Purpose: to provide periodic student practice activities & teacher directed review of this skill after students have mastered it.
1. Calendar Time
Materials:
Straws or other objects that can be bundled
Boxes or cans for 1’s, 10’s and 100’s
Description:
Count the number of days in school by grouping straws into bundles of 10 as appropriate, and counting by tens.
2. Center Time
Materials:
Laminated folder or paper with ten frames drawn on it and velcro on each square
Small, flat counting objects with velcro or counting buttons made from flannel
Tape player or language master (optional)
Description:
Student will choose a folder, take counting objects from envelope, and count them using ten frames. Student can tell the teacher or record his/her answer (e.g. “Folder number one: four tens and three ones. I have 43 buttons”) and the folder can be left for teacher to check.
