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Appendix 4-1: Sample Guided Mathematics Lesson,Grade 1 – Five FramesStrand: Number Sense and NumerationKey Concept/Big Idea: QuantityCurriculum ExpectationsStudents will:• relate numbers to the anchors of 5 and 10;• compose and decompose numbers up to 20 in a variety of ways, using concrete materials.Materials• transparent counters• transparent five frames• overhead projector• five frames for students (5 for each student or pair of students)• 5 red counters and 5 blue counters for each student or pair of studentsGetting StartedInstructional Grouping: Whole class or small groupWork with the whole group or a small group of students.Ask students to hold up their fingers.Say: “Show me two fingers. Show me five fingers. Show me four fingers . . .”Repeat the activity several times.On the overhead projector, place a group of 3 red counters and a group of 2 blue counters.Ask: “How many blue counters are there? How many red counters are there? How many countersare there altogether?”Working on ItPlace a five frame on the overhead projector.Instructional Grouping: Whole class or small groupAsk the students to count the spaces.Place 2 blue counters in the frame.Ask: “How many blue counters are there? How many empty spaces are there?”Place 3 red counters in the frame.Ask: “How many red counters are there? How many blue counters are there? How many countersare there altogether?”Ask each of the students to place given numbers of counters in the five frame.Instructional Approaches 73