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1.OA, NBT The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important asects of the task and its potential use. Here are the first few lines of the commentary for this task: Materials The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle The students work individually or in pairs. Each student or pair needs: Three ten-frames for each s...

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Illustrative Mathematics

What Color is Your Leaf?

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In this lesson, students make observations and record information in the schoolyard setting to describe leaf patterns in the natural world. Students will also make inferences about how the sun and shade contribute to differences in leaf color and texture.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

T4T Handfuls of Counting

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This resource is part of Tools4NCTeachers. In this lesson, students will connect the oral number word and numeral to sets of objects counted. As they rote count, students will understand the concept that each successive number includes all the previous numbers (cardinality).

Material Type: Lesson, Lesson Plan

Author: DAWNE COKER

Count On Cup

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In this activity, students take turns with a partner to turn over number cards in stack and placing that many counters in a cup. Students fill in a table to show how many counters in the cup.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Mouse Count

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For this activity, students listen to a story to solve a problem. Students count out 10 mice and place some inside the jar and some outside the jar and use pictures, numbers, or words to show the many ways the ten mice could be arranged.

Material Type: Activity/Lab