1.6 Counting objects

Mathematics

Number fun

Educator section

Memorandum

Critical and developmental outcomes:

• The learners must be able to:

1. identify and solve problems and make decisions using critical and creative thinking;

2. work effectively with others as members of a team, group, organisation and community;

3. organise and manage themselves and their activities responsibly and effectively;

4. collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information;

5. communicate effectively using visual, symbolic and/or language skills in various modes;

6. use science and technology effectively and critically, showing responsibility towards the environment and the health of others;

7. demonstrate an understanding of the world as a set of related systems by recognising that problem-solving contexts do not exist in isolation;

8. reflect on and explore a variety of strategies to learn more effectively;

9. participate as responsible citizens in the life of local, national, and global communities;

10. be culturally and aesthetically sensitive across a range of social contexts;

11. Explore education and career opportunities; and

12. Develop entrepreneurial opportunities.

Module 1

• Integration of Themes: Summer
• Human Rights: Learners can be taught to be neat and tidy.
• Inclusively: Matching to show same number – no exceptions made

Leaner section

Content

Activity: counting objects [lo 1.1, lo 1.4, lo 1.3]

A counting rhyme

One, two, three

Look at me.

Four, five, six

I build my bricks.

Seven, eight, nine

Soldiers in a line.

And here are ten

Fingers in my den.

• Count. How many...?

red marbles

blue marbles

green marbles

yellow marbles

• Draw one more. Count.

mice

balloons

trees

marbles

steps

dots

• Count their steps.

• My lunch box

• Ron's lunch box

• I have...

• Ron has...

• Colour the blocks with one object. Write “1”.

Tessa and I go for a walk.

• Tessa's red apples.

• My green apples.

We each have two 2 apples.

• Tessa's lunch box

Puzzles to build.

• Cut, match and paste.

Assessment

Learning Outcome 1: The learner will be able to recognise, describe and represent numbers and their relationships, and to count, estimate, calculate and check with competence and confidence in solving problems.

Assessment Standard 1.1: We know this when the learner counts to at least 34 everyday objects reliably;

Assessment Standard 1.3: We know this when the learner knows and reads number symbols form 1 to at least 100 and writes number names from 1 to at least 34;

Assessment Standard 1.4: We know this when the learner orders, describes and compares whole numbers to at least 2-digit numbers.