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🧮 Kindergarten · MathK.CC.C.6Unit 3: Comparing groups & numbers to 10

More and fewer

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🎯 Objective: Students compare two groups by matching objects one-to-one and use the words more and fewer.

Lesson outline

  1. Line up 6 cups and 4 straws; match each straw to a cup.
  2. Name the group with leftovers as “more”.
  3. Pairs grab two handfuls of cubes and match them up.
  4. Exit: circle the group with fewer.

Lesson 1 of 5 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.C.6

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

🏁 Unit goals

  • Say whether one group is greater than, less than or equal to another
  • Compare two written numbers between 1 and 10

✅ 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 “Comparing groups & numbers to 10”

  1. More and fewer
  2. The same number
  3. Compare by counting
  4. Compare written numerals
  5. Comparing in stories

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