Investigations in Number, Data and Space
Kindergarten

Investigations Unit	Math Emphases	Exemplars Tasks/Location
1. Who is in School Today?	Developing strategies for accurately counting a set of objects by 1's Sorting and classifying Carrying out a data investigation Using manipulatives, drawings, tools, and notation to show strategies and solutions	CDI Betty's Blocks, Field Trip, Marsupials, Paleontologist, Typical Objects, Paleontologist CDII New Necklace, Let's Play, Finicky Cat, Buttons for Snowmen, Riding at the Playground, Sharing Sleds, Betty's Blocks, Finicky Cat, Ice Cream, A Shower of Shapes CDIII Apples and Bananas, Boots and Hats, Collecting Seashells, Counting Corners, Socks for Everyone
2. Counting and Comparing	exploring numbers through a variety of counting activities building knowledge of the counting sequence using numerals to represent quantities developing skills for accurate counting comparing quantities measuring and comparing the lengths of objects using direct comparison	CDI Bug Watching, Frog and Toad, Someone's Been Eating My Porridge, How Big is A Foot, Snail Trails CDII Calendar Problem 1, Lining Up, Wonderful Leaves, Eating Jellybeans, Flies and Frogs CDIII Apples and Bananas, Dinosaur Models, Number Blocks, Counting Corners, Measuring a Tulip, Picking Up Shapes
3. What Comes Next?	sorting and classifying data constructing, describing, and extending repeating patterns identifying the unit of a repeating pattern	CDI Bug Watching, Eggsactly, Field Trip, Flags, Hats and Scarves, In Line, Marsupials, Paleontologist, Pig Pens, Snow Play, Stacking Caps, Ten Feet Apartment, Typical Objects, Space Creatures, Valentine M&M® Problems CDII Calendar Problem, Eating Jelly Beans, Let's Play, Lining Up, Lynns Ladder, A New Necklace, Flies and a Frog, Sharing Sleds, Betty's Blocks, Finicky Cat, Ice Cream CDIII Applies and Bananas, Eating Apples, Keeping the Park Clean, Measuring a Tulip, PattyÕs Pennies, Shapes on the Playground, Keeping the Park Clean
4. Measuring and Counting	understanding length and using linear units developing strategies for accurately counting a set of objects by ones making sense of and developing strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems with small numbers developing an understanding of the magnitude and position of numbers using manipulatives, drawings, tools, and notation to show strategies and solutions	CDI Ten Feet Apartment, Octopus, Owl Eyes, Hot Chocolate, Number Cube Game, In Line, Bowls of Apples, How Big is a Foot? Sink or Float, Snail Trails, Wonderful Leaves, CDII Buttons for Snowmen, Lining Up, Legs, Nine Cents, Someone's Been Eating My Porridge CDIII Measuring a Tulip, Collecting Seashells, Crackers, Dinosaur Models, How Many Apples? New Stones for Jim, Picking Up Shapes, Socks for Everyone
5. Make a Shape, Build a Block	describing, identifying, comparing, and sorting 2-D and 3-D shapes	CDI Geometry, Paleontologist, Pentomino Problem, Pig Pens, Seats and Tables, Typical Objects CDII Someone's Been Eating My Porridge, Time for Math, A New Necklace CDIII Picking Up Shapes, Shapes on the Playground
6. How Many Do You Have?	developing strategies for accurately counting a set of objects by ones making sense of and developing strategies to solve addition and subtracting problems with small numbers using manipulatives, drawings, tools, and notation to show strategies and solutions	CDI Ten Feet Apartment, Octopus, Owl Eyes, Hot Chocolate, Number Cube Game, In Line, Bowls of Apples CDII Buttons for Snowmen, Lining Up, Legs, Nine Cents, Someone's Been Eating My Porridge, Holiday Fair Shopping CDIII Collecting Seashells, Crackers, Dinosaur Models, How Many Apples? New Stones for Jim, Picking Up Shapes, Socks for Everyone
7. Sorting and Surveys	developing strategies for accurately counting a set of objects by ones representing data sorting and classifying carrying out a data investigation	CDI Average Number of Letters, Easter Baskets, Field Trip, Number Cube Game, Sink or Float, Space Creatures, Typical Objects, Snow Play, Chip Chance, Fishing CDII Finicky Cat, Ice Cream, Perplexing Palindrome Problem, Staying Warm CDIII Apples and Bananas, Boots and Hats, Collecting Seashells, Counting Corners, Socks for Everyone

Investigations in Number, Data and Space Kindergarten

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Investigations in Number, Data and Space
Kindergarten