1 - Getting Started ~3 mins
Show me five! Now hide some. Which fingers are up? Which fingers are down?
2 - Watch and Notice ~6 mins
Watch our five break into two parts. Here is 4 and 1. Here is 3 and 2. Say it with me: three and two make five.
3 - Build It on Your Plates ~9 mins
Take a train of 5 cubes. Snap it into two bits. Lay one bit on each plate. Say your way out loud: how many here, how many there?
Hands-on Task
4 - Try It Together ~6 mins
One of us comes to the board to break five: first 4 and 1, then 3 and 2, then 5 and 0. Everyone else watches and says the sentence out loud with the class before we check.
Make five together
5 - What Did We Notice? ~3 mins
Which way of making five do you like best? Show it on your fingers.
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