Lesson 31. Next in line, please! (1-50)
Counting and Cardinality – Lesson 31 for Kindergarten
Count Forward and Keep the Line Moving!
Next in line, please! (1-50)
Goal
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.
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 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.
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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