How Many Letters?

Beginning

• Display a hundreds chart or number line and explain how you can use them to keep track of the amount of letters in your name.
• Ask student to show you on their fingers how many letters are in your name before counting the letters as a class.

Intermediate

• Review letters of the alphabet using song. Then, practice counting to 26 using the letters of the alphabet to practice (count each letter individually).

Beginning

• Write student names as needed.
• Allow students to count in their home language (L1) to determine how many letters are in their names.

Intermediate

• Have students turn and talk to share with a partner which number is the most popular using the sentence frame, "The ____ is the most popular number."

Beginning

• Provide students with index cards with their names prewritten on them.
• Pass out individual number lines to support students.
• Model completing the worksheet using your own name.

Intermediate

• Ask students to make a prediction of how many letters might be in their partners' name using the sentence frame, "I predict that my partner's name has ____ letters."
• Have students turn and talk to share how many letters are in their names with a partner. Ask them to think about if the number was more or less than their prediction.