Counting Feet


Kindergarten, First, Second Grade

NBT/OAA
NBT

Overview

Mathematics Content:

Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.

Understand place value

Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract

 

Estimated Time: 80 minutes

 

During this lesson, students will listen to the story One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab and discuss how numbers are represented by the feet of animals. Then students will use dice to record numbers and write new combinations using the animals from the story. Finally, students will create a story using one of their combinations from the dice activity.


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