Geometry - Answers Study of relationships in space
Preposition words - Answers Words indicating spatial relationships (e.g. beside, behind)
WILL ALWAYS BE GEOMETRY
Simple graphing - Answers Using smiley and frowny faces for data representation in preK
Calendar time (data and statistics) - Answers Using weather and temperature for data and statistics
Number sense - Answers Understanding quantity of objects, not quality or size
One to one correspondence - Answers Understanding one number corresponds with one item
Circle graph - Answers Graph showing parts to a whole
Line graph - Answers Graph representing one entity
Bar graph - Answers Graph displaying multiple entities simultaneously
GPS satellite system - Answers Related to math and geometry
Borrowing - Answers Associated with subtraction
Carrying - Answers Related to addition
PEMDAS - Answers Order of operations in math: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division,
Addition, Subtraction
Math journal - Answers Used to record problem solving strategies that all of the children use and build
math inquiry
Variable - Answers Symbol representing a quantity that can change
Factoring - Answers Recognizing and breaking down numbers into factors
1x5 rectangle; 1 row with 5 cubes
add 2 rows; now 3x5
What two things is she teaching them?
Area and multiplication
Congruency - Answers Exact similarity, as in congruent shapes
Similarity - Answers Resemblance, as in similar right triangles
, Refraction - Answers Bending of light, as demonstrated with a prism
Gravity - Answers Force pulling objects toward the center of the Earth
Potential energy - Answers Stored energy due to position
Kinetic energy - Answers Energy of motion
Scale and proportions - Answers Relating distances on a map to actual distances
Ex. want students to know that there is great distance between earth and pluto
Sun dial - Answers Device using shadows to show time and rotation
Rotation- sun dial shows 24 hours in a day
Erosion - Answers Wearing away of rocks by natural forces
EX. show this through rocks in a river stream
Pesticides simulation - Answers Using a natural barrier to simulate pesticide use
Parallel play - Answers Children playing alongside each other without interaction
EX. kids walk around and say different barnyard animals
Associative property - Answers Property allowing addition or multiplication regardless of grouping
Distributive property - Answers Property allowing multiplication of a sum by multiplying each addend
separately (most frequently used)
NO rulers for young children - Answers how long is your hand, arm
use different units
measurement - Answers when you are comparing larger, smaller, etc.
counting on - Answers counting up from the smaller number to find the difference of two numbers
(good for both addition and subration)
EX. add 3+3 can start at 3 and count on
number slider device - Answers used for place value
children sorting - Answers allow them to choose characteristics of sorting and why
also teaches set
piles of blocks, vertically stack, cube left over What is the point of this? - Answers to teach even and odd
numbers