My thoughts on planning a lesson on matching (Lesson 1.1 in Earlybird Kindergarten Book A or in the Singapore Edition Book K1A).

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3. Unit Analysis
1.1 Match by
Type, Color,
Orientation, or
Size
1.2 Match
1.3 Match by
Color
1.4 Match by
Design -
Reception
1.5 Match by
Design –
Production
1.6 Match by
Functions
1.7 Sort – Odd
One Out
1.8 Sort –
which is
essentially
many-to-one
matching
1.9 Sort –
Generalizing to
Less Familiar
Situations

4. Planning a Kindergarten Mathematics Lesson
Using Earlybird Kindergarten Mathematics
• Unit 1 Match & Sort
• Lesson 1.1 | The lesson goal is for children to match objects and
pictures of objects because they are the same in essentially all
properties or they are alike in one way – color, size, type.
• Theme | Sea Creatures
– I can either link it to an experience they recently had (e.g. a trip to the
local aquarium) or a book they have read (e.g. The Snail and The Whale;
not The Old Man and The Sea. That was a joke, so I hope you did not take
me seriously.) or a cartoon they have watched (e.g. The Little Mermaid) or,
for the little budding artists, a famous painting you made them appreciate
(e.g. an eighteenth century painting at The Getty).
– Or I can just make up a story to go with the illustration in the Earlybird
textbook.

5. What do you see on this page?
Tuning In

6. Links to Other Activities
Non-Fiction Books
Fine Arts
J. Paul Getty Museum
About 1720 Unknown Artist
Fiction Books
Field Trips
Movies

7. Sea creatures, big and small
went to a party, to have a ball.
Tuning In

8. Anchor Task
Match things at the Sea Creatures Party.
They are not the same.
They are not exactly the same.
They are exactly the same.
Why did you say so?
Are they the same?

9. Sea creatures, big and small.
They had a treasure hunt at the neighborhood mall.
Tuning In

10. Anchor Task
Match things that one can typically find at a mall.
Or ask them to do a Treasure Hunt in the class to look for things that ‘match’.
Whatever the case, the anchor task is a concrete experience
where children pick up two objects and say if they are the same or they are the
same or they are not exactly the same or they are not the same and then give
a reason for whatever they said.
Anchor Task
Let’s see what our sea creature friends are
up to!
Match the sea creatures in the picture.
Concrete  Pictorial

11. Guided Practice
Are they exactly the same?
They are exactly the same.
They are the same animal but …

12. Independent Practice
I can use the Activity Book.

13. Independent Practice
I can also use other lessons for children to consolidate the key ideas of the lesson.
For example, I can ask pair of children to ‘build’ their Twin Cities. There are so many
other ways a teacher can use to provide practice based on their interests, ability
and also the theme of that week..
I drew a yellow
building.
I drew a yellow
building, too.
But they are
not exactly the
same