Level: F-2
Learning Objective:
Use fingers to model numbers in different ways
Intended Outcome:
Students ‘trust’ the count and can explain their thinking, i.e. they do not need to count all their fingers to represent the number
Instructions:
- Teachers names a number, for example, Show me 6
- Students use their fingers to model the number
- Teacher asks students to explain how they know they are showing that number
- Student replies, “I know 5 and 1 makes 6”
- Teacher prompts students to show the number another way
Variations:
Ask students to work with a partner (or in a group of 3). Students can now work together to model two-digit numbers or model single-digit numbers using more hands
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