Challenge young scholars with a counting-themed series of activities. Your counters will write invitations to a feast, create books about dinner parties and animals, design posters, draw pictures of their favorite peaceful places, and take part in a penny rub. 

Concepts

counting by 1, counting backward, counting, reading, story elements, adjectives, the five senses, rhymes, retelling stories, story maps

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Review the food pyramid before planning a classroom feast
• Invite family members to a potluck with classroom-made invitations
• Visit your classroom, school, or local library to obtain books about dinner parties and animals

Classroom Considerations

• Unit is designed to accompany Houghton Mifflin curriculum, but may be taught independently

Pros

• Provides additional guidance for English language learners
• Lessons give the option to be completed independently, in pairs, or in groups

Cons

• Literature is not included, making some activties challenging unless they are modified

Common Core

RL.K.1 RL.K.2 RL.K.7 RL.K.10 RF.K.2.a RF.K.4 SL.K.1.a SL.K.2 SL.K.4 SL.K.5 L.K.1.a L.K.1.f K.CC.A.1 K.CC.A.3