Count out a specific number of objects up to 20

Students will count out a specific number of objects (up to 20) from a larger collection, stopping at the named quantity. This reinforces cardinality and purposeful counting.

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Kindergarten · Counting to Answer 'How Many?' · question 1 of 3

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12 rungs. A star at the top.

How many crosses?

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Count each thing one time.

Stop at the number you need.

Read it: Count a scattered set

12 apples all over the table. Touch each one once and say a number. The number stays on it, so you never count it twice.

Touch an apple and say 1.
Touch the next one that has no number yet.
Keep going until every apple has a number: 12.

When things are scattered, it is easy to skip one or count one twice.

A number that stays on an apple shows it is counted.

To count out a number, touch and say until you reach it, then stop.

Touch each one once. The last number is how many.

Counting the same apple twice because it was not marked.

Only touch apples that have no number yet.

Count out 16 apples from a big pile. What number do you stop at? — 16. Touch and say 1 to 16, then stop: 16 apples.

Count out 8 cookies from a tray of 12

Look at this tray of yummy cookies. We want to give eight cookies to a friend. Let's count out exactly eight.

We need eight. We will touch each cookie one at a time, count out loud, and stop the moment we reach eight.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six.

Seven.

Eight! Stop right there. We don't need any more.

Kindergarten · Counting to a target

Let's double-check. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. That's exactly eight cookies.

Awesome counting! We picked out eight cookies from the tray of twelve.

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While they climb, your page writes one true line to ask about tonight, and a short note each Sunday.

MayaGrade 3 · Mathematics

Did you know?

A chessboard has 64 squares — share them out between the 8 rows and each row holds exactly 8.

Today’s goal: 1 star — one skill mastered, every rung of its ladder climbed
Climbing now: Divide within 100

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MayaGrade 3 · Mathematics

Maya earned 2 stars this week — Interpret multiplication as equal groups, which took 6 answers over 3 days before its star landed 3 days ago and Multiply by 6, 7, 8 and 9. Next up: Divide within 100.

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