Name

1. Circle the group that is greater?

2. Circle the group that is greater?

3. Circle the group that is greater?

4. Circle the group that is less?

5. Circle the group that is less?

6. Circle the group that is less?

7. Circle yes or no. Are these groups equal?

Yes No
Name
 Pre- assessment and Introduction to equal to.

Topic: Comparing up 5. Grade Level: kindergarten Name: Samantha Homlquist

Lesson Type: New material Performance Level: on Group Size: whole group

Standard: K.CC.B.6: Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less
than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, eg., by using matching and counting
strategies.
Objective: Students will be able to accurately recognize and identify equal numbers of objects
4 out of 5 times during the lesson.

Assessment plan: Use the preassessment to see what the students, know do not know and
need to know. Invite students to draw on their board the number of items that would match the
ones provided by the teacher. Students will put thumbs up or down to predict that they think
they know what the equal number is to the one provided by the teacher. Check students’ s
answers on the white board.

Key vocabulary terms and definitions:

Equal to (the same as): the same number of items in each group.

Materials: pretest, colors, pencils, scissors, fish worksheet, whiteboard, marker, eraser,

Differentiation/Accommodations:
Support: Have support teacher sit next to the student who needs more help or is being
disruptive to the whole class.

Behavioral Expectations:
Students will raise their
hand when they want to
ask or answer a question or
talk.
Management Decisions
Transitions from place to
place or between activities:
Tell students where to go and
sit.
Fast Finishers:
Have students draw and color 1
to 5 fishes. Invite them to count
and write the number of fish
they have and to cut that part out
with a scissors.

Attention Signal (Regain Material Management: Grouping:

Student Focus) “1, 2, 3, Teachers will pass out all None
eyes on me…ears are needed materials. The
listening carefully” students will return all the
 materials to the appropriate
places.

Lesson Sequence
Time What the teacher is doing What the students are doing
1 Gain Attention/Activate prior knowledge: Students will
min  Sing and do yoga moves to the song do as I’m doing follow do the same
follow follow me. action as I will
be doing.

8 Input & Modeling: Students will

min Teacher will say, “boys and girls our math lesson today will start take the pretest
with you answering some math questions on your table. First put and draw fish
your name on your paper.” I will read each question and the students between 1 and
will answer. then ask them to put their pencil in the air while waiting 5.
for the next question.
Students will
After the pretest I will invite the students to draw and color in 1 to 5 count the
fish. They will count the number of fish they have and cut that number of fish
number out. they have and
then cut that
The teacher will invite the students to bring their fish number to the number off.
carpet and ask for a volunteer that has the same number of fish that
she has. She will then introduce the meaning of same and equal to. The students
will put their
hand up to
share the umber
of fish they
drew.

1 Guided practice: Students will

min Teacher will ask for another student to show the number of fish they raise their
drew. The teacher will ask for another student who drew the same hands to
amount and the ask of they are equal or not. volunteer and
when
answering if the
amount of fish
is equal or not.
2 Independent practice: Students will
min Each student will receive a white board and marker. The erasers will draw or write
be shared between students. The teacher will come up with stories the answers on
problems for each student to work out on the white board. Eg say, “If their white
Miss Orchard had 2 apples and I had the same number of apples as boards.
her how many apples would she have?”

3min Closure/Summary: Students will

Play the video equal or not equal watch and
answer when
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FDIXz0AFCA the video is
playing and
asking
questions.

Items to be collected as a result of this lesson: Students pretest, fast finisher activity and left-
over material.