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1) The document describes a kindergarten lesson where the teacher, Miss Chen, uses an overhead projector to show small groups of objects (beans) to help students practice counting and recognizing numbers. 2) During one activity, Miss Chen flashed 4 beans on the overhead twice, asking students to count each time. The second time, more students correctly counted 4 beans. 3) When one student, Susan, disagreed and said she saw 5 beans, Miss Chen had Susan recount and explain her thinking, helping Susan realize there were only 4 beans and she mistook the pattern for an extra bean.

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MTE Notes

1) The document describes a kindergarten lesson where the teacher, Miss Chen, uses an overhead projector to show small groups of objects (beans) to help students practice counting and recognizing numbers. 2) During one activity, Miss Chen flashed 4 beans on the overhead twice, asking students to count each time. The second time, more students correctly counted 4 beans. 3) When one student, Susan, disagreed and said she saw 5 beans, Miss Chen had Susan recount and explain her thinking, helping Susan realize there were only 4 beans and she mistook the pattern for an extra bean.

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GHAPTER 7

Beginning Number Sensel Counting and Early Benchmarks


of a Lesson
Key ldeas for an Early Lesson on Numbers r. Maintain and/or improve skill in recognizing
the number of objects in srnall groups. 2. Increase awareness of number patterns. s. Develop counting skills.

Orientation
The kindergarten children are learning to recognize by sight the number of objects in small groups. The teacher, Miss Chen, spends a few minutes each day on this activity. She has just placed four beans on the face of the overhead. She turns on the overhead for two seconds, then turns it off.
M,ss cHEN.' How many beans did you see?

Necessary Materials
Overhead projector and about 20 eounters or
beans.

Less than half the children raise their hands, so Miss Chen decides to do it again. This time nearly all the children raise their hands.
M,ss cHEN.' How many beans? Barry?
anRRv.' Four.

One child, Susan, is


so Miss Chen calls on her.

in obvious disagreement,

susll:

Five.

#
Miss Chen

/r4tss

cHEN: Okay, lett check. I will turn on the overhead and Susan can count the beans for us.

Susan counts the images.


susAN: There are only four.When I saw the pattern, I thought there was one in the middle'
M,ss cHEN; I am glad Susan is looking

for patterns.That is the key to recognizing SrouPs of things. Let's try another one, and be sure to look for Patterns. 137

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