Nature Counting

Use this fun lesson plan to introduce or review the concept of addition to your ELs. Can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the **Nature and Counting It All Adds Up** lesson plan.

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This lesson can be used as a pre-lesson for the Nature and Counting: It All Adds Uplesson plan.

This lesson can be used as a pre-lesson for the Nature and Counting: It All Adds Uplesson plan.

Objectives

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Students will be able to represent addition facts up to 10. Students will be able to explain addition within 10 using sentence frames.

Introduction

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Gather the class together and display a handful of items (e.g., buttons) to the students.
Model thinking aloud to guess how many buttons you have by saying something like, "I started with two buttons and then I found five more buttons in my desk. I wonder how many I have altogether?"
Ask students if they can think of a way for you to figure out the total number of buttons you have.

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