Lesson 9
Create Picture Books
Lesson Purpose
Lesson Narrative
This lesson builds on the work of previous lessons where students recognized small groups of things without counting and matched groups with the same quantity. In this lesson, students create a page in a picture book where they record many different groups of objects with the same quantity that they see in the classroom. Students can make more picture book pages in centers in this and future lessons.
In the lesson synthesis, students practice saying the verbal count sequence to 10 in preparation for counting objects in an upcoming section. Add variety to the counting by adding movement. For example, students can count as they clap, stomp their feet, or jump.
- Action and Expression
- MLR8
Activity 2: Introduce Picture Books, Create
Learning Goals
Teacher Facing
- Identify groups of objects or images with the same quantity without counting.
- Recognize and name the number of objects or images in groups of up to 4 without counting.
Student Facing
- Let’s make picture books about our classroom.
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
Materials to Copy
- Picture Books Stage 2 Recording Sheet
Required Preparation
Activity 3:
- Gather materials from:
- Connecting Cubes, Stages 1 and 2
- Pattern Blocks, Stages 1 and 2
- Geoblocks, Stages 1 and 2
- Picture Books, Stages 1 and 2
Lesson Timeline
| Warm-up | 10 min |
| Activity 1 | 10 min |
| Activity 2 | 10 min |
| Activity 3 | 25 min |
| Lesson Synthesis | 5 min |
| Cool-down | 0 min |