Exploring
Number
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Here
are some ways we explore number at the beginning of the year in
grade one. I use different stories and activities to support this
learning.
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For the number one we do the song, This
Old Man. After our explorations of the song for literacy
activities we use this to lead into a discussion about what
things come in one. I provide the children with a 11x17 piece of
paper and talk about how to create a web. The children then go
on a search and draw and/or label all the things they find one
of in our classroom, in our school. (ie school, clock, door,
principal, etc.)
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For the number two we use the poem, One,
Two Buckle My Shoe. The children bring things to school that
come in pairs. We also read the story, Two by Two and then
create our own class book. The book could be patterned after the
story or a collection of pages that show two shoes, two mittens,
etc.
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There are a number of pieces of folk
literature that are fun to use for the number three: Three
Little Kittens, Three Little Pigs, Three Bears. For this
exploration the children are provided with opportunities to role
play the stories.
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For the number four we look for items in
magazines and group them into fours as they are glued onto a
sheet.
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Children love the story Five Little
Monkeys and as we read it a number of time we role play the
actions with it. It is fun to follow up with counting by fives.
This is a good opportunity to do a handprint graph to see if
their are more left-handed or right-handed people in the class.
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