## Lesson Plan: Counting and Place Value for Year 1
### Objective:
Students will be able to:
1. Count to 100 by ones and tens.
2. Understand the concept of place value using units and tens.
3. Recognize, read, and write numbers up to 100.
### Materials Needed:
- Number cards (0-100)
- Base ten blocks (units and tens)
- Place value charts
- Whiteboard and markers
- Counting charts
- Illustrated counting books
- Interactive counting and place value games on a tablet or computer (optional)
### Lesson Introduction:
1. **Greeting (5 minutes):**
- Greet the students and introduce the lesson topic.
- Explain that today they will be learning about counting and place value, an important part of understanding numbers.
2. **Warm-up Activity (10 minutes):**
- Have students stand and count from 1 to 20 together aloud.
- Then count by tens up to 100 together: 10, 20, 30, etc.
### Direct Instruction:
1. **Counting to 100 (10 minutes):**
- Use the number cards to show numbers from 1 to 100.
- Count together as a class.
- Discuss the pattern that every number is followed by the next integer and every tenth number ends in zero.
2. **Introduction to Place Value (15 minutes):**
- Show a single base ten block (unit) and explain that it represents one.
- Show a long base ten block (ten) and explain that it represents ten units.
- Demonstrate grouping units into a ten using manipulatives.
- Write numbers on the whiteboard and use base ten blocks to represent them (e.g., 23 is two tens and three units).
### Guided Practice:
1. **Place Value Charts (15 minutes):**
- Hand out place value charts.
- Give each student a number card between 1 and 100.
- Ask students to place the number card on the chart and build the number using base ten blocks.
- Discuss the place value of each digit in their number (e.g., in 47, 4 is in the tens place and 7 is in the units place).
2. **Counting Practice (15 minutes):**
- Use counting charts and have students fill in missing numbers.
- Practice counting by ones and tens using the charts.
### Group Activity:
1. **Number Matching Game (10 minutes):**
- Split the class into small groups.
- Provide each group with a set of number cards and base ten blocks.
- Have each group work together to match the number cards with the correct base ten representation.
- Rotate around the room to ensure all students are participating and understanding the activity.
### Independent Practice:
1. **Worksheet (10 minutes):**
- Distribute a worksheet with a mix of counting and place value activities.
- Activities include filling in missing numbers, identifying the place value of digits, and drawing base ten representations.
### Conclusion:
1. **Review (5 minutes):**
- Recap the key concepts of counting to 100 and understanding place value.
- Ask students to share one thing they learned.
2. **Homework Assignment:**
- Hand out a simple homework sheet that reinforces counting and place value skills.
- Encourage students to practice counting with a family member.
### Assessment:
- Observe students during guided and independent activities to check for understanding.
- Review completed worksheets to assess individual student progress.
- Use questions and answers during the review to gauge comprehension.
### Additional Resources:
- Counting and place value interactive games (e.g., online math games)
- Illustrated counting books for further reinforcement
By the end of this lesson, students should have a better grasp of counting to 100 by ones and tens and an introductory understanding of place value. This foundation will be critical for their future mathematics learning.