How can you tell if a number of items is reasonable? Combine math and language arts with a fun lesson based on Jeff Shepard's The Right Number of Elephants. After reading the book, kids discuss amounts of other items and create minibooks about the "right" number.

Concepts

one-to-one correspondence, counting, counting to 20, more or less, critical thinking, retelling, making predictions

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Great as a lesson for the whole class or a small group in a language arts center
• Use more sophisticated ideas for the "right" number of items when dealing with older or more advanced learners

Classroom Considerations

• Requires materials such as foam or felt elephants, plastic peanuts, and the book to read

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Pros

• Provides a guide for assessment
• A good way to address math and language arts standards in one lesson
• Encourages critical thinking and creativity

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.K.1 RL.K.3 RL.K.10 K.CC.A.1 K.CC.B.4.a K.CC.B.4.b K.CC.B.4.c