Bird Math Teacher Guide
Bird Math
Teacher Facilitation Guide
Total Time: 40-45 min
Grade: Kindergarten
Learning Objective
Students will practice counting to 10 with one-to-one correspondence and explore the concept of simple addition by adding "one more" to a set.
Materials Needed
- "Bird Math" Slide Deck
- "Bird Song" Video (embedded in slides)
- "Count and Hatch" Anchor Chart
- Whiteboard & Dry-erase markers
- "Nest Number" Exit Tickets
1. Warm-up: Finger Counting (5 min)
Gather students in a circle or at their desks. Hold up your fingers one by one.
"Friends, let's get our counting fingers ready! We're going to count to ten together. One finger... two fingers..."
2. Viewing: Bird Song Video (10 min)
Introduce the video. Tell students to keep their "eagle eyes" open for birds to count.
Pause at 0:08
Count the multi-colored birds sitting on the wire together. Point to each bird.
Pause at 0:16
Count the flying purple birds. Watch how they move together in a flock!
Critical: Pause at 0:40
The eggs have hatched! How many baby birds are in the nest? (1, 2, 3)
3. Activity: Bird on a Wire (15 min)
Draw a long line across the whiteboard to represent a "telephone wire."
- Call a student to the board: "Draw 4 birds on the wire."
- Ask the class to count them aloud as they are drawn.
- Ask: "What happens if one more bird flies down?"
- Have the student draw one more bird.
- Recount the total (5). Repeat with different starting numbers.
4. Closure & Exit Ticket (5 min)
Pass out the Nest Number Exit Ticket. Remind students of the baby birds that popped out of the eggs in the video.
Prompt:
"In our video, three eggs cracked open. Draw those three baby birds in their nest!"
Bird Math Slides
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Bird Math
Counting and Adding Together
COUNT! ADD! FLAP!
Warm Up!
Get your counting fingers ready!
Let's count to 10 together.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Eagle Eyes Ready?
Watch closely and look for birds to count!
🔭 Watch
⏸️ Pause
🔢 Count
Embedded media
⏸️ Pause at 0:08 ⏸️ Pause at 0:16 ⏸️ Pause at 0:40
Birds on a Wire
Let's Play!
- 1 Draw a specific number of birds on the wire.
- 2 One more bird flies down! Add it to your drawing.
- 3 Count them all together! How many now?
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Counting
is Fun!
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Hatchling Check!
On your paper, show us:
How many baby birds hatched
in our video?
Nest Number Exit Ticket
Nest Number Check
How many baby birds hatched?
Name: _______________________
Draw the baby birds in the nest:
I see ______ baby birds!
(Write the number above)
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Nest Number Check
How many baby birds hatched?
Name: _______________________
Draw the baby birds in the nest:
I see ______ baby birds!
(Write the number above)
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