The kindergarten agenda focuses on updating the training plan, identifying strategies for math learning difficulties, and exploring the content, pedagogy, and pacing of Math in Focus. The document outlines strategies like those in Singapore Math to address difficulties and connects them to approaches like concrete-pictorial-abstract, relational understanding, and multiple representations. It also provides a month-by-month scope and sequence for the Math in Focus kindergarten curriculum chapters.

1. Kindergarten
Agenda
&
Goals
• Update
the
Training
&
Implementa7on
Plan
• Iden7fy
strategies
for
math
learning
difficul7es
• Explore
kindergarten
content,
pedagogy,
and
pacing
in
Math
in
Focus

2. Math
Learning
Difficul7es
1. ESTIMATE
how
many
of
your
students
demonstrate
each
math
learning
difficulty
2. DISCUSS
which
learning
difficul7es
do
you
see
most
oKen?

3. Strategies
for
Math
Learning
Difficul7es
✭ the
strategies
that
you
associate
with
Singapore
Math

4. Pedagogy:
C-­‐P-­‐A
Jerome
Bruner’s
research
proved
that
instruc7onal
strategies
build
understanding
for
students
when
they
move
from…
• Concrete
(manipula7ves)
to
• Pictorial
(visual
models
or
drawings)
to
• Abstract
representa7ons
(numbers,
symbols)

5. Pedagogy:
Rela7onal
Understanding
Richard
Skemp’s
research
proved
that
for
long
term
learning
to
occur
rela(onal
understanding
is
more
successful
than
instrumental
learning.
Rela(onal
Understanding
Instrumental
Understanding
Conceptual
Procedural
WHY
before
HOW
How
One
to
One
Correspondence
Oral
Coun7ng
Quan77es
and
Values
Wri7ng
numbers,
Spelling
numbers
Each
piece
RELATES
to
all
others
Isolated
steps
or
steps
without
meaning
Reading
with
understanding
Phone7c
or
word
calling

6. Pedagogy:
Perceptual
Variability
Zoltan
Diene’s
research
proved
that
children
gain
the
most
conceptual
understanding
when
they
are
exposed
to
a
concept
through
a
variety
of
materials
or
experiences.
Perceptual
Variability
?
z! ;!
p! /!
"
q!

7. Reflec7ng
On
Pedagogy
Select
one
strategy
for
addressing
math
learning
difficul7es.
Discuss
how
it
connects
to
Singapore
Math
Pedagogy…
v Concrete-­‐Pictorial-­‐Abstract
(Bruner)
v Rela7onal
Understanding
(Skemp)
v Mul7ple
Representa7ons
(Dienes)

8. Kindergarten
Math
in
Focus
Chap.
1:
Numbers
to
5
15
Days
September
Chap.
2:
Numbers
to
10
17
Days
October
Chap.
3:
Order
by
Size,
Length,
&
Weight
8
Days
November
Chap.
4:
Coun7ng
and
Numbers
0
to
10
16
Days
Nov.-­‐Dec.
Chap.
5:
Size
and
Posi7on
5
Days
December
Chap.
6:
Numbers
0
to
20
10
Days
January
Chap.
7:
Solid
and
Flat
Shapes
5
Days
January
Chap.
8:
Numbers
to
100
(includes
skip
coun7ng)
15
Days
Jan.-­‐February
Chap.
9:
Comparing
Sets
9
Days
Feb.-­‐March
Chap.
10:
Ordinal
Numbers
6
Days
March
Chap.
11:
Calendar
Pakerns
4
Days
(March)
Chap.
12:
Coun7ng
On
and
Coun7ng
Back
7
Days
March
Chap.
13:
Pakerns
3
Days
(March)
Chap.
14:
Number
Facts
10
Days
March-­‐April
Chap.
15:
Length
&
Height
5
Days
April
Chap.
16:
Classifying
and
Sor7ng
5
Days
April
Chap.
17:
Addi7on
Stories
5
Days
May
Chap.
18:
Subtrac7on
Stories
7
Days
May
Chap.
19:
Measurement
6
Days
May
Chap.
20:
Money
(Coins)
4
days
June

9. Numbers
to
5

10. Numbers
to
5

11. Numbers
to
10

12. Numbers
to
10

13. Numbers
to
10

14. Coun7ng
&
Numbers
O
to
10

15. Coun7ng
&
Numbers
O
to
10

17. Numbers
to
20

18. Numbers
to
20

19. Numbers
to
20

20. Numbers
to
20

21. Numbers
to
20

23. Numbers
to
100

24. Numbers
to
100

25. Numbers
to
100

26. Numbers
to
100

27. Numbers
to
100

30. Number
Facts

34. Number
Facts