Lesson 20
Representemos y comparemos números
Lesson Purpose
The purpose of this lesson is for students to represent and compare quantities and numbers to 10.
Lesson Narrative
Students choose a number to represent in different ways using objects, images, and written numbers. Students use their classmate’s representations to compare numbers and make comparison statements using the words "more", “less”, and “the same number”.
- Representation
- MLR7
Learning Goals
Teacher Facing
- Represent and compare numbers 1–10.
Student Facing
- Mostremos números de maneras diferentes y hagamos afirmaciones de comparación.
Required Materials
Required Preparation
Activity 1:
- Each group of 2 needs 1 half sheet of chart paper.
Activity 3:
- Gather materials from:
- Less, Same, More, Stages 1-4
- Math Libs, Stage 1
- Number Race, Stage 1
Lesson Timeline
| Warm-up | 10 min |
| Activity 1 | 10 min |
| Activity 2 | 15 min |
| Activity 3 | 20 min |
| Lesson Synthesis | 5 min |
| Cool-down | 0 min |
Teacher Reflection Questions
In this lesson, students represented numbers in different ways. What connections did students make between the different representations?