Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.
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Michigan State Math StandardsRelated Lessons

Create Groups with Same, Fewer, and More
Use the 10-frame to increase your number sense. Play fun games called "Deck o' Dot Duel 10-frame" and "Same, Less, More." Engage in a Number Talk to find "how many" and to answer a secret question.

1 More 1 Less
Count animals to tell if Dotson made a Mystery Math Mistake when representing the number of animals using a 10-frame and writing the number to tell “how many.” Create number towers with “1 more” and “1 less.” Math Mights was adapted from IM K-5 Math™ ©2021 by Illustrative Mathematics®, released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY […]

Order Numbers from 1-10
Count birds to tell if Dotson made a Mystery Math Mistake when representing the number of birds using a 10-frame and writing the number to tell “how many.” Create number towers and put the towers in order from 1 to 10. Math Mights was adapted from IM K-5 Math™ ©2021 by Illustrative Mathematics®, released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 […]

More or Fewer
Figure out if there are enough. Engage in a Number Talk to find "how many" and to answer a secret question. Play a fun "4 in a row" game with numbers and arrangements.