Lesson Plan
Dalmatian Dots
What preschooler doesn't like dogs? This fun, hands-on lesson plan features dalmatians, fire safety, and matching numbers to quantities.
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Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to recognize numerals from 1-10 and match quantities to numerals.
Introduction
(3 minutes)- Tell students that they will be learning about fire safety, and matching numbers to quantities today. Remind your class that quantity is the number that answers the question, "How many?"
- Call out an example of a question that relates to quantity. For example: How many students are sitting here on the carpet?
- Count the number of students in your classroom, one by one.
- Write the number of students in your classroom on the board.
- Tell your class that today, they will be matching numbers to the amount, or quantity, of fire dogs.
Beginning
- Provide examples of quantity by counting things aloud in the classroom.
Intermediate
- Have students turn and talk to a partner to share answers to the "How many students?" questions and other quantity questions.