Next in line, please! (1-50)
Number Sense - Counting
Counting Forward from Numbers 1 to 50
In This Lesson
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.1 (Count to 100 by ones and by tens.)
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.A.3 (Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).)
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.B.4 (Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.)Click the link below to filter for similar exercises.
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