Liz Slusher- Rote Counting

The students were asked to complete this worksheet after lunch. There were two numerals shown. The children were asked to color in the ten's frames to represent each numeral. There were also two dominoes with dots on the worksheet. The children were asked to count the number of dots, and write that numeral on the line next to the domino.

 
To complete the worksheet, this child looked at the numeral 2 and said it out loud. She put her finger on the tens frame and counted 2 boxes. "One, two." She then colored in the two boxes. She repeated these steps to complete the tens frame for the numeral 7. The student then counted each dot on the domino with her finger, using 1-1 correspondence. She independently counted to 6 and 7 and properly wrote the numeral for each of these numbers. This task seemed simple and easy for the student, as she completed the worksheet quickly and without question or hesitation. This worksheet shows that she is able to rote count to 2, 6, and 7. It does not show any high level thinking that the CGI book encourages. This worksheet was completed from simple memorization of numeral counting. The next step to extend the child's thinking would be to provide the child with a high level thinking addition problem. This way she will be able apply her knowledge of counting and addition, in a way that will challenge her.