Lesson 5
Hagamos grupos de más, menos o lo mismo
Lesson Purpose
The purpose of this lesson is for students to make groups that have more, fewer, or the same number of objects as another group.
Lesson Narrative
Students build on their work of identifying groups that have more, fewer, or the same number of objects as another group. Students learn stages of two centers where they make groups with more, fewer, or the same number as a given group with objects and fingers. Students continue to practice using comparison language during the activities.
- Representation
- MLR8
Learning Goals
Teacher Facing
- Make groups that have more, fewer, or the same number of objects than another group.
Student Facing
- Formemos grupos de objetos que tengan más, menos o el mismo número de objetos que otro grupo.
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
Materials to Copy
- Math Fingers Cards
- Less, Same, More Mat, Spanish
Required Preparation
Activity 1:
- Each group of 2 needs at least 2 collections of between 2 and 9 objects.
Activity 3:
- Gather materials from:
- Less, Same, More, Stage 1
- Number Race, Stage 1
- Shake and Spill, Stages 1 and 2
- Math Fingers, Stages 1 and 2
- Pattern Blocks, Stages 1-3
- Picture Books, Stages 1 and 2
Lesson Timeline
| Warm-up | 10 min |
| Activity 1 | 15 min |
| Activity 2 | 15 min |
| Activity 3 | 15 min |
| Lesson Synthesis | 5 min |
| Cool-down | 0 min |
Teacher Reflection Questions
How did the work of the previous lesson lay the foundation for students to be successful in the first activity of this lesson?