Grade PK Module 3 Topics E–H • • Family Math Newsletter Spotlight on Math Models Children will use key mathematical models throughout their elementary years. One of these models is the number path, a tool Pre-K students will use to connect counting and numbers 1–10. Sample Activity Number Path (from Module 3, Lesson 29) The number path is used in Pre-K, Kindergarten, and Grade 1 to help children work with numbers and visualize the number sequence. The Pollen Café number path starts at 1 and has a single space for each number. A color As waiters at the Pollen change at 5 shows the relationship between 5 and the numbers 6, 7, 8, 9, Café, students place bee and 10. customers in special seats Starting in Module 1, children began to see the number path to 5 using on the number path. Then, stairs that show the total number at each step (as pictured on right). In this they tally the orders for module, children continue to build the number path to 10, noticing that flowers. each number in the sequence is 1 larger. In Module 3, children work with the path in a new way, placing one object
Grade PK • Module 3 • Topics E–H Family Math Newsletter Spotlight on Math Models Children will use key mathematical models throughout their elementary years. One of these models is the number path, a tool Pre-K students will use to connect counting and numbers 1–10. Sample Activity (from Module 3, Lesson 29) Pollen Café As waiters at the Pollen Café, students place bee customers in special seats on the number path. Then, they tally the orders for flowers. Number Path The number path is used in Pre-K, Kindergarten, and Grade 1 to help children work with numbers and visualize the number sequence. The number path starts at 1 and has a single space for each number. A color change at 5 shows the relationship between 5 and the numbers 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. Starting in Module 1, children began to see the number path to 5 using stairs that show the total number at each step (as pictured on right). In this module, children continue to build the number path to 10, noticing that each number in the sequence is 1 larger. In Module 3, children work with the path in a new way, placing one object