Counting 20 to 50 Lesson Plan: Counting and Cardinality
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This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP Jr. topic Counting 20 to 50, and supports the standards of counting to 100 by ones and tens, and reading and writing numerals to represent a number of objects. Students demonstrate understanding through a variety of projects.
Step 1: ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
Direct students’ attention to a bookshelf in the classroom or in the school library that has more than 20 books on it. Ask students what strategy they can use to quickly figure out how many books the shelf holds.
Step 2: BUILD KNOWLEDGE
- Play the Counting 20 to 50 movie.
- Click the pause button each time a question appears in Annie’s Notebook and discuss it as a class. Then play to see how Annie answers it.
TIP: The pause button turns red to remind you to pause.
Step 3: APPLY and ASSESS
Students take the Easy Quiz or Hard Quiz, demonstrating what they learned about the topic while applying essential literacy skills.
Step 4: DEEPEN and EXTEND
Students express what they learned about counting 20 to 50 while practicing essential literacy skills with one or more of the following activities. Differentiate by assigning ones that meet individual student or grade-level needs.
- Draw About It: Draw pictures or shapes to show a number between 30 and 35.
- Activity: Help Moby put his torn number line back.
- Talk About It: Find missing numbers.
- Write About It: Practice writing the numbers 40 to 50.
More to Explore
Number Sense Unit: Continue to build understanding around counting and cardinality by exploring more BrainPOP Jr. topics.
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