Unit 1, Lesson 8
Different Groups, Same Quantity
Kindergarten
Preparation
Lesson Narrative
In previous lessons, students recognized and named groups of up to 4 objects in the classroom and picture books. In this lesson, students identify and match groups of up to 4 that have the same number of things. This builds students' understanding that the same number can be represented in many different ways.
Students practice recognizing and naming small groups of objects in the How Many Do You See? routine. Then they look at groups of images and determine which groups have the same quantity. While students might count the images in each group in order to match the groups with the same quantity, the focus is on matching the quantities without counting.
- Engagement
- MLR8
- Comprehend (in spoken language) the phrase “the same number of” means there is a one-to-one correspondence between two groups.
- Match (orally) groups of images that represent the same number of objects.
- Let’s find groups that have the same number of things.
Required Materials
Activity 3
Required Preparation
- Create a set of cards from the blackline master for each group of 2 students.
- Gather materials from previous centers:
- Connecting Cubes, Stages 1 and 2
- Pattern Blocks, Stages 1 and 2
- Geoblocks, Stages 1 and 2
- Picture Blocks, Stage 1
Suggested Centers
NoneTeacher Reflection Questions
When do your students feel successful in math? How do you know?