Ten Little Turkeys: A Counting LessonPreschool–KindergartenObjectives

• Understandingtherelationshipbetweennumbersandquantities

• Whencountingobjects,sayingthenumbernames,pairingeachobjectwithonlyonenumbernameandeachnumbernamewithonlyoneobject

• Countingupto20itemsinaline,rectangulararrayorcircle,orupto10itemsinascatteredconfiguration;countingoutobjectsupto20

Materials Needed• Turkeytemplate• ConstructionPaper-9"x12"(avarietyofcolors,including10pagesoflightbrown)[TA50]• ColoredFeathers[LC120]• Best-BuySchoolGlue-4oz.[RS4]• Marker• ThanksgivingCountingBookreproducible• SmallThanksgiving-themedstickers(55stickersperstudent)Products with item numbers are available at LakeshoreLearning.com.

Procedure

1. Reproduce10copiesoftheturkeytemplateontolightbrownconstructionpaper.

2.Useamarkertonumbertheturkeysfrom1to10.

3.Mixuptheturkeys.Thenholduptheturkeysoneatatimeandhavevolunteersidentifythenumbers.

4.Dividetheclassintogroupsofthreeorfour.Giveeachgroupacoupleofthenumberedturkeysandsomefeathers.

5.Pointoutthattheturkeysaremissingtheirfeathers.Instructstudentstolookatthenumeraloneachturkey’sbodyandgluethatnumberoffeathersontheturkey.Allowthegluetodrycompletely.

6.Havestudentshelpyouhangthe10completedturkeysinorderonabulletinboardtitled“TenLittleTurkeys!”

Independent Practice

1. PrintouttheThanksgivingCountingBookreproducibleandmakephotocopiesonconstructionpaper.Youmaywanttohaveadultvolunteerscutthepagesalongthedottedlinesandstaplethemtogethersothatthebooksarealreadyassembled.Ifnot,helpstudentsassembletheirbooks.

2.ProvidestudentswithThanksgiving-themedstickers.Encouragestudentstolookatthenumeraloneachpageandattachthecorrespondingnumberofstickers.(Variation:Insteadofstickers,havestudentsglueuncookedkernelsofcorntothepagesoftheircountingbooks!)

3.Invitestudentstotaketheircountingbookshometopracticenumberrecognitionandcountingskills!

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