Count out up to 20 things in any arrangement

Skill, counting, level K

Lines up with: K.CC.B.5

Builds on

• Say the counting numbers in order, by ones and by tens
• The last number said tells how many there are

Leads to

• Act out putting together and taking away with things
• A measurement says how many, and of what
• Cut a rectangle into rows and columns of equal squares
• Length is how many units fit end to end
• One of a thing is just that thing
• Tell which group or number is more, less, or the same

Lessons

• How many?
• How many, of what?

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