Lesson Plan

Tuesday, March 30, 2015

Subject: Numeracy
Curriculum Goals:
Strand:NumberGeneralOutcome

Develop number sense.

SpecificOutcomes
o Say the number sequence 1 to 10 by 1s, starting anywhere from 1 to 10 and from 10 to 1.

[C, CN, V]
o Subitize (recognize at a glance) and name familiar arrangements of 1 to 5 objects or dots.

[C, CN, ME, V]

o Relate a numeral, 1 to 10, to its respective quantity. [CN, R, V]
o Represent and describe numbers 2 to 10, concretely and pictorially. [C, CN, ME, R, V]
o Compare quantities 1 to 10, using one-to-one correspondence. [C, CN, V]

Length of Lesson: 45 min

Materials:
Plastic eggs
Different number cards
Baskets
Dot patterns on Smartboard

Routines: Students will come in after recess, get their shoes on, and work on their white
boards until all of the students are in and ready.
Math Wall: One student is the calendar helper for the day. We start by putting up the
date. We then put our word hats on the appropriate days of the week, and sing There
are Seven days in a Week song.
Background: We have been practicing various activities that use dot patterns, dice,
number frames, hands, and cards. We have been practicing subitizing these quantities
rather than counting using one to one correspondence every time. Todays lesson focuses
on recognizing numerals and various representations of the quantities 1-10, describing
different quantities by checking using one to one correspondence, and saying the

number sequence from various starting points and moving forwards and backwards
through the sequence.
Todays Lesson
INTRO: Share what your experiences, and family traditions, around Easter egg hunts.
Lesson Activity: We will review the rules for the egg hunt: one egg per person, no
running/grabbing, take it to your seat before opening it and dont lose your paper. When
all of the eggs are found and students have returned to their desks, we will review the
next steps. Children will share the number inside their egg. Remind them are subitizing
strategies: look for groups you know, use your fingers to combine groups, or count on
from a group you know. When their number is on the slide they will be invited to put their
number back into their egg, add it to the corresponding numeral basket, and draw an
action card. They must do their action the same number of times as their egg number.
Play until all eggs 1-10 have been performed. Children may color egg number sheets
while waiting for their turns.
Conclusion: Come to the carpet and play the group dice game, adding in a stuffed
egg. Pass the egg forward the number of dots rolled. The last person rolls again. On the
second round, count on to 10 from the number rolled. The person that gets to ten rolls
again. On the last round count back from the number rolled to 0.
Assessment: Students will be informally assessed for children struggling to subitize the
appropriate number, or unable to count back and forward from various starting points
between 1-10. Finger prompts will be used to help struggling students strategize while
they are exposed to familiar groupings and rote count patterns.
Extensions: Make a counting video for Easter, with the children group writing the story
and drawing egg hunt pictures. The video could be played for next years kindergarten at
Easter.