Lesson Eight (Blog 6)

In my kindergarten classroom I work in I get to pull students that are struggling. There are two that cannot get the idea of numbers, so I created this lesson plan to do with them. They loved it and loved the books. They are slowly but surely getting the idea of numbers.

 

Lesson Eight

Lesson Title: Who Can Count?

Grade: Kindergarten

Standards: CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.A.3

Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).

Goals/Overview: During this lesson students will listen to a story and then work on their numbers. They will work on their whiteboards with flashcards, then do two worksheets, then I have a fun activity for them to do as a closure.

Objectives: Students will have a full understanding of how to count 20 starting at 0 and how to write all of the numbers.

Materials: The book Over in the Ocean in a Coral Reef and Over in the Meadow, paper and pencil, worksheets, white boards, markers, flashcards

Vocabulary: Numbers, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten

Anticipatory Set/Hook: I will start my lesson by introducing how to count in general by reading the two books Over in the Ocean in a Coral Reef and Over in the Meadow. These two books are about counting and spelling the numbers and writing the numbers from 1 to 10 and this will give a boost start to what we will be learning in this lesson and it will get the students attention.

Modeling/Teacher input:  First as a class we will begin to count from 0 to 20 and make sure that the all students can do so. I will also write the number and the word number on the board for the students to see. “Can you classify (DOK 2/4) the numbers 0 to 20?”

Guided practice: Ask students how many desks are in the room; ask them how many fingers and toes they have, I will write what they say on the board.  I will also Write on the board a list of numbers 0 to 20 but I will skip some and call on different students to come up to the board to fill in the blank (DOK 1)  and make sure all the other students agree.

Check for Understanding: I will do something a little fun for the students and have them get out their white marker boards and will show a flash card and it will either have a number 0 to 20 on it or a number of objects and the students are to write the number of objects or draw circles for the number on the flash card. “Can you show (DOK 3) me the amount of circles for this number?”

Independent practice: I will hand out a worksheet to the students that have numbers 0 to 20 on them with dotted lines and have all the students trace these numbers, then rewrite them on their own next to the traced number. Then I will hand out a work sheet for the students that have numbers 0 to 20 on them and they have to count the objects and write the number. “Can you write (DOK 5) your numbers 0 to 20?”

 

Closure: For my closure I will ask the students to go home and count the number of different items in their house; they have to at least do five different items.  Examples would be number of fans in the house, number of couches, etc. They would bring this wrote down back to class the next day and share it with their classmates. “Students can you asses (DOK 6) the items in your home?”

Modifications: For students that need extra help I will have them concentrate more on the numbers 0 to 10 and work on them for a while until they can get the hang of it then they can move onto to other worksheets that deal with 11 to 20.

For students that are beyond this level and already know how to write their numbers 0 to 20 will push them to go further and give them a goal to get to 50 and if they can do that easily go all the way to 100 and write them all out on a number line.

Strategy: Brain Storming Prior Knowledge because the students will have to use their knowledge of knowing how to count.