Students learn to count carefully — touching each object one time and saying one number — so they can tell exactly how many there are, the very first big idea in math.
Students will be able to…
When you count your toys, how do you make sure you count each one exactly once and don’t miss any?
Project this and tap each apple one time to count it. Show students how to touch each object once and say one number.
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How many friends are here today? Let’s count!
Teacher models.
Class uses Count the Apples.
Students count.
Count one set.
Aligned to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.
Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.
Count to answer “how many?” questions about as many as 20 things.
Count to 100 by ones and by tens.
Write numbers from 0 to 20.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students count larger groups of objects up to 20, moving each one as they count. A printable counting mat is in the Math library.
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