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Features

Count each kind of picture in a beach scene and write how many
Circle the most and the fewest
Count two groups and circle the one with more, or fewer
Shells in ten frames: how many more make 10?
Circle what comes next in AB, AAB, ABB, ABC and AABB patterns
Find the missing picture in a pattern
Every page in colour and in black and white
Answer keys included

Skills Covered

Count pictures to 10 and write how many
Compare two groups: more and fewer
Know the number bonds to 10

Spot the part of a pattern that repeats
Continue a repeating pattern
Find the missing part of a pattern

About Summer in Australia and New Zealand

In Australia and New Zealand, summer runs from December to February. It is the long school holiday, the time for the beach, sandcastles and ice blocks, and the school year starts again at the end of January or early in February. These pages suit the last weeks of the year and the first weeks back.

How to Use This Pack

Seven summer pages. Page 1 is a beach scene of crabs, starfish, shells and buckets: count each kind (1 to 5) and write how many. Page 2 counts up to 8 of each kind, then circles the kind there is the most of and the fewest of. Pages 3 and 4 show two groups at a time: count each group, write how many, and circle the group with more (page 3) or fewer (page 4). The pictures are spread out, so children have to count rather than look at how long the row is. Page 5 shows shells in ten frames: write how many there are and how many more make 10. Pages 6 and 7 are repeating patterns of beach things: circle what comes next, then circle the picture missing from the middle of a pattern.

In the Classroom

Read each instruction aloud and count the first kind together, touching each picture and crossing it off. Before pages 3 and 4, line up two groups of children or blocks and talk about which has more and how you can tell. For page 5, use real ten frames and shells or counters first. Before the pattern pages, make a pattern with the children (hands up, hands down) and ask who comes next.

At Home

Count the pictures together and let your child cross off each one. At the beach or in the backyard, collect shells, leaves or pebbles and ask which pile has more. Make patterns with things you have, such as shell, stone, shell, stone, and ask what comes next.

Tips for Success

Cross off each picture as you count it
The last number you say tells how many
A longer row does not always have more: count to check
In a ten frame, count the empty spaces to find how many more make 10
Say a pattern aloud to hear the part that repeats

Common Core Standards Alignment

This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

K.CC.A.3 Write the numerals 0 to 20 and use a numeral to show how many objects are in a group, with 0 meaning none.
K.CC.B.4a Count objects by saying numbers in order and matching exactly one number to each object, none skipped or counted twice.
K.CC.B.4b Know the final number in a count gives the total, and the total stays the same however the objects are arranged or counted.
K.CC.B.5 Tell how many: up to 20 objects in a line, array or circle, or 10 scattered. Also count out a requested number up to 20.
K.CC.C.6 Decide whether one group of up to 10 objects has more, fewer or the same as another, by matching or counting.
K.OA.A.4 For a number from 1 to 9, find the partner that adds with it to 10, and show it in a picture or number sentence.

Summer Counting and Patterns

K – 1st Grade

Summer counting and pattern pages at the beach, with crabs, starfish, shells, sandcastles and ice blocks. Children count the pictures in beach scenes, compare groups, make 10 with shells in ten frames and finish repeating patterns.

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What’s Included

7 worksheets, each with a matching answer key
Every worksheet in colour and in black and white
2 counting scenes, 2 more and fewer pages, a ten frame page and 2 pattern pages
Crabs, shells, sandcastles and ice blocks on every page

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