Math Lesson

For my math lesson this semester, I focused on the relationship between numbers and cardinality (the ability to recognize that the number 5 can be represented by 5 objects {blocks, turkeys, etc.}) Before I began my lesson, I read the book "10 Fat Turkeys" and played the video "5 Little Turkeys." Reading the book and showing the video allowed my students to start associating the numbers we count with to actual objects, or in this case, turkeys. 




Next, we moved to stations. I set out several turkeys with a number on the belly. The students had to read the number and count out how many "feathers" they had to put on their turkey. I used clothespins for feathers to incorporate some physical movement, and also to make this station activity seem like a fun game! 

After that, I brought out my sensory bin full of fuzz balls. I used water bottles that had feathers and eyes glued to them as our "turkeys." Each student got a turkey. I verbally told the students how many fuzzballs to "feed" our turkey, and they had to individually count each one to put in the water bottle. The kids loved this activity because they got to feel the fuzzballs and have their own "turkey to feed." Finally, for my assessment activity, I had the students glue feathers onto a construction paper turkey and write the amount of feathers they glued. It was amazing how three little activities really livened up their motivation to learn! All I had to do was make it fun ;)