Guide your kindergartners to create memorable, colorful number lines that they will use throughout the school year. Using sentence strip and a black marker or card stock printed in a teachers font, create traceable numbers from 1 to 20 (see example on the lesson plan). Give each child a number line and using five or six different colored crayons guide them to trace over all the numbers with each color. Laminate the number lines and put them on each child's desk or have them readily available. Creating the number lines will support motor and number identification skills. The number line will have more personal meaning to each learner than a pre-made one, and can be used as a tool throughout the year.

Common Core

K.CC.A.3