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A lesson plan by Elena Malec
                  PREMATH
    Association of quantity and symbol
PREPARATION:
1. One-to-one correspondence.
2. Readiness to work with sequences.
3. Counting top to bottom/left to right.
MATERIALS:
1. A chart with squares for items from 1 to 10 in a top to bottom sequence.
2. A coin purse with 55 pennies.
3. Column of numbers/symbols from one to five and separate numbers from six to ten.
4. Folder to hold the work.
PRESENTATION:
1. Invite the child.
2. Take the work to the table.
3. Ask the child to place the pennies in each square of the chart. Count while placing the coins. Do a 3-period lesson for numbers if necessary.
4. Ask the child to place the symbols on the chart.
DIRECT AIMS:
1. Association of quantity and symbol.
2. Reinforcement of counting: 1 to 10.
3. Introduction of symbol  10.
4. Increasing awareness of sequence.
INDIRECT AIMS:
1. Preparation for math operations.
2. Order.
3. Concentration.
POINTS OF INTEREST:
1. The coins.
2. Counting money.
3. Comparing pennies and symbol.
CONTROL OF ERROR:
1. The squares on the chart.
2. There are 55 pennies.
LANGUAGE:
Penny/pennies.
One to ten.
AGE:                     4 - 5 years old.
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