Lesson 21

Comparemos números

Warm-up: Actuémoslo: Repartamos leche (10 minutes)

Narrative

The purpose of this warm-up is to allow students to connect language to mathematical representation, which will be useful when students need to compare quantities and numbers in later activities. In the synthesis, students have the opportunity to practice using the language “less” to compare quantities.

This warm-up gives students opportunities to make sense of a problem by acting it out first before thinking about how to solve the problem (MP1).

Launch

  • Groups of 2
  • Display and read the story.
  • “¿De qué se trata la historia?” // “What is the story about?”
  • 30 seconds: quiet think time
  • Share responses.
  • Read the story again.
  • “¿Cómo pueden actuar esta historia?” // “How can you act out this story?”
  • 30 seconds: quiet think time

Activity

  • “Discutan con su pareja cómo pensaron” // “Discuss your thinking with your partner.”
  • 1 minute: partner discussion
  • Share responses. 
  • Choose a way to represent the story as a class.
  • Read the story together. 

Student Facing

Tyler está repartiendo las bebidas a sus compañeros de clase.
9 estudiantes escogieron leche.
5 estudiantes escogieron agua.
¿Menos estudiantes escogieron leche o agua?

Student Response

Teachers with a valid work email address can click here to register or sign in for free access to Student Response.

Activity Synthesis

  • “¿Menos estudiantes escogieron leche o agua? ¿Cómo lo saben?” // “Did fewer students choose milk or water? How do you know?” (Fewer students chose water. I know that 5 is less than 9. 5 comes before 9 when we count.)
  • “Díganle algo a su pareja sobre los números 9 y 5 usando ‘menos’” // “Tell your partner about the numbers 9 and 5 using ‘less.’”

Activity 1: ¿Cuál número es más? (10 minutes)

Narrative

The purpose of this activity is for students to compare numbers in a way that makes sense to them. Students can use physical objects or make drawings to represent each number (MP5), and match or count to compare. Students can also use their knowledge of the count sequence and understanding that each successive number refers to a quantity that is one more to compare the numbers. In the synthesis students describe how creating representations of numbers helps to compare numbers.

Action and Expression: Internalize Executive Functions. After students decide which manipulative they will use for the activity, invite students to plan a strategy for how they will use their manipulatives to determine which number is more. If students choose to use counters, give them access to 5-frames to help with the counting.
Supports accessibility for: Visual-Spatial Processing, Conceptual Processing, Organization

Required Materials

Materials to Gather

Launch

  • Groups of 2
  • Give students access to connecting cubes or counters.
  • “Con su pareja, descubran cuál número es más. Marquen el número que es más” // “Work with your partner to figure out which number is more. Circle the number that is more.”

Activity

  • 5 minutes: partner work time
  • Monitor for students who create representations of the numbers using cubes or a drawing and use these representations to compare.
  • Monitor for students who counted to figure out which number is more.

Student Facing

Marca el número que es más.

  1.  
    Number 5.
    Number 8.
  2.  
    Number 9.
    Number 4.

Student Response

Teachers with a valid work email address can click here to register or sign in for free access to Student Response.

Advancing Student Thinking

If students circle the number that is less instead of the number that is more, consider asking:

  • “¿Qué sabes sobre estos dos números? ¿Qué estás intentando averiguar?” // “What do you know about these two numbers? What are you trying to figure out?“
  • “¿Cómo puedes usar los cubos para mostrar cada número? ¿Cómo te pueden ayudar los cubos a descubrir cuál número es más?” // “How can you use the cubes to show each number? How can the cubes help you figure out which number is more?“

Activity Synthesis

  • Invite previously selected students to share the representations they made and how they used them to figure out which number is more.
  • “¿De qué les sirvió contar objetos separando o hacer dibujos para descifrar cuál número es más?” // “How did counting out the groups of objects or drawing pictures help you figure out which number is more?”
  • Invite previously selected students to share how counting helped them compare the numbers.
  • “Sabemos que 9 es más que 5. Comparen estos números usando ‘menos’” // “We know 8 is more than 5. Compare these numbers using ‘less’.”

Activity 2: ¿Cuál número es menos? (15 minutes)

Narrative

The purpose of this activity is for students to write and compare numbers 1–10. Students compare numbers in any way that makes sense to them.

MLR8 Discussion Supports. Make sure that students can explain how they know which number is less. This invites groups to rehearse what they will say when they share with the whole class.
Advances: Speaking, Conversing, Representation

Required Materials

Materials to Gather

Materials to Copy

  • Number Mat 1-10

Launch

  • Groups of 2
  • Give each group a number mat and 2 cubes. Give each group of students access to connecting cubes or counters. 
  • “Vamos a lanzar cubos para obtener dos números y a descubrir cuál número es menos” // “We are going to roll two numbers and figure out which number is less.” 
  • Invite a student to act as your partner in the demonstration.
  • “Primero cada uno lanza un cubo sobre el tablero de números” // “First we each roll a cube onto the number mat.”
  • Demonstrate rolling cubes onto the number mat.
  • “Después, escribimos ambos números en las líneas” // “Next we write both numbers on the lines.” 
  • Demonstrate writing each number on a line. 
  • “En la actividad anterior, marcamos el número que es más. Ahora vamos a marcar el número que es menos. ¿Qué podemos hacer para averiguar si 8 es menos o 4 es menos?” // “In the last activity we circled the number that is more. Now we are going to circle the number that is less. What could we do to figure out if 8 or 4 is less?” (You could draw pictures. You could count out objects and compare them. You could think about which number comes first when you count.)
  • 30 seconds: quiet think time
  • Share responses. 
  • Demonstrate one student suggestion for comparing 8 and 4.
  • “4 es menos que 8, entonces marcamos el número 4” // “4 is less than 8, so we circle the number 4.”
  • “Es su turno de jugar con su pareja. Cada uno lanza un cubo. Después, escriben los números y descifran cuál número es menos” // “It’s your turn to play the game with your partner. You will each roll one cube, write down the numbers, and work together to figure out which number is less.”

Activity

  • 5 minutes: partner work time

Student Facing

Escribe los números que obtuvieron.
Marca el número que es menos.

Handwriting lines.
Handwriting lines.

Handwriting lines.
Handwriting lines.

Handwriting lines.
Handwriting lines.

Escribe los números que obtuvieron.
Marca el número que es menos.

Handwriting lines.
Handwriting lines.

Handwriting lines.
Handwriting lines.

Handwriting lines.
Handwriting lines.

Student Response

Teachers with a valid work email address can click here to register or sign in for free access to Student Response.

Activity Synthesis

  • Display 9 and 2.
  • “¿Cuál número es menos? ¿Cómo lo saben?” // “Which number is less? How do you know?” (2. I know that 2 is small. 9 is a lot more. When you count you come to 2 first which means it is less.)

Activity 3: Centros: Momento de escoger (20 minutes)

Narrative

The purpose of this activity is for students to choose activities that offer practice with number and counting concepts

  • Less, Same, More
  • Math Libs
  • Number Race

Required Materials

Materials to Gather

Required Preparation

  • Gather materials from:
    • Less, Same, More, Stages 1-4
    • Math Libs, Stage 1
    • Number Race, Stage 1

Launch

  • “Hoy vamos a escoger centros de los que ya conocemos” // “Today we are going to choose from centers we have already learned.”
  • Display the center choices in the student book.
  • “Piensen qué les gustaría hacer primero” // “Think about what you would like to do first.”
  • 30 seconds: quiet think time

Activity

  • Invite students to work at the center of their choice. 
  • 8 minutes: center work time
  • “Escojan qué les gustaría hacer ahora” // “Choose what you would like to do next.”
  • 8 minutes: center work time

Student Facing

Escoge un centro.

Menos, lo mismo, más

Center activity. Less, Same, More.

Mi mate-libreta

Center Activity, Mad Libs.

Carrera con números

Center. Number Race.

Activity Synthesis

  • Display student pages or materials from centers throughout the units.
  • “¿Cuál fue su centro favorito durante esta unidad? ¿Qué hizo que fuera su favorito?” // “What was your favorite center to work on during this unit? What made it your favorite center?”

Lesson Synthesis

Lesson Synthesis

“Diego no sabe si 7 es más que o menos que 4. ¿Cómo pueden ayudar a Diego a entender que 7 es más que 4?” // “Diego doesn’t know if 7 is more or less than 4. How could you help Diego understand that 7 is more than 4?” (I could tell him to show 4 fingers on his hands and show 7 fingers on my hands so he could see 7 is more. I could tell him that when you count, you get to 4 but then you need to say more numbers to get to 7 so it is more. I know that 4 is less than 5 and 7 is more than 5.)

Cool-down: Unidad 2, punto de chequeo de la sección C (0 minutes)

Cool-Down

Teachers with a valid work email address can click here to register or sign in for free access to Cool-Downs.

Student Section Summary

Student Facing

En esta sección comparamos números. Usamos objetos y dibujos para ayudarnos a descubrir cuál número es más y cuál es menos.

Number 5.
Number 8.
Green and blue cubes.
Group of 8 circles. Group of 5 circles.

También entendimos que para comparar números podemos usar lo que sabemos sobre contar.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

5 va antes que 8 cuando contamos.

5 es menos que 8.
8 es más que 5.