Everybody Show

This math game teaches number recognition and progression, and strengthens rote counting skills.

A lesson plan for grade K Mathematics

By Mary Waldrup

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Learning outcomes

Students will:

• begin to learn the progression of numbers 1 to 100.
• begin to learn to count and recognize numbers 1 to 100.
• begin to learn order of 10’s and the preceding number.

This lesson does not imply mastery of all numbers 1 to 100; rather, it is a lesson that offers exposure to these numbers.

Teacher planning

Time required for lesson

30 minutes

Materials/resources

1 deck of cards for each child in the group
Unifix Cubes or other counting items

Technology resources

Millie’s Math House Edmark Corp., 1996 (optional)

1 classroom computer if “Millie’s” is desired

Pre-activities

Make a deck of number cards equal to the number of children in the group. Cards should bear numbers corresponding to the skill being taught (i.e. to teach large numbers the cards might bear 49, 53, 67, 99, etc. See file attachment)
Have Unifix Cubes or other counting items for each child.

Activities

1. Give each child a deck of cards. (Cards should be shuffled before each round of play and are laid face down on the table.)
2. After the teacher says “Everybody Show,” children in turn will show their top card and tell the number on the card. The group decides which child has the largest number and that child receives a Unifix Cube. Cubes are stacked together.
3. The procedure is repeated until all the cards have been turned.
4. Teacher shuffles each deck and the activity is repeated.
5. After two rounds of play, the children compare their stacks of Unifix Cubes and the group decides which child has won the most rounds. The lesson is closed when the children combine their stacks of cubes and count the entire number of cubes in the group.

Assessment

Teacher Observation
Oral Language Communication
Teacher will maintain anecdotal records to provide a concrete form of assessment for this lesson.

Supplemental information

Mathematics Their WayMary Baratta Lorton Addison-Wesley Menlo Park, California, 1976.

Related websites

“Kids Web - Math”
http://www.npac.syr.edu/textbook/kidsweb/math.html

“Ask Dr. Math”
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/

Comments

a tried and true lesson plan