Lesson 15
Draw Groups of Things
Lesson Purpose
The purpose of this lesson is for students to draw a given number of images.
Lesson Narrative
In a previous lesson, students created number posters by counting out groups of objects with a given number. In this lesson, students complete the same activity but draw groups of images to show each number. The same posters that were used in the previous lesson can be used in the first activity.
- Action and Expression
- MLR8
Learning Goals
Teacher Facing
- Given a written number, draw a picture with that number of images in it.
Student Facing
- Let’s figure out how many things to draw.
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
Materials to Copy
- Number Mat 1-10
- Math Libs Scenes
Required Preparation
Activity 1:
- Each group of 4 students need a piece of chart paper with a number (1-10) written at the top.
Activity 3:
- Gather materials from:
- Math Libs, Stage 1
- Bingo, Stages 1 and 2
- Number Race, Stage 1
- Geoblocks, Stages 1 and 2
- Math Fingers, Stages 1 and 2
Lesson Timeline
| Warm-up | 10 min |
| Activity 1 | 15 min |
| Activity 2 | 10 min |
| Activity 3 | 20 min |
| Lesson Synthesis | 5 min |
| Cool-down | 0 min |
Teacher Reflection Questions
Think about a time you recently made a mistake during math class. How did you leverage your mistake to show students that mistakes are just learning in process?