Number Jump!

Kindergarten Math

by Melody Johnson September 1, 2015

Help your class “jump” into number recognition with confidence! In this lesson, students will write numbers on
sticky notes, place them in sequential order, and “jump” on the numbers while counting.

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to count to 100 by ones.

Materials and preparation Key terms

Packs of 100-125 sticky notes, one per group counting

Markers
Pencils

Attachments

PDF
Math Counting Challenge
PDF
Missing Numbers

Introduction (5 minutes)

Begin the lesson with an introduction to counting, asking questions about the kinds of items that your
students count. Possible discussion questions include, "Have you ever needed to count things at home?
What kind of things did you need to count? Why did you need to count them?"
Explain that by adding one number at a time in a row, they are counting.
Explain that the class will learn how to count and recognize numbers by jumping on sticky notes in order.
EL

Beginning

Provide examples of items students would count.

Model situations when counting occurs.

Intermediate

Have students turn and talk with a partner to share ideas of things they count.

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling (5 minutes)

If they're not already, arrange the class into small groups.

Give each group a pack of sticky notes.
Ask each person to grab one sticky note, and have everyone write the number one on it. As your students
write, write a one on your own sticky note.
Show the class your sticky note. Ask the class which number comes after one.
When someone says "two," write the number on the sticky note, and place it next to the first sticky note

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 on the board. Your students do not need to write any more sticky notes during this part.
Repeat this process with additional sticky notes until you have 10.
Once you have all 10 sticky notes on the board, ask the class to count to 10 with you.
As you point to each sticky note, have your students call out the number that matches what is written on
the sticky note.
EL

Beginning

Review counting in students home language (L1) and by echo counting in English.

Intermediate

Review counting by having students chorally count with you while you point to a visual of written
numbers.

Guided Practice (10 minutes)

Tell your students to repeat the process of writing the numbers two through 10 on their own sticky notes.
Once they've finished, ask your students to put their sticky notes in sequential order on the ground next
to their tables or desks.
Have your students jump on each sticky note while counting aloud, taking turns with a partner or group
member. For example, after one student jumps on the "1" sticky note, another student can jump onto the
"2" sticky note.
If your classroom doesn't have the space to allow jumping, substitute with clapping, snapping fingers, or
tapping on the table for each number.
EL

Beginning

Guide the students in writing numbers by writing each number in sequence on the board and having
students follow along.

Intermediate

Pair students with a partner to order their sticky notes on the floor.

Independent working time (15 minutes)

Ask each group to write the numbers one to 100 on sticky notes. If your class struggles with larger
numbers, consider writing all the numbers on the board.
Once each group has written down the numbers, have them put the numbers in sequential order and
practice jumping and counting all of the numbers.
EL

Beginning

Provide students with prewritten number cards to order from 1-100.

Allow students to count in their home language (L1).

Intermediate

Pair students with a partner to write the numbers 1-100.

Play a counting song to help students with their counting sequence.

Differentiation

Enrichment:

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 Students can count past 100 using the Math Counting Challenge worksheet. They can also jump through
all the numbers by themselves.

Support:

Give your students the Missing Numbers worksheet for support. You can also have them jump on
numbers once every ten numbers so that they can watch others count first.

Technology Integration

Game: Speed Counting 1 to 10

Game: Numbers 1- 10 Puzzle
Game: Speed Counting 100 to 120

Assessment (5 minutes)

Walk around the classroom and take note of which students have difficulty with the activity.
Follow up with each of these students to help determine which particular numbers each person is
struggling with.
Note whether it's an issue with number recognition or the count sequence.
EL

Beginning

Take anecdotal notes of how students are interacting with the number cards and if they are able to
accurately count to 100.

Intermediate

Use guiding questions to assess students' ability to count to 100. For example, "What number is this?
What comes next? How do you know? How could you check?"

Review and closing (5 minutes)

Ask your students to recite one to 100.

Invite student volunteers to the front of the class to help you out.
EL

Beginning

Read aloud a counting book that highlights counting from 1-100 and encourage students to echo count.

Intermediate

Have students practice counting to 100 using a song or chant. Encourage students to do body
movements to differentiate between groups of tens (e.g.,10 jumps, 10 hops, etc).

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