Counting Backwards Lesson Plans

Students participate in an activity where they count backward from ten using a book, number cards, and the Internet. They practice this skill through a few teacher-led activities and Internet sites that encourage counting skills.

Students count backwards. In this counting lesson, students read the book Mouse Countand practice their counting. Students put numbered mice in a jar and take them out as they count backwards.

Pupils learn about ducks. In this duck lesson, students examine the characteristics of ducks as they follow a teacher reading of "Five Little Ducks" on their computers. They use a Power Point to help them count backwards from five and begin a duck art project. They color an on-line duck picture and again sing the "Five Little Ducks."

Learners practice addition facts in this lesson. They count forward by 1s,2s, 5s, and 10s up to 100. They also count backwards from 10 to 0 by 1s. They also practice counting backwards by using objects and through poems like "Ten Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed."

Students practice forward and backward counting.  In this counting lesson, students calculate how many objects in a bag by counting forward and then count backward to check.

Students model the teacher as they learn to sing a song about counting and add movement to the song. In this lesson about music and counting, students read a book, sing the song that goes with the book and role-play. Students pretend they are the ants from the book as they practice counting from 1-10 and act-out the song with movement. Students create ten ants, with construction paper and craft sticks, to continue their practice of counting.

Students solve division problems. In this division by 5's lesson plan, students explore how to divide whole numbers by 5. They perform guided practice worksheets and play whole class games to practice this skill. This lesson plan includes worksheets, an evaluation, and an assignment.

Students recognize, describe, create and extend repeating and arithmetic patterns. In these patterns/relationship lessons, students are actively engaged in the exploration of patterns as the sing, clap, and identify patterns in the teacher's "magic box". They use Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs and explore patterns on the computer. They read Patchwork Quilt and make their own quilt patterns.

Students read a story. In this counting lesson, students read the book Mouse Count, and use pretend mice to practice counting. Students work in stations to practice counting forwards and backwards from 0-10.

Young scholars explore sorting and classifying.  In this math lesson, students listen to The Button Box and sort and classify buttons by their attributes.  Technology is used to display their findings on a graph mat.