Kindergarten Lesson plan
Waiting for Warm Water at Quailwood School: A Cup Count Lesson
A 35-minute kindergarten lesson where the class catches the cold water that runs while a sink warms up, counts the cups it fills, and finds a use for it.
Common Core Math · Kindergarten
K.CC.B.5 Count objects arranged in lines, arrays, and circles
Count to answer 'how many?' questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1-20, count out that many objects.
Why water teaches this standard well
Students count water bottles lined up on a cafeteria shelf, ice cubes scattered on a tray, or raindrops arranged in a circle on a worksheet, then count out a requested number of cups for a watering station. Practicing all three arrangements builds flexible counting that transfers to any real container of water-related objects.
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13 materials aligned to K.CC.B.5
Lesson plans
Kindergarten Lesson plan
Two Buckets at Oatfield Park: A Kindergarten Comparing Lesson
A 30-minute kindergarten lesson where students count and compare the litter in two buckets from a pond walk, deciding which group has more, fewer, or the same.
Worksheets
Kindergarten Worksheet
Counting the Storm Drains on Tinsley Row: A Kindergarten Worksheet
A kindergarten counting worksheet built on a street map of storm drains, with items counted in a row, in an array, and scattered, plus two group comparisons.
Kindergarten Worksheet
Cowslip Bend Creek Lines: A Kindergarten Water Drawing Page
A kindergarten art worksheet where children draw straight rain lines, wavy creek lines, and rising curl lines in five boxes, then count what they drew.
Kindergarten Worksheet
June's Sample Tray at the Bellrock Water Lab
A kindergarten careers worksheet about a water lab tester's sample tray, with nine read-aloud items on counting, comparing, adding, and subtracting within 10.
Kindergarten Worksheet
Coach Wren's Water Break Cups: A Kindergarten Counting Page
A kindergarten gym water-station worksheet with nine counting, adding, and comparing questions within ten and one question on why the body needs water.
Kindergarten Worksheet
Water Truck Day in Salt Kettle: What Comes First?
A kindergarten worksheet set on the day a made-up town's taps are off, with counting and take-away items about the water jugs a truck delivers and which jobs come first.
Kindergarten Worksheet
Fire Hydrants on Birch Street: A Kindergarten Counting Worksheet
A kindergarten worksheet where students count fire hydrants along a street, solve addition and subtraction stories about two streets, and count out a given number.
Kindergarten Worksheet
From Clearwater Hill to Our Tap: A Kindergarten Water Path Worksheet
A kindergarten science worksheet where students trace and count the steps of a fictional reservoir's water path to the tap, from Clearwater Hill to a kitchen sink.
Classroom activities
Kindergarten Classroom activity
Wickerby Drain Marker Match-Up: A Kindergarten Matching Activity
A kindergarten floor activity where teams match fish markers to storm drain cards one to one across three rounds and decide which group has more, fewer, or the same.
Kindergarten Classroom activity
Cones Before Digging: A Kindergarten Water Crew Game
A 25-minute kindergarten careers game in which teams must count out four cones and set a work zone before anyone on the crew is allowed to pick up a shovel.
Kindergarten Classroom activity
Building a Stand for the Oakhollow Water Tower Cup
A 35-minute kindergarten build activity where groups count out 12 blocks, raise a cup of water on a stand, and watch a straw carry water down to a paper house.
Kindergarten Classroom activity
Creek Cleanup Countdown: A Kindergarten Litter-Counting Relay
A kindergarten relay activity where small groups count out an exact number of litter pieces from a pretend creek, tracking how many pieces remain within 10.