Lesson Plan Outline

Math Skills: Number Identification

Age: 3-5 year olds

Number of Students: 3

Content Standards: 1.PK.4b

Objectives: Participation in this activity will increase the child’s ability to

1. Identify numbers one to ten

2. Identify even numbers

3. Identify the number twenty and it’s amount

Materials: “Dog Number 1, Dog Number 10” book by Ami Rubinger, dinosaur toys, number

paper/sheet
Activity: Gathering all the students that are interested in reading a book, I take all the materials

and explain what they will be used for.

“You guys will pick one dinosaur to use for this activity”, as I set down 6 dinosaur figurines.

While reading the book, I will be careful to keep a clear and loud voice so that the children can

hear me properly pronounce the words. As I read, I will point at each word that I have said, so

that they can create a connection of the sound and looks of a word. Each page will contain a dog

with a different number, but before we move on, I will ask the children if they know what will

come next.

“Since we just read dog number 4, which number comes after? Please walk your dinosaur on top

or near the number that You think is correct.”

After they have made their guess, we will flip the page and read the text. When the phrase “I am

dog number….” comes up, I will pause, giving the children a chance to answer. I will try my best

to cover the number that is placed on the dog, so that I know that they are telling me from their

own knowledge. Afterwards I will reveal the number and say it out loud.

“Are there anything that you can point out that has ____ (whichever number we are going to be

working on)?” We will point out items and review them by counting them individually.

Towards the end of the book, there is a section that counts by twos, and I had briefly explained

that they are also called even numbers. I will have the children place dinosaurs on all the even

numbers on the number sheet. The book ends with counting all animals up to twenty, and had

them place the dinosaurs on the 20 number sheet.

What Happened: A child had confused two with twenty and I had told him the reason why they

were not the same. Although it does have a two, there is also an additional zero that is attached to
the two which creates the twenty (I went further in depth by showing a comparison on the books,

demonstrating what two animals looked like versus what twenty looked like.

What next:

Source: Personal and “Dog Number 1, Dog Number 10” by Ami Rubinger