Kindergarten Journal Prompts

Math Journal Prompts Grade K Quarter 3 2007-2008 Revised 9/12/06

Test Item Problem Solving Strategies/ Prompt # Standards Prompt Frequency Suggested Resources ______Draw a Picture or Diagram Make a Model or Act it Out MG 1.1 4 Draw a line with your blue crayon that is longer than the black line. Draw a line with your red crayon that is shorter than the black line. Draw a Picture or Diagram NS 1.2 3 + CR Draw a tree. Use your crayons to draw 16 oranges in the tree.

Connect 5 linking cubes in a train. Use your crayons to draw: Make a Model or Act it Out 1) 4 more cubes Draw a Picture or Diagram NS 2.1 4 2) 5 more cubes 3) 1 less cube 4) 3 less cubes Make an ABCDABCD pattern with your pattern blocks. Draw the Draw a Picture or Diagram pattern on your journal page. Label the blocks with letters to show the Make a Model or Act it Out SDAP 1.2 3 ABCD parts of your pattern.

(Teacher note: Review the names of the pattern block shapes) (Present prompt with a page showing a numbered clock face.) Draw a Picture or Diagram MG 1.4 3 Look at the clock face and find the hour number that shows when you Mathematical Reasoning eat lunch. Draw a hand on the clock that points to your lunch time.