Math lesson plan · Kindergarten (Reception and Year 1 in England) · 30 minutes
Count pictures from 6 to 10
Number sense
CCSS K.CC.B.4CCSS K.CC.B.5England: Reception Number
Objective and success criteria
Students will: Count pictures from 6 to 10.
- I can answer questions on today's skill on my own, without help.
- I can explain each step and say why it works.
- I can check my answer and spot a mistake.
Before and after
Needs first: Count pictures up to 5
Leads to: More, fewer or the same: compare two groups; One more and one less with pictures; The count stays the same when objects move
Materials: Place value chart, Base-ten blocks or a number line, Mini whiteboards and pens, Printed student sheet (below).
Warm-up · 4 min
- Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Count pictures up to 5). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
- Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.
- How many hearts are there? ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ → 4Prompt: Touch each one as you count it.
- Which number tells how many squares? ■ (2 / 1 / 3) → 1Prompt: Count them carefully, one at a time.
- Ava counted these diamonds and said "2". Is Ava right? ◆ ◆ (Yes / No) → YesPrompt: Count the pictures yourself first.
Hook · 3 min
- Show a number in the news or a price tag and ask what each digit is worth.
- Share the objective: Count pictures from 6 to 10. Read the success criteria together.
I do: model it · 7 min
- Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
- Example: How many hearts are there? ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
- Step 1: 5 in the first line, then 3 more: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
- Step 2: There are 8.
- Answer: 8
- Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.
We do: guided practice · 6 min
- Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
- Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.
- How many squares are there? ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ → 8Prompt: The top line has 5. Start at 5 and keep counting.
- Count only the dots. How many dots are there? ● ● ● ▲ ● ● ▲ ● ▲ ▲ ● ● → 8Prompt: Skip the triangles: they do not count.
You do: independent practice · 7 min
- Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
- Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.
The 6 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.
Exit ticket · 3 min
- Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.
- Count only the diamonds. How many diamonds are there? ◆ ■ ■ ■ ◆ ◆ ■ ◆ ◆ ◆ ■ ◆ → 7Prompt: Skip the squares: they do not count.
- How many stars are there? ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ → 10Prompt: The top line has 5. Start at 5 and keep counting.
Watch out for
- Reading 1,045 as one thousand four hundred five: point to each place and say its value.
- Thinking a longer number is always bigger, even with decimals (0.45 vs 0.5).
Support and stretch
Support
- Review first: Count pictures up to 5.
- Use concrete materials: place value chart.
- Give the first step of each question, or a partly worked example to finish.
- Pair with a confident partner for the guided practice.
Stretch
- Move on to: More, fewer or the same: compare two groups; One more and one less with pictures; The count stays the same when objects move.
- Explain a common mistake in writing and how to fix it.
- Write a word problem that uses today's skill, then solve a partner's.
Homework and more practice
Free online practice with hints and printable worksheets for this skill: eurekami.com/math/kindergarten.
Free lesson plan from eurekami.com/lesson-plan-builder