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Than, Less
Than, Equal To
Game
First Grade, Second Grade Math 75 minutes
Standards: 1.NBT.B.3, 2.NBT.A.4
Help your students make sense of the greater than, less than and equal to in this interactive
lesson! Your students will have opportunities to compere either two-digit or three-digit numbers.
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to compare two-digit numbers, using the symbols for greater than, less than,
and equal to.
PREPARATION
Using the index cards, create a set of numeral cards (0-9) for each set of students.
Each card should just have the numeral on it.
Place each set in a plastic baggie.
Lesson
Introduction (10 minutes)
To begin the lesson, tell the class that they will be practicing comparing numbers.
Ask for a student volunteer to define the word compare. After some discussion, remind your
class that compare means to see if one number is the same as, smaller than, or bigger than
another number.
Write the terms greater than, less than, and equal to on the whiteboard.
Prompt your class to tell you what each of these terms mean. After some students share
what they believe each means, write the definition for each on the board. Remind the class
that greater than means bigger, less than means smaller, equal to means the same.
Explain that as a class, everyone will review the symbols used to compare numbers.
Define symbols as things that are used to stand for or represent something. In this case,
symbols are used to compare numbers by size.
Technology Integration
Use an interactive whiteboard when playing the interactive games.
When showing students how to play the game, it would work best to display the game
board on an interactive whiteboard, document camera, or projector, so that you can show
students how to record as they play.