Connections Pre-K Sampler

37 102 ©MathTeachersPress, Inc.Reproductionbyanymeans isstrictly prohibited. Name ________________________________________________________________ Matching 1 3 2 5 Objective: Tomakemodels of numbers 1–5. Tomatch pictures ofmodels to the numerals 1–5. Materials: Tagboard cards (4-inch by 5-inch) with the numerals 1 through 5written on one side, a collection of small objects that can be glued on cards (e.g., buttons, bread tags, stickers, plastic paper clips, bottle caps, cereal pieces), glue, interlocking cubes Storytime: TheCheerios CountingBook, McGrath, Barbara Barbieri Reinforce: Oral ReviewPK-4 pattern of solid shapes CountingReinforcement Each student will need a set of tagboard cardswith the numbers 1 through 5written on them, glue, and a selection of small objects to glue on each card. The studentswill make a set of number cards for the numbers 1 through 5. First, have the students select the cardwith the number 1 printed on it. They should turn the card over, and select an object to place on the back of the card, gluing it in place. Continue for the numbers 2, 3, 4, and 5. Front side Back side Look at the cards on the left side of the page.What picture do you see in the top card on the left? (2 black dots) Point and count, 1, 2, 2 dots. Make a circularmotionwith your hand. Now look at the numberswritten on the right side of the page. Say the numbers aloudwithme as I point to each one. Point to each number and say it out loud. Where is the number 2 thatmatches the first picture on the left side?Point to the number 2. Check that students have correctly identified the 2. Nowdraw a line from the picture of the 2 dots to the number 2. Now, look at the next picture on the left side. What do you see? (4 dots) Where is the number 4 that matches this picture?Point to the number 4. Nowdraw a line from the picture of 4 dots to the number 4. Continue in the sameway for each card on the left. 5 4 3 2 1 DifferentWaysToMake 5 Place a pile of interlocking cubes in themiddle of each small group of students. Please select 5 cubes andput them in front of you. Look for and point out different ways that the studentsmay have arranged the 5 cubes. Examples: 5 close together 4 close together and 1 separated 3 close together and 2 separated We can see that 5 objects canbe arranged in different ways. Skill Builders 5-4 102 Unit 6 Pre-K PK-5 Numbers to10 Ordering numbers from 1 to 10 Number