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Seeing Five at a Glance: Dice and Finger Patterns

  • Kindergarten
  • Mathematics
  • 45 s
  • British Columbia
  • BCK-MA-04

A five on a dice face flashes up too fast to count, and children learn to recognise it from its pattern: four dots in the corners and one in the middle, so 4 and 1 make 5. One whole hand then matches the five dots finger for finger, and 3 fingers on one hand and 2 on the other fill the same dice pattern, showing that 3 and 2 make 5 too.

Concept: Seeing how many at a glance: dot patterns to 5

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The question this lesson answers

How many dots? Look quickly, no counting!

Five! Dice show five with this pattern.

Transcript

What the lesson says

How many dots? Look quickly, no counting!

Five! Dice show five with this pattern.

Four dots are in the corners.

One dot is in the middle.

So four and one make five.

Now hold up one whole hand.

Five fingers, five dots. They match!

This hand shows three fingers up.

That hand shows two fingers up.

Three and two make five too!

Spot the pattern to see five at once!

Curriculum

Where this fits

British Columbia, Kindergarten

Mathematics, Number: ways to make 5BCK-MA-04

Previous: One More Block: Counting from 1 to 10Next: Ways to Make 5

The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.

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