail/ mail etc.

Lesson Plan for class use:

ALL ABOUT BLOOMS TAXONOMY

Hey there!

Today, I am going to share about the bloom's taxonomy and how it can be useful for teachers.

How Bloom’s Taxonomy Is Useful For Teachers 


There are many reasons for the popularity of Bloom’s Taxonomy (that likely deserve an article of their own to explore). For now, it’s clear that many educators love Bloom’s because, it gives them a way to think about their teaching and the subsequent learning of their students.
 As mentioned above, the framework can be used to -

•  Create Assessments

•  Evaluate the complexity of assignments

•  Increase the rigor of a lesson 

•  Simplify an activity to help personalize learning

•  Design a summative assessment

•  Plan project-based learning 

•  Frame  a group discussion, and more.

 It simply provides an order for cognitive behaviours, it can be applied to almost anything. (You can see one example above–one of our teaching materials that combined Bloom’s Taxonomy with common digital tasks.)

I have tried to make it simpler for the teachers to understand all about the Bloom's and putting it together on a presentation. You can download and use it for a reference in your everyday teaching.



 Bloom's Actual Vocabulary List 

Revised Bloom's Vocabulary List

SIGHT WORDS RESOURSES

Hello Friends!

As I promised I am posting all the relevant documents related to the Sight Words.
Sight Words List

SIGHT WORDS LIST BY GROUPS

LESSON PLAN for the Class Use

STORY WITH SIGHT WORDS 

Children can be made to read the story with sight words for more of practice. They enjoy stories so it's a good idea to re-enforce the sight words in the form of a story. This just an idea, you can make up as many you like. Making them as attractive as you can adding pictures and colours. You can plan as per the words you are going to introduce per lesson.
It is important to remember that in one lesson only Five sight words should be introduced. 

Here are the colour coded  1-50  FLASH CARDS 

FLASH CARDS 50 - 100 

FLASH CARDS 100 - 150 

MATCH THE PAIR AND HIGHLIGHT THEM 

SIGHT WORDS BINGO 1 

SIGHT WORDS BINGO 2 

SIGHT WORDS BINGO 3 

SIGHT WORDS BINGO 4

SIGHT WORD ROLL THE DICE AND SAY 

INTRODUCING SIGHT WORDS IN KINDERGARTEN

Hello friends!

Let's understand, what exactly are sight words and how to introduce and enforce them.

Sight words instruction is an excellent supplement to phonics instruction. Phonics is a method for learning to read in general, while sight words instruction increases a child’s familiarity with the high frequency words he will encounter most often.

 Introduce up to three new words only in one lesson time, and use game time to practice the new words.

A sight words instruction lesson should be about 30 minutes long, divided into two parts:

• Sight Words Lesson : Use our Teaching Techniques to introduce new words and to review words from previous lessons - 10 minutes.
• Sight Words Game : Use our games to provide reinforcement of the lesson and some review of already mastered sight words to help your child develop speed and fluency - 20 minutes.

Introduce New Words

When first beginning sight words, work on no more than three unfamiliar words at a time to make it manageable for your child. Introduce one word at a time, using the five techniques. Hold up the flash cards for the first word, and go through all five techniques, in order. Then introduce the second word, and go through all five teaching techniques, and so on.

This lesson should establish basic familiarity with the new words. This part of a sight words session should be brisk and last no more than ten minutes. As your child gets more advanced, you might increase the number of words you work on in each lesson.

Review Old Words

Begin each subsequent lesson by reviewing words from the previous lesson. Words often need to be covered a few times for the child to fully internalize them. Remember: solid knowledge of a few words is better than weak knowledge of a lot of words!

Reinforce with Games

Learning sight words takes lots of repetition. We have numerous sight word games that will make that repetition fun and entertaining for you and your child.

The Sight word games play the most entertaining part of the program.

They reinforce what the lesson teaches. Do not use games to introduce new words.

NOTE: Be sure the child has a pretty good grasp of a sight word before using it in a game, especially if you are working with a group of children.

I will be posting all the related documents like- Lesson Plan, Flash Cards, Worksheets, Games Sight Words lists for the teachers use in my next post.
I hope they are useful!