Lesson 7 Make Groups of Greater Than, Less Than, or Equal To

    • Let’s make groups of objects that have greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects as another group.

Warm-up How Many Do You See: Fingers on Two Hands

How many do you see? How do you see them?

Discuss your thinking with your partner.
Use your fingers to show how many there are.

  1. Fingers counting.
  2. Fingers counting.
  3. Fingers counting.

Activity 1 Introduce Less Than, Equal To, Greater Than, Groups of Objects

Choose a group of objects and place them in the box at the top of the mat.

Activity 2 Introduce Math Fingers, Less or Greater

We are going to learn a new way to play the Math Fingers center. Let’s play a round together.

Activity 3 Centers: Choice Time

Choose a center.

Less Than, Equal To, Greater Than
Center. Less Than, Equal To, Greater Than.
Shake and Spill
Center. Shake and Spill.
Number Race
Center. Number Race.
Math Fingers
Center. Math Fingers.
Pattern Blocks
Center. Pattern Blocks.
Picture Books
Center. Picture books.