What do a pumpkin patch, a spooky bat and a handful of candy have in common? They're all math waiting to happen. This Halloween-themed math journal for Kindergarten and Grade 1 gives young learners a page, a pencil and a reason to think like mathematicians all through the fall season, aligned to Common Core standards and focused on numbers 0 to 20.

Through this journal, students discover that math is about thinking, not just answering. They look at seasonal pictures and describe what they see, draw and count sets, build and extend patterns, and fill in number patterns of their own.

They explore doubles up to twenty, add and take away within 10 and 20, and draw number bonds, including a rainbow version that makes the parts of a number easy to see.

Because every prompt asks children to record their thinking rather than fill in a blank, the journal builds reasoning and problem-solving skills and gives you a clear view of how each child understands number. The pages work for independent practice, partner talk or small-group sessions, and the variety of prompts suits different learning styles.

Inside this journal, you'll find cover pages in color and black and white, "I can see" and "I can draw" prompts, describing prompts, pattern-making and number-pattern pages, doubles pages to draw and solve, four problem-solving prompts, addition pages up to 10 and up to 20, a take-away page, two number bond pages, and four number bond posters in color and black and white covering numbers up to ten and within 20.

Perfect for daily math warm-ups, fall and Halloween math centers, early finishers, or a seasonal portfolio of each child's mathematical thinking.

Think Dive is built on a simple idea: a handful of curiosity + a bucket of imagination = learning that sticks. Every resource is designed to spark original thinking in young minds.

Format: PDF (US Letter size — A4 available upon request).

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