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🧮 Kindergarten · MathK.CC.B.4bUnit 1: Numbers 0–5: matching, counting & writing

How many? The last number tells

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🎯 Objective: Students learn that the last number counted names how many are in the group, no matter the arrangement.

Lesson outline

  1. Count 4 counters in a line, then spread them out: “Are there still 4?”
  2. Introduce “how many” answers with the number, not a recount.
  3. Students make the same number in three different arrangements on a mat.
  4. Exit: “I counted 5 cats. How many cats?”

Lesson 3 of 6 in this unit. In the Lesson Planner this lesson takes 1–3 class periods depending on your timetable: day 1 introduce & model, then practice, small-group reteach and a quick check.

📐 Standard

K.CC.B.4b

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, Kindergarten — typical US scope & sequence

🏁 Unit goals

  • Count up to 5 objects, one number per object
  • Know the last number said tells how many
  • Write numerals 0–5

✅ Check for understanding

End with the exit ticket in the outline. Sort answers into got it / almost / not yet and start the next lesson with a 5-minute reteach for the “not yets”.

Practice & resources on Thinkabara

🎯 Practice: Counting & Cardinality📚 All Kindergarten skills🎮 Learning games⚡ Capy Live class quiz

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More lessons in “Numbers 0–5: matching, counting & writing”

  1. Sort and match objects
  2. One number for each object
  3. How many? The last number tells
  4. Zero means none
  5. Writing numerals 1–5
  6. Quick looks: see it without counting

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