Counting Backwards

Students will be introduced in this lesson to the concept of orally counting backward from ten using a book, number cards, and the Internet. Use this lesson once you have already introduced numbers and counting to students.

Standards & Objectives

Learning objectives: 

Primary Learning Objective:

Students will orally count backward from ten to one with and without using number cards.

Lesson Variations

Blooms taxonomy level: 
Understanding

Helpful Hints

Background/Preparation:

Students should be able to count (and recognize numbers) from one to ten as a prerequisite and also know number words one through ten.

Materials and Equipment:

  • Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
  • number word cards (one set)
  • number cards (one set per student)

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