How many do you see?

How do you see them?

Note: How many can refer to the floors, buildings, fire escapes, windows, window panes, decorative stones, or any other feature students notice.

K, 1, 2, 3, 4

Seeing mathematics in the world

Attending to and using structure

Connecting quantity and number

Composing and decomposing number

Thinking in equal groups

Connecting area and multiplicative thinking

After the class has discussed the questions above, you can extend this activity by posing the following questions:

If possible, take your students outside to look at your school building and ask the same questions: How many do you see? How do you see them?