Week 05 · Count to 1000
Thursday
A story of many acorns
// Skip count and name big numbers
⏱ about 15 min
Thursday: A story of many acorns
Chris the Coyote sits by the campfire with his satchel.
"Long ago, the squirrels gathered acorns for winter," he says.
"They packed them in bags of one hundred."
"Little piles of ten sat beside the bags."
"A few loose acorns rolled in the grass."
"How many acorns did they have?"
Story: The acorn count
The squirrels had 2 big bags of 100.
They had 5 piles of 10.
Three loose acorns rolled in the grass.
Bennie counts: 100, 200, then 210, 220, 230, 240, 250.
Then 251, 252, 253!
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STORY
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
How many big bags of 100?How many acorns in all?
Which is the number name for 253?
More acorns
Next winter the squirrels gather even more.
COUNT THE ACORNS
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
3 bags of 100, 4 piles of 10, 6 loose. How many?
6 bags of 100 and 7 loose. How many?
9 bags of 100 and 9 piles of 10. How many?SKIP COUNT THE BAGS
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
100, 200, ?, 400
550, ?, 570, 580
975, 980, 985, ?
ORDER THE ACORN COUNTS
- Start with the smallest number.
- Look at the hundreds first.
11st
22nd
33rd
44th
Try it
Find many small things, like beans or buttons.
Make piles of ten.
Count the piles by tens, then the extra ones.
Make piles of ten.
Count the piles by tens, then the extra ones.
Think about bags of 100 and piles of 10.
| Sentence | True or false? |
|---|---|
| Two bags of 100 make 200 acorns. | ? |
| Five piles of 10 make 500 acorns. | ? |
| 253 has 5 tens. | ? |
WHY THIS EXERCISEFive piles of 10 make 50, not 500.
Draw your own acorn bags, piles and loose acorns.
Word Spot: something, seemed, next
Here are new sight words.
Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.
Something: S-O-M-E-T-H-I-N-G.
Seemed: S-E-E-M-E-D.
Next: N-E-X-T.
FIND THE WORD
- Listen to the word.
- Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
- Listen to the sentence.
- Tap the missing word.
I hear ___ in the grass.
The dog ___ happy to see us.
What comes ___ in the pattern?
What a story! Tomorrow Freddy has a counting game.