Math Tubs: Counting
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| How Many? |
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| Counting Mats |
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| Counting Jars |
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| CountingFlip-Overs |
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Students place flip-over on blank white paper. They count the objects and write the number in the window. Flip-overs are turned over to self-corect.
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Counting Flip Over
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White Paper
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Pencil
Students roll the die, read the number rolled, and move their "race car" to represent the number rolled. The blue car races against the red car to the finish line!
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Red "Race" Car
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Blue "Race" Car
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6-sided Die
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Race Track Board
Students sort the objects by TYPE, and then count to determine how many objects of each TYPE the container has, then match the object to the correct number on the recording sheet.
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Links
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Cubes
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Bears
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Unifix Cubes
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Buttons
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Pattern Blocks
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Foamies
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ABC Blocks
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LEGOs
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Tiles
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2-Sided Tokens
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How Many Recording Sheets:
(0-10)
(0-20)
(blank)
Students sequence math mats and then add manipulatives to each mat. The number of manipulatives added to each math mat is dictated by the number on each mat. Students then practice writing numbers.
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manipulative counters
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recording sheet
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wipe off crayons
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tissues
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math mats:
| apples | bats | shells |
| leaves | crown jewels | snowman buttons |
| carrots | eggs | butterflies |
| dragonflies | fish | flowers |
| ghosts | pumpkin seeds | pumpkins |
| snowflakes | spiders | stars |
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Hands On Learning Counting Mats by Scholastic
Students select a jar to count, empty the contents, and count {with our without the use of a 100s chart}. They then record the number of items for the jar on their recording sheet. Jars should be numbered.
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Jars
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Objects to Count
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100s Chart
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Count to 10, 20, or 100
| Literature Tie Ins | ||||
| Cover | Title | Author | Online Resources | Math Focus |
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1 Hunter | Hutchins | 11 | Counting |
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1 is One | Tudor | 11 | Counting |
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A Frog in the Bog | Wilson | 11 | Counting |
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Anno's Counting Book | Anno | #1 | Counting |
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Barn Cat | Saul | 11 | Counting |
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Counting in the Garden | Parker | 11 | Counting, 1-10 |
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Every Buddy Counts | Murphy S. | MathStart1 | Counting, 1-10 |
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Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On | Ehlert | 11 | Counting, basic addition |
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Frogs Jump | Brooks | 11 | Counting |
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From One to One Hundred | Sloat | 11 | Counting, Sets, 1s, 10s |
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How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten | Teague | 11 | Counting, 1-10 |
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Kindergarten Count to 100 | Rogers | 11 | Counting Sets to 100 |
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My Little Sister Ate One Hare | Grossman | 11 | Counting, 1-10 |
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Beyond a Million | Schwartz | 11 | Counting, Multiples of 10, Googol |
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One Less Fish | Toft | 11 | Subtracting, Counting Backwards |
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One Lighthouse, One Moon | Lobel | 11 | Counting, Colors, Days, Months |
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One Was Johnny | Sendek | 11 | Counting to 10, Forward/Backward |
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Only One | Harshman | 11 | Individual Units that make up a Set |
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Roar! | Edwards | 11 | Counting |
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10 Black Dots | Crews | #11 | Counting, 1-10 |
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Ten Little Fish | Wood | 1 | Counting Down from 10 |
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Ten Little Rabbits | Grossman | 11 | Counting, 1-10 |
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Ten Sly Piranhas | Wise Brown | 11 | Counting Down from 10 |
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The M&M Counting Book | McGrath | 11 | Counting, 1-12 |
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The M&M Counting Book | McGrath | 11 | Counting to 100 by 1s, 2s, 5s, 10s |
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The 12 Days of Kindergarten | Rose | 11 | Counting, 1-12 |
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The Water Hole | Base | 1 | Counting |
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Turtle Splash! | Falwell | 11 | Counting Down from 10 |
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We All Went on Safari | Krebs | 11 | Counting to 10, Swahili |
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What Comes in 2s, 3,s &4s? | Aker | 11 | Counting |
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3 Little Firefighters | Murphy S. | MathStart1 | Sets, Sorting by Attributes |
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Warthogs in the Kitchen | 1 | 111 | Counting to 10 |
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The Icky Bug Counting Book | Pallotta | 111 | Counting |
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...98, 99, 100! Ready or Not, Here I Come! | Slater | Hello Math Reader | Skip Counting |
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Count on Pablo | deRubertis | Math Matters | Skip Counting, 1s, 2s, 5s, 10s |
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How Many Feet in Bed? | Johnston Hamm | 1 | Skip Counting |
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Reese's Pieces Count by Fives | Pallotta | 1 | Skip Counting |
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Spunky Monkeys on Parade | Murphy S. | MathStart2 | Skip Counting |
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Simon and the Snowflakes | Giles |
1 | Countable, Uncountable |
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Ten Terrible Dinosaurs | Stickland |
1 | Countdown from 10 |
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One Crow: A Counting Rhyme | Aylesworth | 1 | Counting |
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Gray Rabbit’s 1, 2, 3 | Baker |
1 | Counting |
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Count-a-Saurus | Blumenthal |
1 | Counting |
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The Cheerios Counting Book | Bolster |
1 | Counting |
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Berlioz the Bear | Brett | 1 | Counting |
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The First Dog | Brett | 1 | Counting |
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1, 2, 3, to the Zoo: A Counting Book | Carle | #1 | Counting |
| 1 | One Red Rooster | Carrol |
1 | Counting |
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How Many Bugs in a Box? | Carter |
1 | Counting |
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Counting Penguins | Chessen |
1 | Counting |
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Splash! A Penguin Counting Book | Chester | 1 | Counting |
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Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed | Christelow |
1 | Counting |
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At the Edge of the Woods | Cotton |
1 | Counting |
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Two Ways to Count to Ten | 1 | Counting |
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One Grain of Rice | Demi | #1 #2 #3 #4 | Counting |
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Can You Count Ten Toes? | 1 | Counting |
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Feast for 10 | Falwell |
1 | Counting |
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Faustin |
1 | Counting |
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Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book | Feelings |
1 | Counting |
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Count! | Fleming |
1 | Counting |
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Across the Stream | Ginsburg |
1 | Counting |
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Ten Little Rabbits | Grossman |
1 | Counting |
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Amazing and Incredible Counting Stories | Grover |
1 | Counting |
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Many Luscious Lollipops | Heller |
1 | Counting |
| 1 | Ten Bright Eyes | Hindley |
1 | Counting |
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Count and See | Hoban | 1 | Counting |
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Let’s Count | Hoban | 1 | Counting |
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One of Each | Hoberman | 1 | Counting |
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The Gummy Candy Counting Book | Hutchings |
1 | Counting |
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Over in the Meadow | Keats | 1 | Counting |
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The Teddy Bears’ Picnic | Kennedy, J | 1 | Counting |
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One Monkey too Many | Koller |
1 | Counting |
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Cucumber Soup | Krudwig |
1 | Counting |
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The Midnight Farm | Lindbergh |
1 | Counting |
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Mice Twice | Low |
1 | Counting |
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Monster Math | Maccarone |
Hello Math Reader | Counting |
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The Boy Who Was Followed Home | Mahy |
1 | Counting |
| 1 | When the King Rides By | Mahy |
1 | Counting |
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Bunches and Bunches of Bunnies | Matthews |
1 | Counting |
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The Rain Forest Counts! | McCourt |
1 | Counting |
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The Baseball Counting Book | McGrath | 1 | Counting |
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Counting Wildflowers | McMillan | 1 | Counting |
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Ten Rosy Roses | Merriam |
1 | Counting |
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One Gorilla: A Counting Book | Morozumi |
1 | Counting |
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Every Buddy Counts | Murphy, S. | MathStart1 #1 #2 | Counting |
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Jump, Kangaroo, Jump | Murphy, S. | MathStart3 | Counting |
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Just Enough Carrots | MathStart1 | Counting |
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Emeka’s Gift: An African Counting Book | Onyefulu |
1 | Counting |
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One Potato | Pomeroy |
1 | Counting |
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Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin | Priceman |
1 | Counting |
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One Hungry Cat | Rocklin |
Hello Math Reader | Counting |
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The Crayon Counting Book | Ryan |
#1 | Counting |
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More than One | Schlein |
1 | Counting |
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Counting Crocodiles | Sierra |
1 | Counting |
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Band-aids | Silverstein | 1 | Counting |
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From One to One Hundred | Sloat |
1 | Counting |
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Mouse Count | Walsh |
1 | Counting |
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One Little Elephant | West | 1 | Counting |
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Mrs. Brown Went to Town | Wong |
1 | Counting |
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Pigs from 1 to 10 | Giesert | 1 | Counting 1-10, Numerals 0-9 |
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The Looking Book | Hob |
1 |
Counting |
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My Very Own Octopus | Most |
1 | Counting 1-8, Skip Counting |
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100 Days of School | Harris | 1 | Counting by 10s to 100 |
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A Dozen Dozens | Ziefert |
1 | Counting by 12s and 6s |
| 1 | 100 Ways to Get to 100 | Pallotta | 1 | Counting by 1s, 2s, 4,s 10s, 20s… |
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Count Your Way Through ( |
Haskins |
1 | Counting in Different Languages |
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The Wolf’s Chicken Stew | Kasza |
1 | Counting to 100 |
| 1 | Ocean Parade | MacCarthy |
1 | Counting to 100 |
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Two Crazy Pigs | Nagel |
1 | Counting to 100 by 2s, 5s, 10s |
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100 Days of Cool | Murphy, S. | MathStart2 | Counting to 100, Counting by 10s |
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How Much/Many/Far/Heavy/Long/Tall is 1000? | Nolan |
1 | Counting to 1000 |
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So Many Cats | De Regniers | 1 | Counting to 12 |
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Cat Up A Tree | Hassett |
1 | Counting to 40 by fives |
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Each Orange Had 8 Slices | Giganti |
1 | Counting to 54 |
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Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Fun Book | McGrath | 1 | Counting, 1:1 |
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Mrs. McTats and Her Houseful of Cats | Capucilli |
1 | Counting, 1-10 |
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My Little Sister At One Hare | Grossman | 1 | Counting, 1-10 |
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Waving: A Counting Book | Sis | 1 | Counting, 1-10 |
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One Watermelon Seed | Lottridge |
1 | Counting, 1-10, 10-100 (tens) |
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One Moose, Twenty Mice | Beaton |
1 | Counting, 1-20 |
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The M&Ms Halloween Treat Book | McGrath | 1 | Counting, Colors |
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Ten Dogs in the Window | Masurel |
1 | Counting, Colors |
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Earth Day, Hooray! | Murphy, S. | MathStart3 | Counting, Groups of 10s and 100s |
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I Love You More | Cooley | 1 | Counting, Infinite |
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Blast Off! (a space counting book) | Cole |
1 | Counting, Large Numbers |
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The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins | Seuss | 1 | Counting, Large Numbers |
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How Many Stars in the Sky | Hort | 1 | Counting, Large Numbers, Infinite |
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On Beyond a Million | Schwartz | 1 | Counting, Large Numbers, Infinite |
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Seaweed Soup | Murphy, S. | MathStart1 | Counting, Matching Sets, 1:1 |
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Mr. Magnolia | Blake |
1 | Counting, Pairs |
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A Pair of Socks | Murphy, S. | MathStart1 #1 | Counting, Pairs |
| 11 | How Many Feet? How Many Tails? | Burns |
Hello Math Reader
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Counting, Riddles |
| 11 | The Cake that Mack Ate | Robart |
1 | Counting, Sequencing |
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A Fair Bear Share |
Murp |
MathStart 2 #1 | Counting, Sets of 10 |
| 1 | In a Cabin In a Wood | McNally | 1 | Counting, Song |
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The Blast off Kid | Driscoll | Math Matters | Counting, Sorting into Groups [10s, 100s], Charts |
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Tally O’Malley | Murphy, S. | MathStart2 | Counting, Tally Marks |