Unit 8, Lesson 6
Create Number Books (Part 1)
Kindergarten
Preparation
Lesson Purpose
The purpose of this lesson is for students to use numbers to represent objects in their environment.
Lesson Narrative
In this lesson, students explore and identify common features of number books and take a walk around the school to record important objects or features to include in their number books. In the next lesson, students will create and share their own number books.
If students need additional support with the concepts in this lesson, refer back to Unit 2, Section C in the curriculum materials.
- Action and Expression
- MLR8
- Identify and represent, including with written numbers, quantities in the school community.
- Let’s count objects.
Required Preparation
Activity 1
- Gather a variety of number books for the class to look through.
Activity 3
- Gather materials from:
- Picture Books
- Find the Pair
- Math Stories
- Build Shapes
- Make or Break Apart Numbers
Suggested Centers
NoneTeacher Reflection Questions
If you were to teach this lesson over again, which activity would you redo? How would your proposed changes support student learning?
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