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Kindergarten Countdown!. By G.W. Carver Kindergarten Teachers: Becky Morgan, Sue Ogier, Lisa Valentine, Victoria Salvat and Speech Pathologist Robyn Zamorski. Virginia SOLs. Math K.5 The student will count forward to 30 and backward from 10
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Kindergarten Countdown! By G.W. Carver Kindergarten Teachers: Becky Morgan, Sue Ogier, Lisa Valentine, Victoria Salvat and Speech Pathologist Robyn Zamorski
Virginia SOLs • Math K.5 The student will count forward to 30 and backward from 10 • Essential knowledge and skills: The student will use problem solving, mathematical communication, mathematical reasoning, connections, and representations to • Count forward from 1 to 30 • Count backward from 10 to 1
Kick-off Activities • Countdown to the New Year Student Booklet from The Education Center, Inc. I Can Make It! I Can Read It! Winter ed.
Pre-Assessment • Place magnetic numbers on chalk board in random order • Have children rearrange into descending order
Instructional Activities • Building Background for the skill • Discuss with children reasons for counting backwards • count down for lunch • count down for cleaning up • count down for bed • count down to a special day using a calendar
Read Books containing numbers in descending order • Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang • Ten Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth • Five Little Ducks by Ariane Dewey • Ten Little Dinosaurs by Pattie Schnetzler • Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins • Ten Little Fish by Audrey and Bruce Wood
Clothesline Activity: • String a clothesline between 2 chairs • Put clothespins on the line • Have students put paper jerseys on the line in descending order
Number Sense: • Display 10 magnetic counters • Have students count them • Match the number to the set • Ask students what number you would have if you take one away • Find that number and match to the new set • Continue to 0
Kinesthetic Activities • Practice making numbers using different media • Playdoh • Wikki-Stix • Paint • Shaving Cream • Water Painting • Sidewalk Chalk
Gross Motor Activities • Sign language numbers (pause slide show and double click on picture to watch video) • 10, 9, 8…Blast OFF! (pause slide show and double click on picture to watch video)
Technology • Count Us In! http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/default.htm • Count Backwards Caterpillar (countbackcat1by on Smartboard referenced by Beth Swain)
Formative Assessments • Student will be able to arrange numbers in descending order from 10-0.
Enrichment • “Country Countdown” by Dr. Jean http://www.drjean.org/ • “Ten Little Indians” (or substitute special character of the season) • Counting down from 20 or 30
Remediation • “Five Little Speckled Frogs” • Countdown from 5-0 • Use 5 fingers to count or other manipulatives
Culminating Activity • Kindergarten classes will meet to make numbers with their bodies