Resources

Investigations at a Glance
[|InvestigationsAtAGlance.pdf] [|Kindergarten Pacing Guide] online version, always the most up-to-date version available

Performance Record of Mathematical Focus Points
[|Revised Perf_Inv_gr_K.xls] (version 1.5, adds assessments from pacing guides) [|Revised Perf_Inv_gr_K.xlsx] (version 1.5, compatible with Microsoft Office 2008 version of Excel)

Vertical Alignment of Investigations' Benchmarks
[|vertical alignment of benchmarks number.doc] (Number and Operations) 

Where to Start (Unit by Unit Self-Help!)
[|wts_unit1_k.pdf] [|wts_unit2_k.pdf] [|wts_unit3_k.pdf] [|wts_unit4_k.pdf] [|wts_unit5_k.pdf] [|wts_unit6_k.pdf] [|wts_unit7_k.pdf]

Vocabulary
[|investigations_vocabulary_k.pdf]

Smartboard Notebook Resources
[|10 Frame.notebook]

**Literature Connections **

 * In Investigations 2nd Edition, a selection of children’s literature relating to the mathematical content of a specific unit is included in every Family Letter. These books are offered as one of the ways that families can support their child’s mathematical experiences at home. Many teachers also like to display a selection of these books on the classroom bookshelf over the course of the unit. In Kindergarten, occasionally a book is suggested as part of a math lesson and several titles are suggested to the teacher. The use of literature is offered as a suggestion for introducing an idea or activity and is thus considered an optional material rather than the centerpiece of a math lesson. The following is a list of Kindergarten units which include suggestions for using children’s literature.**


 * Unit 2, //Counting and Comparing// suggests using a book about a character with a very long name.** Suggestions include //Chrysanthemum// by Kevin Henkes, //Rumplestiltskin// by Paul O. Zelinsky or Jacob Grimm or //Tikki Tikki Tembo// by Arlene Mosel (optional)


 * Unit 3, //What Comes Next?// suggests using a book about observing** such as //I Am Eyes * Ni Macho; Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?//; or //I Went Walking// (optional)


 * Unit 4, //Measuring and Comparing// suggests using a book about shoes.** Suggestions include //Shoes, Shoes, Shoes// by Ann Morris; //Shoes// by Elizabeth Winthrop; //New Shoes for Sylvia// by Johanna Hurwitz; //Shoes Like Miss Alice's// by Angela Johnson; or //A Pair of Red Clogs// by Masako Matsuno (optional)


 * Unit 5, //Make a Shape, Build a Block// suggests using a book about pennies.** Suggestions include //Benny’s Pennies// by Pat Brisson; //A Chair for My Mother// by Vera Williams (also available in Spanish); and //Penny// by Jeffrey Patnaude (optional)


 * Unit 7, //Sorting and Surveys// suggests using a book about lunch.** Suggestions include: //This Is the Way We Eat Our Lunch//: //A Book about Children Around the World// by Edith Baer, //Lunch// by Denise Fleming, and //School Lunch// by True Kelley (optional)


 * The following is the list of children’s literature which appears in the Kindergarten Family Letters:**

Aber, Linda Williams. //Grandma's Button Box//. (Math Matters Series.) Angelou, Maya. //My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me//. Anno, Mitsumasa. //Anno’s Counting Book//. Baer, Edith. //This is the Way We Eat Our Lunch//. Bang, Molly. //Ten, Nine, Eight.// Burns, Marilyn. //The Greedy Triangle//. Chocolate, Debbi. //Kente Colors//. Crews, Donald. //Ten Black Dots//. (Available in Spanish) Dale, Penny. //Ten in Bed//. Deitz Shea, Pegi, Cynthia Weill and Pahm Viet-Dinh. //Ten Mice for Tet!// Dodds, Dayle Ann. //The Shape of Things.// Dunbar, Joyce. //Ten Little Mice.// Ehlert, Lois. //Color Zoo.// Ehlert, Louise. //Fish Eyes.// Emberley, Rebecca. //My Numbers/Mis Numeros//. Falwell, Cathryn. //Feast for 10.// Falwell, Cathryn. //Shape Space.// Grossman, Virginia. //Ten Little Rabbits.// Harris, Trudy. //Pattern Bugs.// Harris, Trudy. //Pattern Fish.// Hoban, Tana. //Count and See. Hoban, Tana. Shapes, Shapes, Shapes. Keenan, Sheila. More or Less a Mess. Krebs, Laurie. We All Went On Safari: A Counting Journey Through Tanzania. Lionni, Leo. A Busy Year. Lionni, Leo. Inch by Inch. Martin, Bill. Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3. Martin, Jr. Bill, and John Archambault. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Museum 123. Mora, Pat. Uno, Dos, Tres, One, Two, Three. Moss, Lloyd. Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin. Murphy, Stuart J. Animals on Board. Murphy, Stuart. The Best Vacation Ever. Murphy, Stuart J. Monster Musical Chairs. Peek, Merle. Roll Over! A Counting Song. Pluckrose, Henry Arthur. Math Counts: Sorting. Reid, Margarette S. The Button Box. Rogers, Paul. The Shapes Game. Roth, Susan L. My Love for You All Year Round. Russo, Marasabina. The Line Up Book. Sloat, Teri. From One to One Hundred. Swinburne, Stephen R. Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes: Patterns in Nature. Turpin, Lorna. The Sultan’s Snakes. Walsh, Ellen Stoll. Mouse Count. Walton, Rick. How Many, How Many, How Many. Wormell, Christopher. Teeth, Tails & Tentacles: An Animal Counting Book.//