Description
What our Using Tally Marks for Counting lesson plan includes
Lesson Objectives and Overview: Using Tally Marks for Counting is a great lesson for 1st and 2nd grade students. They will learn about this simple strategy for keeping track of numbers. Up to this point, they have likely been using their fingers or other objects to count. This lesson will teach them how to start using tally marks to count, keep track of scores, and so on. By the end of the lesson, students will know how to use tally marks correctly. This lesson is for students in 1st grade and 2nd grade.
Classroom Procedure
Every lesson plan provides you with a classroom procedure page that outlines a step-by-step guide to follow. You do not have to follow the guide exactly. The guide helps you organize the lesson and details when to hand out worksheets. It also lists information in the blue box that you might find useful. You will find the lesson objectives, state standards, and number of class sessions the lesson should take to complete in this area. In addition, it describes the supplies you will need as well as what and how you need to prepare beforehand.
Options for Lesson
Included with this lesson is an “Options for Lesson” section that lists a number of suggestions for activities to add to the lesson or substitutions for the ones already in the lesson. One optional addition to this lesson is to have your students use each other’s new tally marks to count objects in the classroom. For an outdoor activity, you could take your class outside or around the school and count specific objects they see with chalk tally marks. Another optional addition is to have your students create a 3D model of tally marks showing a specific number from 5 to 9. You could also have your students create a drawing that uses tally marks as the basis for the drawing. To expand the lesson, you could introduce other counting methods of the past. Finally, you could try walking your students through the school to count things using tally marks, such as doors, people, or lockers.
Teacher Notes
The teacher notes page includes a paragraph with additional guidelines and things to think about as you begin to plan your lesson. This page also includes lines that you can use to add your own notes as you’re preparing for this lesson.
USING TALLY MARKS FOR COUNTING LESSON PLAN CONTENT PAGES
Tally Marks
The Using Tally Marks for Counting lesson plan includes three content pages.
Using Tally Marks
USING TALLY MARKS FOR COUNTING LESSON PLAN WORKSHEETS
The Using Tally Marks for Counting lesson plan includes three worksheets: an activity worksheet, a practice worksheet, and a homework assignment. You can refer to the guide on the classroom procedure page to determine when to hand out each worksheet.
TOOTHPICKS AS TALLIES ACTIVITY
For this activity, students will divide into pairs. There is a list of 12 numbers at the top of the worksheet. Using toothpicks as tallies, students will see who can show the numbers the fastest. They can write their scores at the end in the box next to the numbers. Next, there is a list of 10 types of items, such as students, wall posters, or books they see. Students will work together to count how many of that item are in the classroom. For this part, they will draw the tallies on the paper. Finally, they will create their own way to count to five using tally marks.
COUNT THE TALLIES PRACTICE WORKSHEET
The practice worksheet provides 15 exercises to test students’ ability to count tally marks. Each exercise has a different number of tallies. Students have to count the tally marks and write the answer on the blank line.
USING TALLY MARKS FOR COUNTING HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
Similar to the practice worksheet, this assignment lists 15 numbers. Students will have to draw tally marks until they equal the given number.
Worksheet Answer Keys
This lesson plan includes answer keys for the practice worksheet and the homework assignment. If you choose to administer the lesson pages to your students via PDF, you will need to save a new file that omits these pages. Otherwise, you can simply print out the applicable pages and keep these as reference for yourself when grading assignments.
