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Lesson Plan
Fill Three Towers
Use this beginning of the year activity to practice counting! Students solidify an understanding of one-to-one correspondence as they compete to fill three towers. Use this EL Support Lesson alone, or alongside the lesson plan **Counting Collections.**
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Objectives
Academic
Students will be able to count within 30.
Language
Students will be able to describe the steps to accurately fill spaces with counters using visual and partner support.
Introduction
(5 minutes)
- Instruct the class to stand in a circle.
- Choose a target number in the teens, for example 14.
- Tell students that whoever says the number 14 will sit down. Begin counting from one, with the student to the right saying the next number in the sequence.
- The student who says 14 sits down, and the next students starts over at 1.
- Continue until all students are sitting. Challenge students to predict who will say certain numbers, or who will have to sit down next.