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How Many Ways Can You Count?
Youngsters chorally count to 100 by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s, and backwards from 20, using chip markers and a hundreds chart. Includes a printable chart and a teacher checklist for assessing mastery.
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Grab a Handful and Count
Let's use Fruit Loops to teach counting skills! Young scholars practice counting one-to-one correspondence using Fruit Loops with a partner and then compare them to see who has more or less.
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Halloween Count and Color #3
Practice counting to 3 and 4 with this Halloween-themed activity. You class will count and color different characters, then graph them in the provided chart. Note: An answer key is included.
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Pick a Number, Counting On
This is a quick learning game that can be played on a daily basis during transitions or as a part of the morning meeting. Using number cards or numbers placed on sticks, pick a number at random. Read the number to the class and then ask...
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Gummy Candy Count
Use the book, The Gummy Candy Counting Book, to practice counting up to ten objects in a group. This lesson nicely-combines language arts and math in a way that should lead to effective teaching.
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Pigs in a Pen
Kindergarteners explore numbers, counting, and one-to-one correspondence. Through demonstrations and hands on activities using math manipulatives, they discover several number concepts as well as practice counting throught rote...
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Skip Counting to Music
Your youngest mathematicians skip count by 2's, 5's, and 10's as they sing along to a Hap Palmer song that helps them remember the patterns. Young scholars practice in whole group and then individually with the worksheet provided, using...
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Counting Cup
Use a counting cup or bag to complete this activity, which has young counters examining the contents of their container. Once they dump it out, they count and record the number either using words, pictures, or numbers. Try a mix of all...
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Counting Back and Counting On
Read aloud your choice of books about counting on and counting back (a list is provided, or tell stories of your own). Your learners will write horizontal equations to portray what happens in the story. They build a paper chain and...
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Counting to 100: Step-by-Step
Introduce your pupils to the hundreds chart! This pair of worksheets is designed to walk them through the patterns they see in the chart as they count by ones and 10s. They fill in missing numbers on a hundreds chart, using guided steps....
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Count by 5s, 10s, and 100s
Skip counting is a valuable skill; scholars practice counting by five, 10, and 100 as they examine these three number sequences. In the first one, learners circle the number that doesn't follow the sequence of adding five. Then, they...
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Counting Shapes
For this recognizing shapes worksheet, students examine 6 different pictures and count the number of squares, circles and stars they find. Students write down the total number of each shape they find on spaces provided.
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Count by Tens to 50 (Hearts)
For Valentine's Day math review, primary learners count the hearts (in groups of 10) on each of 7 lines of a worksheet. Skip count by 10s and write the number of hearts (range: 10-50) in a space on the right hand column of the page.
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Count the Objects
Wow, that's a lot of stars! Learners count 101 stars from an array of five rows. This resource would work best projected since the explanation is on it. Also, if you do this as a whole-class problem, you can have pupils share strategies...
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Counting Forward
Practice counting on from a number using these three sequence starters. Arranged in order of increasing difficulty, the first sequence begins at 5 and has learners add 9 numbers. The answers are written below each sequence, so they...
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Count the Dice
Use a familiar image to help beginning mathematicians with basic addition. Using dice rolls from 1-6, learners indicate the number shown on each die, then add each pair to get a total. The advantage is that they can count the dots if...
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Counting Words in a Sentence
Combine numbers and pre-reading by counting the words in a sentence. Kindergartners begin by counting objects in the room, putting a counter down for each number. Do this a few times to get them confident with the skill before...
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Numbers and Counting
Students explore the numbers one through five. Over a three week period, students visit centers in the room to investigate and perform hands-on activities with numbers. They trace numbers, write numbers in shaving cream, count objects,...
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Counting on Cup
A basic approach to counting on, this math game has beginners partner up and use number cards and dice as they practice beginning addition. One partner chooses a number card and counts that many objects into a cup. The second partner...
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Count Forward From...
On your mark, get set, COUNT! There are three starting numbers here: 5, 18, and 13. Learners fill in blank shapes to complete a number sequence. For the first, they only fill in nine more numbers, but the number of spaces to complete...
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How Many Fish in the Pond?
How many fish are in Mills Pond? Learners examine an image with 17 fish. There are four types of fish, each of which is displayed on a data chart. Focus on collecting data and counting as scholars record the number of each type in its...
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Sneaky Snakes: Counting, Part 2
Hissss! Practice counting forwards and backwards with a sly assignment. Eight snakes feature number sequences that are missing a few numbers. The beginning numbers vary, and some snakes require counting down. Learners write in the...
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Bears in a Box
First graders count bears to predict missing addends. They analyze the missing addend sentence: 7 + ? = 10 and count up from 7 to 10 and check to see if there are 3 bears in the box.
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Counting to 100
In this counting worksheet, learners identify and count the numbers up to and including one hundred. They fill in the number chart with the correct number missing. This will give them great counting practice and would be a fun worksheet...