One page to give before the first lesson of the unit on money, patterns and the calendar, to see what children already know. Read each of its six questions aloud: a small picture beside each question number (a sun, a moon, a car) lets you say "Find the sun. Circle the penny." Children circle the penny among four coins, pick the one that is a need, circle what comes next in a pattern of animals, write how many days are in a week and how many months are in a year, and pick which takes longer, sleeping all night or brushing your teeth. Questions about pictures name them in the order they are shown, and each picture has its name under it. It has a Score line, and the key names the lesson each question leads into. The unit review and the unit test are packs of their own.
This unit comes from state standards, so leave out what your state does not teach and score out of the questions you give. Question 1 (naming a coin) is taught in Georgia, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas; question 2 (needs and wants) in Texas; question 3 (repeating patterns) in Georgia, Indiana, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Virginia. Questions 4 to 6 are the calendar: days of the week (Indiana, Oklahoma, Virginia), months (Indiana, Virginia) and times of day (Georgia, Indiana, Oklahoma, Virginia). Give it to a small group at a table before the first lesson, reading one question at a time, then sort the children by what they missed: a child who does not know the coins needs real coins in hand in the first lessons.
Use it to see what your child knows before the unit starts. Sort the coins from a pocket or a jar, look for patterns on clothes and floors, and talk about the days of the week at breakfast.
This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:
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A read-aloud check to give before the unit on money, patterns and the calendar, to see what children already know. Children circle a coin, pick the thing we need, find what comes next in a pattern, tell how many days are in a week and months in a year, and pick which takes longer.
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