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Lesson Plan

Math Moves

This math lesson is perfect for your energetic kindergarteners! Engage these young learners with a skip counting lesson that incorporates movement and exercise.
Need extra help for EL students? Try the All the Ways to Count to 100 pre-lesson.
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Need extra help for EL students? Try the All the Ways to Count to 100 pre-lesson.

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to count to 100 by tens.

Introduction

(10 minutes)
  • Introduce the lesson by reading aloud the book Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3.
  • Think aloud, "I noticed that something changed about the numbers after 20 climbed the tree. What number came after 20? That's right, 30. Instead of counting by ones, they began counting by tens."
  • Introduce the lesson by displaying the hundreds chart to the class.
  • Point to the numbers In the right hand column and explain that today the class will practice skip counting by counting by tens.

Beginning

  • Preview the book prior to this lesson to introduce the concept of skip counting and to familiarize students with any new vocabulary.

Intermediate

  • Have students echo count after you as you read the book aloud.