Lesson Three- Numbers

Objectives:

• Students will use concrete materials, pictures, and numerals to show to concept of numbers.

• Students will use numbers and pictures to describe how many objects are in a group.

• Students will use groups of concrete materials to represent quantities given in verbal or written form.

• Students will read and write numbers.

Time Required:

• Three to Five -one hour sessions 

Materials:

• KidPix

• Computer with Internet Access

• The Gummi Bear Counting Book  by Lindley Boegehold

• Baggies with Gummi Bears (10 or more per bag) for each student

• Bear Cutouts; print in different colored paper and number each bear from 1 - 10 on their stomach.  You will also need a bear cutout for each student to use as a mat where they will count and model different amounts.  (You may want to laminate them for durability.)

• Numeral Cards for each student (1 -10)

• Poem Numbers Up and Down

• Anno's Counting Book   by Mitsumasa Anno

• Ten Black Dots   by Donald Crews

• Number Bingo grid

Procedures:

• Day One
• Read the story The Gummi Bear Counting Book  by Lindley Boegehold.  As you read the story, place the teddy bear cutouts on the board which display the corresponding number.  After the story is completed, review the bears on the board by counting aloud together.
• Give each student a baggie with Gummi Bears.   Explain to students that they will use them for a math activity and that they are not to eat them until the end of the lesson or when they go home.
• Call out a number and have students use their gummi bears to show that number on their bear mat.  They must also use their numeral cards to show the number you called out.  As students model different amounts ask different questions such as:  how many counters did you start with?; Which number tells how many there are in the group?; How many more bears do you need to make a groups of ___?; How many fewer bears do you need to make a group of ___?; Have students move the bears around and count again.  Does the number of bears change when you move them around?, etc.
• Review numbers and read poem  Numbers Up and Down
• Day Two
• Read story Anno's Counting Book   by Mitsumasa Anno.  Explore the pages of the book by asking students to describe what is seen.  Have students find the printed numeral, the corresponding number of colored blocks, the one to one relationships between the picture and the numeral, and finally, the introduction of the correspondence of months and seasons to numerals.
• Tell students they will make their own counting book using KidPix.  The title of their book will be ______'s Counting Book.   Students will choose different stamps using KidPix on each page.  Students will choose one stamp; then type the numeral one (and the number word, if desired) under the stamp.   Then they will choose two stamps on another sheet; then write the numeral two under the stamps.  Have students continue in this manner until they have completed pages to the numeral ten.  Print the pages and stack in numerical order with the title page in the front and staple or tie together.  Students can then read their books to the class or to other students.

Evaluation:

• The counting book will be used as evaluation.  Check if students followed directions.  Did they put the correct number of stamps with the correct numeral?  Did they put the book in correct numerical order?

Extension Activity:

• Students can play the following games online:

• Fishing For Numbers:   Students drag numbered fishing lines to the corresponding numbers of fish.

• Monster Numbers:  Students find hidden numbers in a spooky setting.

• Connect the Numbers:  Students connect a sequence of numbers to make a picture.

• Counting on a Cloud:  With pictures, numbers and sounds, this game will quickly teach students their 1, 2, 3's!

• Number Matching:  Students count various objects and match the correct number of them.

• Students can play Number Bingo.  Students will write the numerals (0 - 10) in each square.  Choose a child to be the announcer.  The child picks a card and reads the number.   Players use a counter to cover one square covering that number.  Play continues until someone covers a row, column, diagonal, or the entire card.

Home Learning:

• Prior to leaving class read story Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews.  As you read the story count the dots on each page together with children.  Talk about the pictures that could be made with each number.  Assign two numbers a night.  Encourage each child to make their own pictures using dots and crayons.     Repeat the activity until all numbers have been used.  Students can make a book out of their pictures with each number.