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Lesson Plan

Shark Feeding Frenzy

Use your students' fascination with sharks to create a math feeding frenzy! Students will match numerals to quantity using "shark teeth" in this sensory rich math lesson.
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Learning Objectives

Students will be able to arrange and count objects to match a quantity associated with a numeral. Students will demonstrate understanding of the relationship between numbers and their quantities.

Introduction

(5 minutes)
  • Gather a small group of students at a table.
  • Give each student a small object such as a toy, counting cube, or cracker.
  • Ask students to identify how many objects there are.
  • Have students count aloud with you as you point to or move objects individually into a group at the center of the table.
  • Tell students that the last word stated when counting tells the quantity, or how many of something.