Summer Math Calendar:
for students entering First Grade
Hatherly Elementary School – Scituate
Directions:
Complete at least 20 math boxes each month.
Color in the box after you complete it.
Return the calendar grids to your new first grade teacher in September
and you will receive a prize*.
***Supporting materials found at the end.***
This packet can also be downloaded from Ms. Huntress’ Math site at:
http://www.scituate.k12.ma.us/hatherlymath/dhuntress.htm Click on Summer Math Packets (* work is not required) July 2016 – First Grade
Directions: Complete at least 20 math boxes in July and color in the box after you complete it. Return this calendar to school in September.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
“Number Card
Scavenger Hunt”
Directions are attached.
Find and identify shapes
around your home.
Or play “I Spy” with
shapes.
Choose a math book to
read from the attached
list.
Play tic-tac-toe.
Count and tally all the
windows in your house.
Practice writing
numbers 1-20 either in
the sand at the beach or
with soap in the bathtub.
At clean-up time,
estimate how many toys
need to be put away.
Count the toys to see
how close your estimate
was.
Ask an adult for the
coins in their wallet and
sort and identify by
pennies, nickels, dimes
and quarters.
Take a walk at the beach
and collect seashells.
Sort them by size.
Play “Before & After”Have an adult say a
number (20 or under),
then the child tells what
number comes before
and after.
Play Concentration on
the web with number 110. Record your
matches.
Web directions are on
the bottom of the page.
Swing or jump 100
times.
Look through
newspapers and
magazines for pictures
of things with shapes.
Cut them out and sort
them by shape, then
glue them onto pages to
make a shape book.
Play “Coin Exchange”
with a friend or family
member.
Directions are attached.
Count the number of
stairs as you walk up.
Then try counting back
as you go downstairs.
Take 5 pennies and use
all 5 pennies to make as
many designs as you
can think of.
Count to 100 by 1s while
taking a walk outside (or
wherever).
Play a card game. For
example, Crazy Eights
or Go Fish.
Play “Dice Addition” with
a friend or family
member.
Directions are attached.
Count by 5s to 100.
Count by 2s to 20.
Count by 10s to 100.
Jump 3 times, once like
a bunny, once like a
frog, and once like a
child. Measure each
jump. Which jump was
the shortest? Longest?
Ask an adult at home for
the coins in their wallet
and sort and identify by
pennies, nickels, dimes
and quarters.
Play Ten Frames on the
web. Follow website
directions below.
Ask an adult to give you
a handful of nickels, and
then count them.
Remember to count by
5s.
With chalk, make a
repeating pattern
design on a sidewalk
or driveway near you.
Ask an adult first.
Count everything!
Count the floors in
building, cars stopped at
a traffic light, ball
bounces, and so on.
Watch the moon for
many nights in a row.
Notice the different
shapes the moon
appears to make. Do
you notice any patterns?
You might want to
sketch on a calendar
how the moon looks
each night.
Play Patch Tool on the
web. Web directions
are on the bottom of the
page.
Website Directions: Go to: illuminations.nctm.org Click on ACTIVITIES. Click on K-2 and press SEARCH.
PARENT SIGNATURE: ______________________________CHILD’S NAME (first and last): ___________________________________
Created by C. Thonet, Jenkins School Teacher and adapted by D. Huntress, Hatherly School Math Specialist: Revised Spring 2016
August 2016
Directions: Complete at least 20 math boxes in August and color in the box after you complete it. Return this calendar to school in September.
Sunday
Choose a math book to
read from the attached
list.
Take a variety of sizes
of buckets or cups to the
beach to pour sand or
water into. Count how
many cups it takes to fill
a larger bucket. Tally
them and then write the
number in the sand.
Take 8 pennies and use
all 8 pennies to make as
many designs as you
can think of.
Sort the laundry. After
the clothes are washed
and dried, help fold the
clothes and sort them
into piles of your choice.
For example, by shirts,
pants, color or by family
member.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
On a bright day, have
someone trace your
shadow on the sidewalk
with chalk. Try this in the
morning, at noon, and late
in the afternoon. Measure
the shadow with your feet
or another measuring tool.
How does the size
change? Are there any
other changes?
Look at a calendar. How
many days are left until
school begins? How many
weeks? Predict how many
will be sunny, rainy or
cloudy. How can you
keep track?
Count by 5s to 100.
Count by 2s to 20.
Count by 10s to 100.
“Number Card
Scavenger Hunt”
Directions are attached.
Practice writing numbers
1-30 either in the sand
at the beach or with
soap in the bathtub.
Play “Ten Frame
Concentration” with the
Ten Frame cards.
Directions are attached.
Find and identify shapes
in your backyard or
neighborhood.
Look for numbers all
around-on the mailbox,
telephone, book pages,
houses, restaurants,
gas pumps, and so on.
Play “Coin Exchange”
with a friend or family
member.
Directions are attached.
Play Concentration on
the web with number 110. Record your
matches.
Web directions are on
the bottom of the page.
Ask an adult for the
coins in their wallet and
sort and identify by
pennies, nickels, dimes
and quarters.
Play Concentration on
the web with number 110. Record your
matches.
Web directions are on the
bottom of the page.
Write your first and last
name. How many
letters in each? How
many more letters in
your long name than in
your shorter name?
Play Ten Frames on the
web. Follow website
directions below.
Count and tally all the
teddy bears or books in
your bedroom.
Make a picture using
circles, triangles,
and rectangles.
How many did you use
of each? Which one did
you use the least of?
Play “Dice Addition” with a
friend or family member.
Directions are attached.
Practice counting
backwards when an
adult cooks food in the
microwave. Set the
time, and then count
back to 0.
Set up an obstacle
course at the park or in
your yard. Go around
bushes, under lawn
chairs, over the toy
blocks, and so on. Draw
a map of the course.
Go with an adult to the
store. Pay and receive
the change. Count your
change.
Play a card game. For
example, Crazy Eights
or Go Fish.
Create and solve
number stories with
family members.
Count to 100 by 1s
while taking a walk
outside.
Estimate and then count
how many books (or
CDs or movies) are on a
bookcase. If you shared
the books with everyone
in your family, how
many would each
person get?
Website Directions: Go to: illuminations.nctm.org Click on ACTIVITIES. Click on K-2 and press SEARCH.
PARENT SIGNATURE: ______________________________CHILD’S NAME (first and last): ______________________________________
Created by C. Thonet, Jenkins School Teacher and adapted by D. Huntress, Hatherly School Math Specialist: Revised Spring 2016
Supporting Materials
BOOKS TO READ THIS SUMMER
as noted in above calendar
Benny’s Pennies by Pat Brisson
Pattern Fish by Trudy Harris
Inch by Inch by Leo Leonni
Ten Flashing Fireflies by Philemon Sturges
Two Ways to Count to Ten by Ruby Dee
GAME DIRECTIONS – as noted in above calendars
Dice Addition
Materials: dice; counters or tally marks
Players:
2 or more players
Object of the game: To collect the most counters or tally marks.
Directions:
1. Players each roll a pair of dice at the same time and announce the sum of dots on their dice.
2. The player with the higher sum takes a counter (or can record a tally each time they get the highest sum).
3. The game ends when one player has 10 counters (or tally marks).
Coin Exchange
Materials: For the bank, you will need 20 pennies, 10 nickels, 10 dimes and one die (or slips of paper with the numbers 1-6 written
on them). If you have more than 3 players, put more coins in the bank.
Players: 2 or more players
Object of the game: To have more money.
Directions:
1.
Start with all the coins in the center of the table or game area. This is the bank.
2.
Take turns rolling the die or drawing slips of paper. For whatever number you roll or draw, take that amount. For
example, if you roll a 4, take four pennies. Each time you have 5 pennies, exchange them with the bank for a nickel. When
you have two nickels, exchange them for a dime.
3.
Before you turn is over, you need to count all your coins and tell your partner how much you have.
4.
The game ends when there are no dimes left in the bank.
5.
The player with the most money at the end of the game wins.
Materials: scrap paper
Number Card Scavenger Hunt
Players: 2 or more players
Object of the game: Put numbers 0-20 in order from least to greatest.
Directions:
1.
Using scrap paper, make number cards 0-20.
2.
Have a family member or friend hide the cards around your house.
3.
Have the child(ren) try to find all the number cards and then put them in the correct order.
4.
Put the cards in a safe place so you can reuse later.
Ten-Frame Concentration (Memory)
Materials: Deck of Ten-frame Cards 0-10 (cards are attached - cut and then play – start with 1 set and for a greater challenge use
both sets)
Object: Find as many combinations of two cards that equal 10.
Directions:
1. Place all the cards face down on a table in a rectangular arrangement (an array).
2. Players take turns turning over two cards.
3. If the two cards add together to make 10, the player keeps the pair.
4. If the cards do not make 10, the player turns them back over.
5. The game ends when all possible combinations have been taken.
Important Note: While playing remember to talk to your partner about the combinations that you are making. “I have a 3 and 7,
that equals 10! That is a match.”
Additional Summer Math Practice
For Kindergarten Students
Students can practice their math skills over the summer by playing math games.
Students can play various board games, card games and computer games. I have
included some of the many games that are fun and can benefit student
mathematical development.
Cards
Go Fish
Old Maid
Rummy
Solitaire
Uno
Games
Monopoly
Chess
Checkers
Yahtzee
Dominos
1) Type in http://www.scituate.k12.ma.us/hatherlymath/dhuntress.htm into the URL.
You may use any browser (ie. Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc…) or you may do a Google
search for “Diana Huntress Scituate” and my math page will “pop up”.
2) Wait for the page to open and then click the “Fun Math Links” button for computer
games under Kindergarten or try some Grade 1 activities.
3) Have fun playing the math games! See you in the fall.
- Diana Huntress
Ten Frame Cards (2 sets)