EDUC 2220- Educational Technology Lesson Plan

Candy Egg Crate Counting

Tierra S Jackson
Pre-Kindergarten / Math

Common Core Standards:

http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Early-Learning/Early-Learning-Content-Standards
Domain: Cognition and General Knowledge
Sub-Domain: Mathematics
Strand: Number Sense Topic: Number Sense and Counting
-Identify and name numerals 1-9
-Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than or equal to the number of
objects in another group up to 10
Strand: Algebra Topic: Group and Categorize
-Sort and classify objects by one or more attributes (e.g., size, shape).
Lesson Summary:
As children are picking their areas to play in for the morning I will introduce the new activity by having the
children meet me in the manipulative area. I will explain to the children that we have a new sorting and
classifying activity. I will open the zip lock bag to show the children the different materials available for this
activity. I will ask the children to identify the materials and explain how it works. Ok everyone we have
10 eggs and they are all labeled 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. The materials are evenly matched up with the eggs.
You first have to count the materials and or candies, and then put them in the correct egg using the tweezers.
You complete this process until all your materials have been used.

Estimated Duration:
I will be working with small children so I will break this lesson into 2 days, 60 minutes each day. If the lesson
goings on another day then thats okay as this is an estimation of the time needed for instruction.

Commentary: This lesson came about watching children in the cafeteria and classroom counting their chicken
nuggets, vegetables, fruits, and snacks. I anticipate Children may not want to share or take turns. Children may
want to eat the materials/candies. I will have duplicate activities available. I will also have a dry erase board as
a sign up sheet. I will have a list of rules the children and I come up with so they wont eat the materials.

Instructional Procedures: (This will be one of the most detailed sections of this assignment).
Before we beginning the activity, I will ask the children, What materials do you see in the zip lock bag?
Wait for their response.
The quantity of materials match a number marked on the plastic eggs, What can you do with the materials?
Wait for a response.
As the lesson progresses I will scaffold the children in the correct direction.
Now can you show me what plastic egg the Skittles belong in? Wait for children to identify their matches. I
can also ask children to compare the eggs to one another: Which egg has more or less? I will comment during
the activity to scaffold play. Also, during play introduce vocabulary words during conversation.

Day 1:
First 10 minutes: Introductory activity- Students will get out their materials from home and the children that
didnt have materials will get the chance to pick out materials in which I gathered.
20 minutes: I will explain the egg crate project to the students, and on the first day we will just focus on
decorating the egg crate and numbering the plastic eggs in which ever ways the children choose. Advanced
children can write the numbers on the plastic eggs and children that may need extra help can use dots to
number the plastic eggs I will show the students examples and models.
30 minutes: The students for the last 30 minutes children will have free time to start their projects. They can
use classroom materials to decorate their egg crate and plastic eggs. The students and I are putting our own
personal touch to the egg crates and sharing ideals as well.

Day 2:
First 15 minutes: I will have the children share their designs with fellow students and explain why they choose
the style of decorations.
15 minutes: I will ask the students to pull out their counting materials and group them in the order that they
what them to go in the numbered plastic eggs.
30 minutes: Children will finish up their counting/matching activities and pass them to other student to figure
out. Children will get walk around freely and also play similar matching games on their I-Pads.

Pre-Assessment:
I will identify a pre-assessment game on the I-Pad similar to our egg crate activity to assess the knowledge of
the students and the standard that were targeted to be met
Scoring Guidelines:
Scoring will be defined on the I-Pad as the students take the assessment. For correct answers students
will see a green check mark and for wrong answers children will see a red x mark. Children will get

three tries to make the correct answer before the wrong answer is recorded. The highest score possible
will be a 10/10 in correlation with the 10 spots in our egg crate activity.
This can also be an ongoing assessment for students to practice for the next couple of weeks when they
finish assignments or have free time.
Post-Assessment:
I will work with each child one on one with their project and have the children lay out the counting materials
on the table next to the egg crate. I will have the students put the material in the correctly labeled plastic eggs.
Scoring Guidelines:
Since Im scoring younger children my main concern will be that the students match the correct plastic
egg to the materials in the amount between 1-10.

Differentiated Instructional Support

Describe how instruction can be differentiated (changed or altered) to meet the needs of gifted or accelerated
students:
We can use large bowls or markers on papers to reenact the same ideal as the egg crate activity. I can also add
large tweezers.
Discuss additional activities you could do to meet the needs of students who might be struggling with the
material:
Children that may be unable to do this activity can do similar activities on their I-Pads.

Extension
https://youtu.be/_HGAR4rVEhc
This is a YouTube activity that parents and students can practice at home to gain a better understanding of
whats being taught in classroom.

Homework Options and Home Connections

I will encourage my students and parents to gather items from home or from their outside surroundings to
bring in to class for our extension activity. I will also ask parents to bring in empty egg crates if available. The
items they bring in will have in to be in the quantities of 1-10.

Interdisciplinary Connections
Two other content areas that can be reached with this activity is that you count to tell the number of objects.
Children understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.
Materials and Resources:

For teachers

For this lesson I will need egg crates, markers, small candy items in quantities of 1-10
for example skittles, M & Ms, jelly beans, lemon heads, gum balls, tootsie rolls,
Boston baked beans, Mike & Ikes, sour patch kids, and twizzlers.

For students

For this lesson students will need to gather items from home or an outside resource for
our extinction activity. Students will also get the option to bring in any empty egg
crates they have for the activity. Once children are done with the egg crate counting
exercise they can use their I-pads to play various counting activity games.

Key Vocabulary
Quantity, More than, Less than, Equal to, numbers, Sort, Classify, Grouping, Comparison, Match, Amount

Additional Notes