Success in math also depends on a discrete vocabulary. Watch the child doing math worksheets. Are they stumbling over the math vocabulary (equals, regroup, rounded, nearest, value, subtract, answer, lowest terms)? Use the site below to work on math vocabulary:
http://www.spellingcity.com/math-vocabulary.html
Here is a list of all the math words each elementary grade is expected to know, just in one facet of math (Measurement and Data):
KINDERGARTEN
- Measurement & Data: measure, long, estimate, longest, shorter, small, size, big, short, biggest, today, time, minute, calendar, hour, second, yesterday, morning, afternoon, date, minute hand, first, second hand, hour hand, clock, year, equal parts, month, day, week
FIRST GRADE
- Calendar: measure, length, foot, ruler, long, inch, foot, shorter, thermometer, temperature
- Graphing: chart, picture graph, bar graph, input, measurement, table, data
- Length/Temperature: month, calendar, day, week, year, leap year, season
- Money: money, dollar, coin, cent, half-dollar, quarter, nickel, penny, dime, currency
- Statisics: less likely, impossible, equally likely, tally, certain, equal parts, estimate, even, chance
- Time: time, second, hour hand, minute, second hand, half-hour, clock, first, hour, minute hand
- Weight/Volume: measure, gram, scales, cup, pint, quart, pound, size, balance, kilogram
SECOND GRADE
- Calendar: date, day, week, calendar, month, event, leap year, season
- Fractions: equivalent, extend, whole, equal parts, ones, tens, one-third, one-fourth, fraction, integer
- Length: foot, temperature, thermometer, longest, centimeter, inch, meter, yard, length, degree
- Money: coin, dollar, money, dime, nickel, quarter, penny, half-dollar, cent, currency
- Showing Data: symbol, table, bar graph, interpret, pie chart , tally, picture graph, data
- Statistics: estimate, survey, predict, unlikely, likely, equal, outcome, equally likely, impossible, certain
- Time: time, second, minute hand, hour, elapsed time, quarter-hour, minute, hour hand,half-hour, second hand
- Weight/Volume: gram, balance, cup, quart, pint, pound, kilogram, liter, size, ounce
THIRD GRADE
- Length: centimeter, area, length, height, mile, kilometer, temperature, perimeter, meter, width
- Showing Data: tally chart, bar graph, data, input, interpret, pictograph, customary units, non-standard units, picture graph, table, symbol
- Statistics: chance, reasonableness, median, data, input, outcome, combinations, mode, predict
- Time/Temperature: thermometer, degrees, second, minute, clockwise, counterclockwise, temperature, elapsed time, hour, Celsius
- Weight/Volume: gram, liter, weight, scale, metric, liquid measures, kilogram, ounce, capacity, volume
FOURTH GRADE
- Units & Coordinates: y-axis, line graph, customary units, non-standard units, x-axis, coordinates, coordinate, system, data, unit conversion, unit
- Length: meter, length, width, kilometer, measurement, inch, yard, centimeter, metric, foot
- Problem Solving: probability, predict, array, survey, chance, likely, unlikely, certainty, data collection, tendency
- Quantity/Size: volume, liter, ounce, pint, kilogram, weight, mass, quart, gallon, balance
- Time/Temperature: Celsius, Fahrenheit, measurement, minute, second, event, degree, time , temperature, hour
- Interpretation: mean, median, mode, range, likelihood, ordered pairs, statistics, interpret, graph, data
- Presentation: tree diagram, pie chart, diagram, data, circle graph, Venn diagram, tally, bar graph, frequency table, measure