Illustrative Mathematics: Sort and Count I

Young mathematicians are on their feet and moving around in this primary grade sorting activity. After giving each child an object or picture card, they then sort themselves into groups, counting to see which has the most or least...

Capture the engagement of young mathematicians with this hands-on sorting activity. Given a bag of objects, young scholars work independently sorting the items based on their physical attributes, counting to determine the size of each...

Students explore the relationship between addition and subtraction and develop an understanding of decomposing numbers in different ways in this first-grade lesson plan.

Using a 100s chart or a number line with a pointer, work with your class to count up to 100 by ones and tens. As a part of daily instruction, prompt your kindergartners to chant count from 1 to 30. Move on to 1 to 50, and then from 1 to...

Agricultural survey and the documentation of livestock or goods was the basis for the first written language. Youngsters discuss sorting and counting, and how these skills have been used for thousands of years. They accent their class...

The purpose of this task is for students to sort the same set of objects according to different attributes and to practice counting to tell the number of objects in a set. The teacher should accept any way the child wants to sort the...

Students will be given double-sided counters/dots to complete this activity. They will take five counters in their cupped hands (or a cup), shake them around, pour them onto the desk. Next, they count how many counters are yellow and how...

Get your students moving with this fun counting game. Pick any number between one and one hundred and students will practice counting forward or backward with this "Duck Duck Goose" type game.

Students will practice counting to 120 forward and backward with this whole class game. The teacher will give a counting sequence (for example, 20-120) to the students who will be seated in a circle. The teacher will begin walking around...

This is a good small group/pairs activity to practice counting. Each student grabs two handfuls of counters and counts them. The student then draws and records the quantity on a student-recording sheet (example included). Student...