The purpose of this activity is for students to represent the action of addition with counters. Students begin with 1 group of counters and add more counters. Students count to find the total number of counters after more are added.

• Display 3 counters.
• “I have 3 counters. I am going to add 4 more counters to the group.”
• Add 4 more counters.
• “3 counters and 4 counters is 7 counters.”

The purpose of this activity is for students to learn Stage 1 of the 5-Frames center. Students begin with 5 counters on a 5-frame and roll a connecting cube onto the number mat to see how many more counters to add to this group. Then they find the total number of counters and write the number on their recording sheet. 

• Display a full 5-frame and 5 more counters.
• “What number did Diego roll? How many counters did he add to the 5-frame?”
• “How many counters does Diego have altogether?”
• “5 counters and 5 counters is 10 counters. 5 and 5 is 10.”

The purpose of this activity is for students to choose from activities that offer practice adding objects, adding images, and writing numbers.

Students choose any previously introduced stage from these centers:

• 5-Frames
• Roll and Add
• Math Libs
• Tower Build

• “How did you choose which centers to participate in today? Will you choose different centers next time? Why or why not?”