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Kindergarten Countdown!. By G.W. Carver Kindergarten Teachers: Becky Morgan, Sue Ogier, Lisa Valentine, Victoria Salvat and Speech Pathologist Robyn Zamorski. Virginia SOLs. Math K.5 The student will count forward to 30 and backward from 10 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Kindergarten Kindergarten Countdown! Countdown!
Kindergarten Kindergarten Countdown! Countdown!
By G.W. Carver Kindergarten Teachers: Becky By G.W. Carver Kindergarten Teachers: Becky Morgan, Sue Ogier, Lisa Valentine, Victoria Morgan, Sue Ogier, Lisa Valentine, Victoria
Salvat and Speech Pathologist Robyn Salvat and Speech Pathologist Robyn ZamorskiZamorski
Virginia SOLs • Math K.5 The student will count forward to
30 and backward from 10• Essential knowledge and skills: The
student will use problem solving, mathematical communication, mathematical reasoning, connections, and representations to – Count forward from 1 to 30– Count backward from 10 to 1
Kick-off Activities
•Countdown to the New Year Student Booklet from The Education Center, Inc. I Can Make It! I Can Read It! Winter ed.
• Place magnetic numbers on chalk board in random order
• Have children rearrange into descending order
Pre-Assessment
Instructional Activities
• Building Background for the skill– Discuss with children reasons for
counting backwards • count down for lunch• count down for cleaning up• count down for bed• count down to a special day using a
calendar
• Read Books containing numbers in descending order– Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang– Ten Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth– Five Little Ducks by Ariane Dewey– Ten Little Dinosaurs by Pattie Schnetzler– Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins– Ten Little Fish by Audrey and Bruce Wood
• Clothesline Activity: – String a clothesline between 2 chairs– Put clothespins on the line – Have students put paper jerseys on the
line in descending order
• Number Sense: – Display 10 magnetic counters– Have students count them– Match the number to the set– Ask students what number you would have if you take one
away– Find that number and match to the new set– Continue to 0
Kinesthetic Activities• Practice making numbers using
different media– Playdoh– Wikki-Stix– Paint– Shaving Cream– Water Painting– Sidewalk Chalk
Gross Motor Activities
• Sign language numbers (pause slide show
and double click on picture to watch video)
• 10, 9, 8…Blast OFF!
(pause slide show and double click on picture to watch video)
Technology• Count Us In!
http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/default.htm
• Count Backwards Caterpillar (countbackcat1by on Smartboard referenced by Beth Swain)
Formative Assessments
• Student will be able to arrange numbers in descending order from 10-0.
Enrichment• “Country Countdown” by Dr. Jeanhttp://www.drjean.org/• “Ten Little Indians” (or substitute
special character of the season)• Counting down from 20 or 30
Remediation• “Five Little Speckled Frogs”• Countdown from 5-0• Use 5 fingers to count or other
manipulatives
Culminating Activity
• Kindergarten classes will meet to make numbers with their bodies