Kindergarten Countdown

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Kindergarten Countdown!

• By G.W. Carver Kindergarten Teachers Becky
  Morgan, Sue Ogier, Lisa Valentine, Victoria
  Salvat and Speech Pathologist Robyn Zamorski

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Virginia SOLs

• Math K.5 The student will count forward to 30 and
  backward from 10
• Essential knowledge and skills The student will
  use problem solving, mathematical communication,
  mathematical reasoning, connections, and
  representations to
• Count forward from 1 to 30
• Count backward from 10 to 1

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Kick-off Activities

• Countdown to the New Year Student Booklet from
  The Education Center, Inc. I Can Make It! I Can
  Read It! Winter ed.

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Pre-Assessment

• Place magnetic numbers on chalk board in random
  order
• Have children rearrange into descending order

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Instructional Activities

• Building Background for the skill
• Discuss with children reasons for counting
  backwards
• count down for lunch
• count down for cleaning up
• count down for bed
• count down to a special day using a calendar

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• Read Books containing numbers in descending order
• Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
• Ten Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth
• Five Little Ducks by Ariane Dewey
• Ten Little Dinosaurs by Pattie Schnetzler
• Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins
• Ten Little Fish by Audrey and Bruce Wood

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• Clothesline Activity
• String a clothesline between 2 chairs
• Put clothespins on the line
• Have students put paper jerseys on the line in
  descending order

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• Number Sense
• Display 10 magnetic counters
• Have students count them
• Match the number to the set
• Ask students what number you would have if you
  take one away
• Find that number and match to the new set
• Continue to 0

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Kinesthetic Activities

• Practice making numbers using different media
• Playdoh
• Wikki-Stix
• Paint
• Shaving Cream
• Water Painting
• Sidewalk Chalk

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Gross Motor Activities

• Sign language numbers (pause slide show and
  double click on picture to watch video)
• 10, 9, 8Blast OFF!
• (pause slide show and double click on
  picture to watch video)

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Technology

• Count Us In! http//www.abc.net.au/countusin/defau
  lt.htm
• Count Backwards Caterpillar (countbackcat1by on
  Smartboard referenced by Beth Swain)

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Formative Assessments

• Student will be able to arrange numbers in
  descending order from 10-0.

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Enrichment

• Country Countdown by Dr. Jean
• http//www.drjean.org/
• Ten Little Indians (or substitute special
  character of the season)
• Counting down from 20 or 30

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Remediation

• Five Little Speckled Frogs
• Countdown from 5-0
• Use 5 fingers to count or other manipulatives

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Culminating Activity

• Kindergarten classes will meet to make numbers
  with their bodies