Raft Card 1:

Row 1

ROLE (student)
Adventurer

AUDIENCE
Animals

FORMAT
Game

TOPIC
Addition using
pictures

Objective:
CCSS.Math.Content.K.OA.A.: Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers,

mental images, drawings1, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations,
expressions, or equations (Kindergarten Mathematics Standards, n.d.).
Student Role: Adventurer
Audience: Animals
Format: Game
Topic: Addition using pictures

Directions:
1. Practice addition with pictures by using the resources listed.
2. As an adventurer, create an addition game. Use different animals to create addition
problems.
3. Show the problems that were solved.
Resources:
http://www.k-5mathteachingresources.com/kindergarten-math-activities.html
http://www.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/addition-with-pictures-sums-up-to-5

https://www.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/add-two-numbers-sums-up-to-5
https://www.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/addition-with-pictures-sums-up-to-10
https://www.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/add-two-numbers-sums-up-to-10
Assessment:
Design an addition game to show the understanding of addition. *10 points
Show that addition problems and answers that are used throughout the game. *10 points

Raft Card 2:

Row 2

ROLE (student)
Your favorite Disney

AUDIENCE
Your favorite

character

Disney show

FORMAT
Cartoon

TOPIC
Going on a shape
hunt

Objective:
You will be able to identify several shapes, of all different sizes.
CCSS.Math.Content.K.G.A.2: Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or

overall size (Kindergarten Mathematics Standards, n.d.).

Student Role: Your favorite Disney Character
Audience: Your favorite Disney show
Format: Cartoon
Topic: Going on a shape hunt

Directions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

View the shape lesson on Prezi.

Draw the shapes that you see throughout the video.
Use the resources to learn each shape, show me one game completed.
Cut out six different shapes (one of each from the presentation) from the magazines.
Create a cartoon using your favorite Disney show and character.
Hide the shapes within the cartoon for your character to find.
Ask a classmate to solve your characters Shape Hunt

Resources:
https://prezi.com/tbvgmpnjwagn/shapeslesson/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
https://www.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/identify-shapes

https://www.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/identify-shapes-ii
http://pbskids.org/games/shapes/

Assessment:
The student will show the teacher one game completed, to know they understand the concept of
different shapes. *5 points for participation
Cartoon Shape Hunt completed correctly, with six different shapes hidden. *15 points
Peer completed the shape hunt and found all shapes. *5 points for completing someone elses.

Raft Card 3:

Row 3

ROLE (student)
reporter

AUDIENCE
parents

FORMAT
Brochure/booklet

TOPIC
Down on the

Farm Sight
words

Objective: Create a brochure of the animals from the list of sight words. CCSS.ELA-

Literacy.W.K.2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose

informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply
some information about the topic (Kindergarten English Language Arts Standards, n.d.).
Student Role: Reporter
Audience: Parents
Format: Brochure/Booklet
Topic: sight words

Directions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Watch the video for the book The Big Red Barn.
View and practice using the second resource, the flash cards.
Create a five page brochure/booklet about five farm animals.
Use all 10 sight words from this week throughout the book.
Construct a sentence on each page for each animal using at least one sight word.
Draw and color a picture to go along with the sentence.

Resources:
https://youtu.be/tY00dvAvutA
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/preschool/animals/farm/animalfarmflashcards.htm
http://www.kidzone.ws/thematic/farm/farm_words.htm

Assessment:
The student will create a brochure that will be 5 pages and use all of the ten sight words for the
week. *10 points
The student will create a sentence using at least one sight word for each animal page. *5 points
Create a picture to go along with each sentence *5points