Parent guide · Kindergarten Math · Unit 9
Lesson 9.4 End-of-Year Check
Written for the parent. Read the Say this lines aloud as they are, or in your own words. Answers for you are marked Listen for.
At a glance
- Time
- 5 sessions of 15–20 minutes
- Goal
- Show what you have learned this year.
- You need
- Counters (dried beans, buttons or pebbles)
- A ten-frame (printables pack)
- Craft sticks and rubber bands
- Pencil and crayons
- Worksheet A · Worksheet B · the lesson page
Steps
Do this: Ask these out loud. Your child answers out loud; no paper needed.
- Ask: “1 + 3” Listen for: 4
- Ask: “4 + 0” Listen for: 4
- Ask: “4 + 4” Listen for: 8
- Ask: “5 + 2” Listen for: 7
- Ask: “2 + 1” Listen for: 3
Say this: “Work slowly and check each answer.”
Say this: “Use counters whenever you like.”
Show: 3 + 0 = ___
Say this: “Start at 3 and count on 0: .”
Say this: “3 + 0 = 3”
Answer: 3
Show: Ruth gleaned 6 bundles of barley one day and 6 the next. How many bundles did she glean?
Say this: “Unknown: the total.”
Say this: “Bar model: two parts, 6 and 6; the whole is unknown.”
Say this: “Equation: 6 + 6 = ?”
Say this: “6 + 6 = 12”
Say this: “Answer: Ruth gleaned 12 bundles.”
Answer: 12 bundles. Ruth gleaned 12 bundles.
Do this: Your child does these with you. Let them try first; help only after a real try.
Ask: How many? Count and write the number.
Listen for: 11
If stuck: Count the full tens first, then the ones: 1 ten and 1 more make 11.
Ask: How many? Count and write the number.
Listen for: 14
If stuck: Count the full tens first, then the ones: 1 ten and 4 more make 14.
Ask: How many? Count and write the number.
Listen for: 10
If stuck: Touch each one and count: 1, 2, 3, … 10.
7 more practice items on the lesson page, and on Worksheet A and Worksheet B.
- Rushing.
Make a 3 × 3 grid of numbers 0–10. Call out problems like “3 + 4” or “one less than 6.” Your child covers the answers. Three in a row wins.
Say this: “Tell me what you learned today. Show me with your hands or the counters if you like.”
Listen for: Show what you have learned this year.
Mix all the counting chants: by ones to 100, by tens, by fives, and back from 20.
Spread over the week
5 sessions of 15–20 minutes. Stop while it is still going well.
- Session 1. Warm-up, then teach the new idea (steps 1 and 2).
- Session 2. Warm-up again, then show how with the examples.
- Session 3. Practice together, then play the game.
- Session 4. More practice on the worksheet, and the daily habit.
- Session 5. Quick check: narration and a few practice items. Move on when it is mostly right.