Kindergarten · Math · Unit
Counting to 10
12 lessonsabout 5 weeks
The unit ends with three more days: a review day, the unit check, and a day to act on what the check showed.
Unit 2 of 8 in the Kindergarten Math Scope and Sequence
What's included in this unit
- 12 lessons in teaching order, each with its objective and a teacher note
- 29 practice pages to print, with an easier and a harder page where available
- 4 classroom tools for the projector
- 7 activities and pages that children do on a screen
- 11 check-up pages to collect
The whole unit in one file
Print every page of the unit at once, with the teacher guide first. The guide has one page per lesson: the objective, what to hand out, and the teacher note.
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Lessons
Lesson 1
One for each
Children give each object exactly one partner by drawing a line, and say whether there are enough.
- Prepares forCommon Core K.CC.B.4.aCounting and Cardinality
- Prepares forCommon Core K.CC.C.6Counting and Cardinality
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: More pages from the maker · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Practice on paper
One for Each
Practice on screen
Lesson 2
Touch and count
Children touch and move 1 to 10 real counters one at a time into a ten-frame and say exactly one number for each counter.
- StandardCommon Core K.CC.B.4.aCounting and Cardinality
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Ten Frame · the routine with the class
- Day 2Practice: the routine with the class
Warm up and teach
What the class does
Model it first on the Ten Frame tool while the class counts along. Then each child gets a cup with 1 to 10 counters and a ten-frame: two rows of five boxes that you draw on paper, or an egg carton cut down to ten cups. The child slides one counter into a box for each number said, fills the top row first, and stops when the cup is empty. Partners watch each other count. This lesson has no worksheet.
Lesson 3
Write the numbers 0 to 9
Children trace and write the numbers 0 to 9, starting each one at the dot and following the arrows.
- StandardCommon Core K.CC.A.3Counting and Cardinality
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Letter Studio · Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Warm up and teach
Practice on paper
Trace the Numbers 0 to 9
Trace and Write the Numbers
Practice on screen
Lesson 4
Count and write how many
Children count up to 10 pictures, say the last number as how many there are, and write that number.
- StandardCommon Core K.CC.B.5Counting and Cardinality
- StandardCommon Core K.CC.B.4.bCounting and Cardinality
- StandardCommon Core K.CC.A.3Counting and Cardinality
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Ten Frame · Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: More pages from the maker · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Warm up and teach
Practice on screen
Lesson 5
Make a group of that many
Children read a number and color or draw exactly that many, stopping when they reach the number.
- StandardCommon Core K.CC.B.5Counting and Cardinality
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Ten Frame · Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: More pages from the maker · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Warm up and teach
Practice on screen
Lesson 6
Still the same number
Children count two groups of the same kind of object, one in a row and one spread out, write how many are in each, and decide whether both groups have the same number.
- StandardCommon Core K.CC.B.4.bCounting and Cardinality
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: The Counting Line · Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Check-up page
Warm up and teach
Practice on paper
Same Number?
Lesson 7
Color by number
Children read the number in each part of a picture and color the part with the color the key gives for that number.
- Prepares forCommon Core K.CC.A.3Counting and Cardinality
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Practice on paper
Color by Number: Picture Scenes
Color by Number: Shapes with a Code
Practice on screen
Color by Number: Picture Scenes (a page that checks the answers)
Lesson 8
How many? Look fast
Children look at a small group for a moment and say how many there are without counting one by one.
- StandardCommon Core K.CC.B.5Counting and Cardinality
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Ten Frame · Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: More pages from the maker · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Warm up and teach
Practice on screen
Lesson 9
Match them up: more, fewer, or the same
Children match the pictures in two rows one-to-one and say which row has more, which has fewer, or that both rows have the same number.
- StandardCommon Core K.CC.C.6Counting and Cardinality
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Ten Frame · Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Check-up page
Warm up and teach
Practice on paper
Match Them Up: More, Fewer, or the Same
Lesson 10
More and fewer
Children compare two groups and tell which has more and which has fewer.
- StandardCommon Core K.CC.C.6Counting and Cardinality
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: More pages from the maker · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Practice on screen
Lesson 11
One more, one less
Children count a group of up to 9 pictures, draw one more or cross one out as the label says, and write how many there are now.
- StandardCommon Core K.CC.B.4.cCounting and Cardinality
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Ten Frame · Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page) · Check-up page
Warm up and teach
Practice on paper
One More, One Less
Lesson 12
Which number is greater?
Children compare two written numbers from 1 to 10 and color the greater one.
- StandardCommon Core K.CC.C.7Counting and Cardinality
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Number Line · Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Harder page) · Check-up page
Warm up and teach
Practice on paper
Color the Greater Number
Unit check: before and after
Two short paper checks made from this unit's own worksheets. Give Check A before you teach the unit and Check B after it, and you can see what changed. Each part belongs to one lesson.
- Part 1: Lesson 3, Write the numbers 0 to 9 (2 tasks)
- Part 2: Lesson 4, Count and write how many (2 tasks)
- Part 3: Lesson 5, Make a group of that many (1 task)
- Part 4: Lesson 6, Still the same number (1 task)
- Part 5: Lesson 8, How many? Look fast (2 tasks)
- Part 6: Lesson 9, Match them up: more, fewer, or the same (2 tasks)
- Part 7: Lesson 10, More and fewer (1 task)
- Part 8: Lesson 11, One more, one less (1 task)
- Part 9: Lesson 12, Which number is greater? (2 tasks)
Not in the check: Lesson 1, Lesson 2, Lesson 7. Worksheets that cannot be split into single tasks are left out.
Printing a check counts as a download, like any worksheet.
The answer keys and the teacher pages come with the paid Teacher plan.
This is a classroom check of this unit's lessons. It is not a standardized test, and its points are not a grade.