Next in line, please! (1-50)

Math - Kindergarten

Count Forward and Keep the Line Moving!

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Next in line, please! (1-50)

Goal

Counting and Cardinality

In some stores or offices, people take a ticket while waiting in line. In this activity, parents help to cut out the paper window as a “Now Serving” number display. Then, children will practice counting what number is the next in line.

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Activity Prep

• Download & print the PDF below

• Scissors or Utility knife Grownup use only. Not for the students! (*Please handle it carefully.)

• Cutting mat or thick cardboard if you use a utility knife

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How to Use

STEP 1

Download & print the PDF.

STEP 3

An adult should cut out the gray boxes for the students.

STEP 3

An adult should cut out the gray boxes for the students.

STEP 4

Place the number sheet behind the cut-out paper.

STEP 5 & 6

The teacher or a student slides the cut-out paper to reveal a number.

Students say the following number in line out loud.

Step 1: Download & print the PDF.

Step 2: You will get two sheets: one with a number display screen with a gray box and another with numbers from 1 to 50.

Step 3: An adult should cut out the gray boxes for the students.

Step 4: Place the number sheet behind the cut-out paper.

Step 5: The teacher or a student slides the cut-out paper to reveal a number.

Step 6: Students say the following number in line out loud.

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Common Core

• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.A.2 (Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1).

• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.B.4.C (Understand that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger.)

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