Let's Count with Dinosaurs!

Introduction

Hi there, Kindergarten friends!

My name is Tammy the Triceratops! My dinosaur friends and I are having a lot of trouble counting up to 20. Do you think you can you help us?

Standard: K.NS.5: Count a given number of objects from 1 – 20 and connect this sequence in a one-to-one manner.

Task

Today, you will complete activities that will help you count and recognize numbers 1 through 20. By exploring a variety of videos, songs, and online games, you'll become an expert. Let's get counting!

Process

Directions: Watch the videos and record your answers on a seperate sheet of paper. Don't forget to put your name at the top!

Click here to sing along to the 10 little dinosaurs.

Using the video, finish the song: 1 little, ___ little, 3 little dinosaurs.
Count backwards: 10, 9, 8, 7... ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____.
How many baby dinosaurs are there in the picture?

Click here to listen to the read-a-loud How Does a Dinosaur Count to Ten? By Jane Yolen and Mark Teague.

In the story, how many pictures were hanging on the wall?
How many big letter blocks did the dinosaur have?
How many full paint jars were on the easel?

Click here to count to 20.

What number comes after 17 and before 19?
What number is missing? 11, 12, ? 14, 15.
Count the dinosaur eggs below. How many are there?

Click here to go to a website.

Overall, how many dinosaurs did you end up circling on the entire worksheet?

Let me introduce you to my friends!

This is Tyler the T-Rex, Sam the Stegosaurus, and Phil the Pterodactyle. Click on them to play a connect the dot game!

Play the game three times. Write down your scores.

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And this is Ronny the Raptor. Click on him to play a counting game!

Evaluation

Take up each student's sheet of paper when they are finished and use the rubric below as a guide.

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Qualified 3	Exemplary 4	Score
Students can count 1-20	Student cannot count	Student recites numbers out of order	Student can count to 10	Student can count to 20
Students can recognize numbers 1-20	Student cannot recognize any numbers	Student calls out random numbers when asked	Student can recognize 10 numbers correctly when asked	Students can recognize all numbers correctly when asked
Students can count objects	Student cannot count objects	Student calls out random numbers while pointing at objects	Student can count 10 objects correctly while pointing at each object individually	Student can count 20 objects correctly while pointing at each object individually