Students will comprehend the sequence of numbers 1 through 10 and the corresponding numeral better. At the end of the lesson, they are going to:
- accurately count and determine "how many" items there are in a set.
- count to at least 10 both forward and backward, with and without objects.
- realize that the number can be used to express the number of items in a set or the position of an item in a sequence.
- gain knowledge of the relationships between ordinal and cardinal numbers as well as the relative positions and magnitudes of whole numbers.
- connect numerals and number words to the quantities they stand for by employing a variety of physical models and depictions.