HomeMy WebLinkAboutTeaching Suggestions for At-Risk Kindergarten StudentsSuggested Activities for Students Identified by Beginning of Year
Kindergarten Math Screener
The suggested classroom activities are meant to support students who were unable to answer screener question. These
activities can be given in whole or target small groups of students.
1. Say to the child, “I want you to count as high as you can. But I bet you’re a very good counter, so I’ll stop you
after you’ve counted high enough. Okay?” (Stop the child after 5)
Suggested classroom activities:
Teach and sing counting songs
Don’t always stop at 10, continue on.
National Center on Intensive Intervention at American Institutes for Research: Teaching Counting
2. Give the child a set of 4 objects. Say to the child, “Here are some ________. I want you to count each one.
Touch each one as you count.”
Suggested classroom activities:
National Center on Intensive Intervention at American Institutes for Research: Teaching Counting
3. Show child the numbers 1 and 3. Ask, “Which number is bigger or more – 1 or 3?”
4. Show the child the numbers 5 and 2. Ask, “Which number is bigger or more – 5 or 2?”
Suggested classroom activities:
National Center on Intensive Intervention at American Institutes for Research: Teaching Counting
5. Give the child 2 objects – a new regular pencil and a new crayon. Ask the child, “Which object is longer?”
6. Show a child two pictures – one showing a large monkey and one showing a small monkey. Ask the child,
“Which monkey is smaller?”
7. Give the child two stacks of pennies – one containing 4 pennies and the other containing 2 pennies. Ask the
child, “Which stack of pennies is smaller or less?”
Suggested classroom activities:
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics