Connections Pre-K Sampler

7 Explicit instruction inmath vocabulary is enhanced by discussing the “math” presented in children’s stories. Children’s stories add excitement andgive students anopportunity touse informal and formal languagewhen talking aboutmath.Many commonwords have very precise meaningswhenused in the domainofmathematics. Children’s stories about counting, addingonemore, pairing, andothermathematical operations help students understand the “mathmeaning” of everydaywords. Sample StoryTime Activity Lesson 23 E - APair of Socks, Murphy, Stuart J. Summary: This book introduces pattern recognition as a sock searches the house for its lost mate. Give each student a pair of socks that have been cut out of white drawing paper. Put a very simple design on one sock. For example, a red straight line at the top. Have each student copy the design onto the other sock so that the pair of socksmatches.After you have checked to make sure that each student has amatching pair of stocks, take one sock from each student and place it on a bulletin board titled, “APair of Socks.”Take the other sock from each student and place it in an envelope or box. Each student will come to the box, pick a sock, and then find itsmatching partner on the bulletin board. Thismakes a great learning center activity formatching. C onnect to literacy