Math Letter from Brian Mowry

Dear Family,
Our Frog Street Pre-K curriculum supports every aspect of your childs developmentphysical, social, emotional, cognitive, and linguistic. This letter provides an overview of the programs mathematics skills. As society continues to adapt to the 21st centurys technological expansion, our countrys economic vitality and positioning as a global competitor increasingly hinges on our childrens interest and competency in mathematics. To meet that challenge, Frog Street Pre-K draws upon an impressive body of research that outlines how young children as early as three are capable of engaging and exploring fundamental, yet surprisingly complex, mathematical ideas. This program provides purposeful, engaging mathematical investigations and activities that build upon your childs informal understandings of patterns, number, measurement, and shape. The following overview summarizes the knowledge and skills that your child will learn in relation to three critical content domains as specified and recommended by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) 2008 Focal Points.

Number and Operations

(understanding quantity and numerical relationships)
Children will learn to correspond the verbal sequence of numbers (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) in a one-to-one relationship with sets of concrete, pictorial, and auditory collections and understand that the last counting word in the sequence tells how many there are all together. Children will engage in meaningful activities that lead them to understand patterns and apply counting as a sense-making strategy for naming, combining, separating, comparing quantities and quantifying data.

shapes orientation changes when it moves by sliding, flipping, or turning in space. Children will participate in activities in which they use concrete materials to compare, build, and take apart shapes, as well as move objects to make various visual and spatial transformations.

Measurement
(quantifying and comparing space length, weight, area, and volume)
Children will directly compare measurable attributes, including length, weight, area, and volume using language such as longer, shorter, heavier, wider, and fuller. They will also begin to compare, measure, and order various objects using non-standard units (cubes, string) as well as formal tools, such as a balance scale. Your child will spend this school year hard at work developing the necessary concepts and skills that will provide the foundation for mathematical success. Make it add up, Brian Mowry
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Geometry and Spatial Awareness

(understanding shape, location, and spatial transformations)
Children will learn to recognize and describe the attributes of two- and three-dimensional shapes (for example, a triangle has three straight sides and three corners) and understand how shapes are alike and different. They will also learn to describe an objects location in relation to other objects and how a
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