Name: Kurt Brown Grade Level: Kindergarten

Title of Lesson: Penguin Partners (Divisibility/Grouping)

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills/Standards:

Data analysis. The student applies mathematical process standards to collect and organize
data to make it useful for interpreting information. The student is expected to:

(A) collect, sort, and organize data into two or three categories

Mathematical process standards. The student uses mathematical processes to acquire and
demonstrate mathematical understanding. The student is expected to:

(E) create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical
ideas

(F) analyze mathematical relationships to connect and communicate mathematical ideas

Objective/Purpose: Students will be able to break a larger group of objects (toy

penguins) into smaller groups of two, three, and four.

Introduce Lesson: Students already know how to use the manipulatives (toys) and how
to count to four. These two skills are what the students need to build into this lesson. You
will have the students count to four to prepare.

Example: Students will be doing this along with you to start. You should start by
showing them how to group their penguins in groups of two. To make it more fun and
engaging make sure you use a waddling motion to walk the penguins to their groups.

Lesson:
1. Each student will be given a tray containing 12 penguins. They will set them up as
a single group on the table in front of them.
2. Students will be instructed to have each penguin waddle away with their best
friend into groups of two. (You will do this with them as a hands on example.)
3. Students will then be told to waddle their penguins back into the big group.
4. Next up students will be asked to waddle the penguins into groups of three. This
time you will walk around and make sure that the students are doing it instead of
showing them. Give individual instruction as necessary.
5. Once all students have made groups of three they will once again waddle their
penguins into the big group again.
6. You will repeat the process with groups of four, and then waddle the penguins
back to the big group.
7. Next you will have the students break up the penguins in groups of varying sizes:
A. Two groups of four and two groups of two.
B. Three groups of two and two groups of three.
C. Four groups of two and one group of four.
 D. Two groups of three, one group of four, and one group of two.
8. Students will return the penguins to the trays and transition into their activity
break.

Re-Teach: If the students have difficulty understanding the activity, I would reteach it
with less variety in the groups including dropping group D entirely. I wouldnt change
much simply because this appeals to multiple learning styles and provides a fun and
engaging method of learning the teks.