Given a group of up to 20 objects, count the number of objects in that group and represent the number of objects with a written numeral. State the number of objects in a rearrangement of that group without recounting.
Instruction focuses on developing an understanding of cardinality and one-to-one correspondence.
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| Coordinating Hurricane Cleanup | Students will use data collected by drones to coordinate cleanup efforts after a hurricane. They will develop a method to rank locations with downed trees blocking roads based on their potential impact on safety or recovery operations.
This is an open-ended engineering design lesson where students will develop a model to help them solve a problem. There are no “right” answers as the lesson is focused on the process of developing a solution and the skills and reasoning behind the process. Students should be given the freedom to interpret the problem and parameters in unique ways to pursue their own lines of thinking in producing a solution. |
| Who Is Your Pilot? | Engage students in a fun game of guessing by integrating science and math skills. Students keep track of how many pilots are still in the group as they eliminate some each round based on their partner's answer related to observable characteristics. This lesson is based on the CPALMS eReader, "Ten Little Pilots," resource #217323. |
| Birds of a Feather | Students will go on a simulated bird-watching trip around the classroom. They will collect and sort images of various birds into categories based on their visible characteristics. They will use these groups of bird images to practice counting and comparing objects in different categories. Students will use descriptions of bald eagles in the book, The Bald Eagle by Norman Pearl, to identify images of bald eagles among their categories and discuss how the bald eagle is a symbol of the United States. |
| Counting Arrangements | In this integrated lesson plan, students will discuss the expectations for conduct within small group rotations of counting and representing with a written numeral (i.e.: how to take turns, how to make a responsible decision during the activity by staying on task and reminding other members of the group to stay on task while they are working at that rotation place, etc.). Students will also state the number of objects in a rearrangement of that group without recounting. |
| Representing Numbers 1-6 | In this lesson, the teacher will go through an interactive and fun way to learn the relationships of numbers and objects for the numbers 1- 6. The lesson will begin with the students acting as the manipulatives for their classmates. Then will get to work with their peers in a fun dice version of bingo. This lesson will expose students to 1:1 correspondence, finding the relationship between quantity and written numerals, cardinality, and conservation of number. |
| Fishing for Five | Counting to five can be fun! After reading Over in the Ocean and exploring animals in the coral reef, students will use goldfish to count out numbers 1 through 5. Students will count using one to one correspondence and explore with numbers and manipulatives. They will then explain how they know the number 5 represents five objects. |
| Counting With a Caterpillar | In this lesson, students will be creating a counting book and placing paper cut-outs of fruit on each page of their book. They will point and count each fruit to show their understanding of one-to-one correspondence up to 5. Students will represent each quantity with a written numeral. |
| Counting Cubs | This lesson should be taught in the beginning of kindergarten. In this lesson, students will focus on counting number 1-5. The use of hands-on manipulatives, story puppets, and stamps are incorporated. |
| Spring Festival Flower | In this MEA, students will help pick a flower that will be the focus of the Spring Festival. They will practice counting pictures and representing the number of pictures with a written numeral. |
| Ice Cream Truck Favorites | In this Model Eliciting Activity, MEA, students will work in collaborative groups to choose the best ice cream bar that an ice cream truck may sell. Students will analyze the data provided and come up with a solution. They will also be asked to reevaluate their written procedures once a second data set is presented.
Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. MEAs resemble engineering problems and encourage students to create solutions in the form of mathematical and scientific models. Students work in teams to apply their knowledge of science and mathematics to solve an open-ended problem, while considering constraints and tradeoffs. Students integrate their ELA skills into MEAs as they are asked to clearly document their thought process. MEAs follow a problem-based, student centered approach to learning, where students are encouraged to grapple with the problem while the teacher acts as a facilitator. To learn more about MEA’s visit: https://www.cpalms.org/cpalms/mea.aspx
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| "How Long is Your Train?" | This lesson is intended to allow students to gain insight into the importance of measurement. The focus is on using non-standard units to measure the length of a "train" they create. Students are then required to compare the length of their train with a buddy's train. |
| Counting Fingers | In this lesson, students will use their fingers and manipulatives to help solve simple addition problems within 5. |
| SPLASH! Jumping In and Out of the Pond | In this lesson, students will use manipulatives and equations to represent and solve addition and subtraction word problems. |
| Fireflies - Numbers 11-19 | In this lesson, students will manipulate beans (fireflies) to represent numbers 11-19 as a unit of ten and a group of ones. |
| Whose Baby is That? | This inquiry-based 5E lesson provides an initial look at categorizing items into 2 categories. Visuals of animals are used to begin the classifying/categorizing of animals and their babies. Students will practice categorizing in pairs and will be given the categories to use. They will then explain the placement of each item in the category. The teacher will ask guiding questions and facilitate the lesson to ensure comprehension of the material. |
| Show me 1,2,3,4,5 | This lesson is designed to teach students to write and represent groups of numbers using drawings. This lesson will cover the numbers 1 to 5. |
| Sort, Count, and Graph | In this lesson, students will sort objects, count the number of objects in each category and compare using the terms greater than, less than, or equal to. |
| We Love Pets! | In this Model Eliciting Activity, MEA, students will work in teams to determine the best pet toys to buy for a pet daycare.
Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. MEAs resemble engineering problems and encourage students to create solutions in the form of mathematical and scientific models. Students work in teams to apply their knowledge of science and mathematics to solve an open-ended problem, while considering constraints and tradeoffs. Students integrate their ELA skills into MEAs as they are asked to clearly document their thought process. MEAs follow a problem-based, student centered approach to learning, where students are encouraged to grapple with the problem while the teacher acts as a facilitator. To learn more about MEA’s visit: https://www.cpalms.org/cpalms/mea.aspx |
| Crazy Pizza | In this Model Eliciting Activity, MEA, students will work in teams to determine the best unique pizza topping to add to a restaurant menu.
Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. MEAs resemble engineering problems and encourage students to create solutions in the form of mathematical and scientific models. Students work in teams to apply their knowledge of science and mathematics to solve an open-ended problem, while considering constraints and tradeoffs. Students integrate their ELA skills into MEAs as they are asked to clearly document their thought process. MEAs follow a problem-based, student centered approach to learning, where students are encouraged to grapple with the problem while the teacher acts as a facilitator. To learn more about MEA’s visit: https://www.cpalms.org/cpalms/mea.aspx |
| Counting Colorful Cockatoos | Poor Professor Dupont! He is missing his prized cockatoos! Help Professor Dupont find his special birds one by one as you turn the page. After helping Professor Dupont find his special cockatoos, create a classroom tree and sort the birds by color. You will have a fine feathered fantastic time counting and sorting! |
| If You Give a Teacher a Cookie... | More than, less than, or equal to? Which would you rather have? Well, it depends upon the situation. Let's compare objects and numbers and decide if it is best to have more of something, less of something, or just as much as someone else. |
| You Are a Smart Cookie | The students will use M&M's to find the number that makes 10, for any number from 1 to 9, when added to the given number. Students will record the answer as both a drawing and an equation. |
| All Together Now, Part 1 | In this lesson students will use manipulatives and equations to model bringing together two smaller groups to make one large group. This is part one of a two part series. Part 2 is titled "All Together Now- or NOT" (Resource 49796). |
| Ten is a Friend! | Students will learn about the concept of ones and tens and how 10 is a friendly number that we can utilize in various ways in mathematics. They will physically manipulate snap cubes to make a ten train and add on randomly selected ones that will include the numbers 11-19. After that students will draw representations of the numbers 11-19 and finally write the two-digit number that a ten train and a selected group of ones will create. |
| Mountain Bicycles Inc. | In this Model Eliciting Activity, MEA, students, in teams, will make decisions about how to select a new bicycle for a mountain bicycle company to start selling.
Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. MEAs resemble engineering problems and encourage students to create solutions in the form of mathematical and scientific models. Students work in teams to apply their knowledge of science and mathematics to solve an open-ended problem, while considering constraints and tradeoffs. Students integrate their ELA skills into MEAs as they are asked to clearly document their thought process. MEAs follow a problem-based, student centered approach to learning, where students are encouraged to grapple with the problem while the teacher acts as a facilitator. To learn more about MEA’s visit: https://www.cpalms.org/cpalms/mea.aspx
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| Counting by 10's with Zero the Hero and Little Count | In this lesson students will learn to count to 100 by 10's. The relationship between the numbers 1-10 and 10-100 will be made using the 100's chart followed by a PowerPoint story about Little Count the Caterpillar. Students will make their own Little Count the Caterpillar using circle body segments, where each circle represents the numerals 10, 20, 30... |
| Disc Drop - Decomposing Ten | In this lesson, students will use two-sided colored counters (discs) to decompose the number ten. |
| Counting and Sorting Objects | In this lesson, students will use buttons to sort by like characteristics. In addition, students will be counting and recording the number of buttons in each category. Students will also group equal amounts together to create new categories. |
| Mathematical Magic: A basic plan for setting up successful math centers | In this lesson, students will learn the desired procedures and successful outcomes for conducting daily math centers that will help them become better learners. This lesson includes station activities for counting objects and representing the number with a written numeral. The procedure for math centers can be adapted for use in other grade levels. |
| Vegetables…in Cupcakes?! | In teams, students will make decisions about how to select the best bakery based on various cupcake characteristics (e.g., taste, smell). Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom. |
| Greater? Less? Let's Compare | This lesson is designed to give the students a hands-on opportunity to count small numbers of objects and decide which is greater or less than the other when compared. |
| Five Little Ducks - Decomposing Number 5 | In this activity students will recite the Five Little Ducks poem to decompose numbers using manipulatives and equations to represent the math. |
| Going Loopy for Addition | The students will partner up and use Fruit Loops to represent addition equations with sums up to 10. They will draw, act out, use verbal explanations and write equations to show addition. |
| Counting to Ten With Ten Black Dots | In this lesson, students will practice one-to-one correspondence and counting to 10 using black dots as manipulative. |
| Decompose That Teen Number! | The students will receive explicit instruction from the teacher on the definition of decomposing a number and how to represent a decomposition with manipulatives, drawings, and equations. The students will use linking cubes to reflect numbers from 11-19, and to show their understanding of how to decompose a number. Students will record decompositions as an equation. |
| Every Group Counts! | The students will be working in whole group, small group and individually to discover measurable attributes of objects and sort the objects into categories. Students will also count and compare the number of objects in each category. |
| How Many? Lesson 1 of 3 | The students will show understanding of the conservation of numbers regardless of the order in which objects were counted. The students will be able to tell "how many" without recounting objects and be able to explain that the amount is the same because no objects were added or taken away. |
| How Many? Lesson 2 of 3 | In this lesson, students will show understanding of the conservation of numbers regardless of the order in which they were counted. Student will be able to tell "how many" without recounting objects and be able to explain that the amount is the same because no objects were added or taken away. |
| How Many? Lesson 3 of 3 | In this lesson, students will show understanding that "one more" is the next counting number. Student will be able to tell "how many" without recounting objects and be able to explain that the total amount is the next counting number because it is one more. |
| Let's Count the Steps | Students will count items with numbers ranging from zero to twenty in an outdoor environment (can also be done indoors) and, when given a number up to 20, will count steps, using body movement in the form of "taking steps" on a number line to enhance learning. |
| Sorting It All Out | In this lesson, kindergarten students will learn to sort objects familiar to them by different attributes. They will justify their decisions for classification when objects have more than one similar characteristic. |
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| Counting to 10 With Scout | Come along with Scout as he prepares supplies for a camping adventure. You will learn to count to 10, recognize the number 10, and count 10 objects in this interactive tutorial. |
| Exploring 10 with Scout | Get ready to set up camp with Scout as you explore the number 10. You will count 10 objects in a circle, count a group of 10 objects, and count out 10 objects in this interactive tutorial. |
| Summer's Pool Party: Learning the Number 9 (Part 1) | In Part 1 of Summer's Pool Party, students assist Summer in preparing for a pool party with her friends. They will help Summer count to 9, recognize the number 9, and count 9 objects in a line.
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| Counting 7 with Treasure Tracker Tyler | Help Tyler count seven objects in a scattered arrangement, group seven objects, and count out seven objects one by one with this interactive tutorial.
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| Ahoy! Counting to 7 with Polly Parrot | Help Polly Parrot count to 7, recognize the numeral 7, and count 7 objects in a line with this interactive tutorial. |
| Buddy’s Treehouse Adventure: Learning the Number 6 (Part 2) | Help Buddy count 6 objects in an array, group with 6 objects, and count out 6 objects as he builds his treehouse in this interactive tutorial.
This is part 2 in a two-part series. Click HERE to open part 1.
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| Buddy’s Treehouse Adventure (Part 1): Learning the Number 6 | Help Buddy count to six, recognize the number 6, and count six objects in a line with this interactive tutorial,
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| Stars and Stripes Part 1: Sorting Into Groups | Learn about the American flag by identifying colors and shapes and sorting parts of flag designs into groups in this interactive S.T.E.M. and civics integrated tutorial.
This is part 1 of 2-part series, click HERE to view part 2. |
| Stars and Stripes Part 2: Counting Within Groups | Learn about the American flag by sorting flag designs and features into groups and counting the objects in a group in this interactive S.T.E.M. and civics integrated tutorial.
This is part 2 of 2-part series, click HERE to view part 1. |
| Lucy is 5! Recognizing and Writing Number 5 | Learn to how to recognize and write the number 5 and count up to 5 objects using 10 frames and number lines as you help Lucy the dog plan a party in this interactive tutorial. |
| Circus Time With Number 4, Recognizing and Writing Number 4 | Help Lucy the dog recognize and write number 4. She will also learn to count up to 4 objects using a ten frame and number line in this interactive tutorial. |
| We Have 2 Bones! Recognizing and Writing Number 2 | Help Lucy and Izzy learn to recognize and write the number 2. In this interactive tutorial, you'll also count two objects and use a 10 frame and a number line.
This is part 2 in a multi-part series. Click below to open the other tutorials.
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| Where Is My Bone? Recognizing and Writing Numbers 0 and 1 | Help Lucy and Izzy explore the numbers 0 and 1 using writing, ten frames and number lines in this interactive tutorial. |
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| Counting to 10 With Scout: | Come along with Scout as he prepares supplies for a camping adventure. You will learn to count to 10, recognize the number 10, and count 10 objects in this interactive tutorial. |
| Exploring 10 with Scout: | Get ready to set up camp with Scout as you explore the number 10. You will count 10 objects in a circle, count a group of 10 objects, and count out 10 objects in this interactive tutorial. |
| Summer's Pool Party: Learning the Number 9 (Part 1): | In Part 1 of Summer's Pool Party, students assist Summer in preparing for a pool party with her friends. They will help Summer count to 9, recognize the number 9, and count 9 objects in a line.
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| Counting 7 with Treasure Tracker Tyler: | Help Tyler count seven objects in a scattered arrangement, group seven objects, and count out seven objects one by one with this interactive tutorial.
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| Ahoy! Counting to 7 with Polly Parrot: | Help Polly Parrot count to 7, recognize the numeral 7, and count 7 objects in a line with this interactive tutorial. |
| Buddy’s Treehouse Adventure: Learning the Number 6 (Part 2): | Help Buddy count 6 objects in an array, group with 6 objects, and count out 6 objects as he builds his treehouse in this interactive tutorial.
This is part 2 in a two-part series. Click HERE to open part 1.
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| Buddy’s Treehouse Adventure (Part 1): Learning the Number 6: | Help Buddy count to six, recognize the number 6, and count six objects in a line with this interactive tutorial,
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| Stars and Stripes Part 1: Sorting Into Groups: | Learn about the American flag by identifying colors and shapes and sorting parts of flag designs into groups in this interactive S.T.E.M. and civics integrated tutorial.
This is part 1 of 2-part series, click HERE to view part 2. |
| Stars and Stripes Part 2: Counting Within Groups: | Learn about the American flag by sorting flag designs and features into groups and counting the objects in a group in this interactive S.T.E.M. and civics integrated tutorial.
This is part 2 of 2-part series, click HERE to view part 1. |
| Lucy is 5! Recognizing and Writing Number 5: | Learn to how to recognize and write the number 5 and count up to 5 objects using 10 frames and number lines as you help Lucy the dog plan a party in this interactive tutorial. |
| Circus Time With Number 4, Recognizing and Writing Number 4: | Help Lucy the dog recognize and write number 4. She will also learn to count up to 4 objects using a ten frame and number line in this interactive tutorial. |
| We Have 2 Bones! Recognizing and Writing Number 2: | Help Lucy and Izzy learn to recognize and write the number 2. In this interactive tutorial, you'll also count two objects and use a 10 frame and a number line.
This is part 2 in a multi-part series. Click below to open the other tutorials.
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| Where Is My Bone? Recognizing and Writing Numbers 0 and 1: | Help Lucy and Izzy explore the numbers 0 and 1 using writing, ten frames and number lines in this interactive tutorial. |
