Counting, Shapes & Patterns
Objectives
- D05.S1.K.01 Count objects up to 20 and say how many there are.
- D05.S2.K.01 Continue or copy a simple repeating pattern of colors, shapes, or sounds.
- D05.S3.K.01 Name and match common shapes and use position words (over, under, beside).
- D05.S4.K.01 Sort objects into groups by one feature and tell which group has more.
Essential questions
- How do we count, compare, and sort the things around us?
- Where do we find patterns and shapes in our world?
Big ideas
- Numbers help us count and compare real things.
- Patterns and shapes are everywhere; finding them is a way of seeing.
Lessons
- 1 Counting Real Things 45 minutes
- 2 Counting to Ten, Then Twenty 45 minutes
- 3 How Many Are There? 45 minutes
- 4 Patterns All Around Us 45 minutes
- 5 Making and Continuing Patterns 45 minutes
- 6 Meet the Shapes 45 minutes
- 7 Matching Shapes 45 minutes
- 8 Where Is It? Over, Under, Beside 45 minutes
- 9 Sorting Into Groups 45 minutes
- 10 Counting, Shapes & Patterns 45 minutes
Assessment plan
Observation of counting, sorting, and pattern work with real objects; sorting and shape-hunt work as portfolio artifacts.
Unit 6 — Counting, Shapes & Patterns
Overview
This unit teaches mathematics as sense-making, not gatekeeping. Children count real things up to twenty, continue and copy simple repeating patterns, name and match common shapes with position words, and sort objects by one feature to compare groups. Before they ever meet an abstract symbol, they meet number, pattern, and shape in the sandbox, the garden, and the circle.
Essential questions
- How do we count, compare, and sort the things around us?
- Where do we find patterns and shapes in our world?
Lessons
| Lesson | Title | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| L.00.006.01 | Counting Real Things | D05.S1.K.01 |
| L.00.006.02 | Counting to Ten, Then Twenty | D05.S1.K.01 |
| L.00.006.03 | How Many Are There? | D05.S1.K.01 |
| L.00.006.04 | Patterns All Around Us | D05.S2.K.01 |
| L.00.006.05 | Making and Continuing Patterns | D05.S2.K.01 |
| L.00.006.06 | Meet the Shapes | D05.S3.K.01 |
| L.00.006.07 | Matching Shapes | D05.S3.K.01 |
| L.00.006.08 | Where Is It? Over, Under, Beside | D05.S3.K.01 |
| L.00.006.09 | Sorting Into Groups | D05.S4.K.01 |
| L.00.006.10 | Counting, Shapes & Patterns | D05.S1.K.01, D05.S2.K.01, D05.S3.K.01, D05.S4.K.01 |