Thanks for stopping by! I'd like to welcome my very first guest blogger, Susan, from Teaching Doodles.
I am super excited to share
with you an interactive math activity I used recently with my kindergarten
students. Although we do not use the
Common Core over here, this activity still connects to Counting and Cardinality
for kindergarten – comparing numbers K.CC.C.6.
I found this idea on Pinterest and modified it for a whole class
lesson. See the original pin here.
Provide each of your kiddos with a sorting mat. The ones we used were simply a 3 x 2 table. Feel free to use a larger or smaller table based
on your class needs. You can see a
sample of the mats we used in the
pictures below.
Next, each student gets 8 counters (4 of one color and
4 of another). We used 4 blue and 4
yellow but use whatever color you like.
I put the same number and color of counters into a small drawstring bag.
If
you're lucky enough to have an interactive whiteboard, create the same table on
your board.
Now we’re ready to play!
1.Draw a counter from
the bag. Students place the same color
on their mat.
2.Draw another
counter. Students will place on their
mat. Repeat drawing counters until the
mat is full.
3. Students rearrange their counters so one color is on
top and one is on the bottom. (I found
this difficult for my class to do. The second time we sorted the colors as we
played).
4. Hold a class discussion to find out greater than,
less than, and equal to by counting or matching the counters.
I hope your class enjoys this quick and easy activity!
I'd love to hear your feedback!
NICE
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