PK.N.2.4 Count up to 5 items in a scattered configurations; not in a row or column.
In a Nutshell
Counting objects in an organized way is a process for Pre-K students. Some students enter Pre-K with no strategies to keep this information organized in their heads. By the end of the year, Pre-K students should be able to count up to 5 objects, no matter the arrangement.
Student Actions
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Teacher Actions
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- Engage in problem solving by touching to count objects in an unfamiliar formation.
- Build procedural fluency when counting in an organized fashion.
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- Support productive struggle by providing opportunities to practice counting in unfamiliar arrangements.
- Connect mathematical representations by modeling ways to count scattered arrangements of objects.
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Key Understandings
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Misconceptions
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- Each object is counted once.
- It is beneficial to count in an organized manner (top to bottom, clockwise , etc.) to keep track of what has been counted and what has not.
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- Counting objects more than once.
- Skipping over an object while counting.
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OKMath Framework Introduction
PreK Grade Introduction
PreK Math Standards