9-27-06

BEGINNING:

Whole-class story problem as above (first without numbers, then with numbers). We had 3 balls to use at recess. Then Ms. Shelley brought us 6 more. How many balls did we have then?

CENTERS:

One group plays Difference Compare The other makes sets of one less and one more with cubes (numbers under 10) and does some one more practice (teacher-led): teacher holds up a number and asks what number is one more. (only small numbers, under 5?)

At the end of this time, come together with their points and talk about how to count how many points they have (counting bigger numbers!)

END:

Practice putting apple problems in math notebook as a whole class – play Guess the Missing Part game with frogs and Lilly pads if there’s time.