Comparing Numbers Math Centers Kindergarten

Are you looking for a solution to support your students with the concept of comparing numbers? Do you want to reinforce conceptual understanding and promote math talk in your classroom? Try using meaningful centers in your classroom. Math stations are a fun alternative for students to practice math standards and strengthen mathematical concepts. Students can play engaging math games and partake in hands on activities, while working on important concepts like counting sets and comparing groups.

The Comparing Numbers Math Center helps build student understanding and practice comparing numbers 1 – 10. Math Talk Cards are included to reinforce speaking and listening skills and promote student use of math vocabulary. Use the recording sheets as a formative assessment and to make students accountable for their work.

Contents Include

• Step by Step Photo Directions for both Math Centers
• Teacher Tips for Math Center Organization
• Ways to Differentiate the Center
• 2 Engaging Math Activities
• I Can Statements/Learning Goals for both Math Centers
• Math Talk Cards
• 1 Spinner Template
• 2 Recording Sheets


Math Skills Addressed in this Resource

* Comparing the amount of objects in two different groups
* Counting to tell the number of objects in a set (1-10)
* Using math vocabulary such as greater then, less than and equal to when comparing the number of objects in a group

Math Skills Addressed in this Resource

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.5
Count to answer “how many?” questions about as many as 20 things 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.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.6
Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies.

SMP1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
SMP3 Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
SMP5 Use appropriate tools strategically.
SMP6 Attend to precision.

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