Description

Teacher and Student Tools ~ 18 Character Cards and 18 Eye Cards: If the book is unfamiliar, use the character cards to introduce the book. Place the cards in a pocket chart or in view of the kiddos, read through, and discuss their predictions for what the story could be about. After reading, the instructor can use the “Teacher Tools” to model solutions for the story problems. Kiddos will use the “Student Tools” to demonstrate their solutions for the story problems and then glue the manipulatives to record their solutions on the student sheet.
Story board: A story board is provided or give kiddos paper to draw their own story board, focusing on the setting including habitat details (hole, tree, web, bog, nest, underground) of the animals in the story.
Story Problems in 3 formats: Opportunities for the kiddos to demonstrate their abilities to keep track of quantities of 12, 18, and 36.
Skip Counting by 2’s: Skip counting practice using “Eyes” to count by 2’s beginning at zero and beginning at one.
Data Collection and Recording forms in 2 formats to be used at school or home to collect data from table-mates, classmates, grade level and family members for the survey question, “How many eyes are in your group?”. Including recording sheets with ten frames to accommodate data for 2-30 people.
“Self-Check” cards are provided to put at a station or for you, when you just can’t think another thought.
All activities offer a choice of color or grey-scale clipart.