Counting by Tens
Introduction: Thank goodness we only need two feet to Walk Across Texas! If we were crabs, we would need ten! In this lesson, students will listen as the teacher reads a counting by feet book in which the ten-footed crab is the star. Students will also create their own crab, which they will use to learn to count by tens.
Grade Level and Subject: First Grade Math and Language Arts
TEKS: Math: 1a, 1b, 1d, 3a, 4a, 4b, 11a, 11c, 11d
Language Arts: 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 3c, 4a, 4c, 13a, 13b
Materials:
dessert-size paper plates (one for each student)
blue tempera paint
red or white pipe cleaners (each student will need 2 full length and four halves)
glue
black beans or beads
hole punch
10 unlined index cards. Write 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, and 100 (one on each card) in a bold color. Decorate the back of the cards with sea drawings or stickers. If you have more than 20 students, you will have to adjust the number of cards accordingly by repeating some of the above numbers.
Resources: One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre,
