Collection Builders - Year 1

Make the connection between counting groups and counting objects visible. Collection Builders begins with equal and unequal groups, then develops counting in twos, fives and tens. Students include leftover singles, regroup the same set without changing its total and explain how they checked. Complete collection diagrams and the shared 120-piece game set support the full learning range.

What's included

• Presentation: Collection Builders — 24 slides
• Teacher quick-start and five lesson plans (2–7)
• Display: Equal groups (8)
• Display: Count groups and reference sequences (9)
• Display: Full groups and singles (10)
• Display: Our full 120 collection (11)
• Worksheet 1: Are the groups equal? (12–13)
• Worksheet 2: Pairs to totals (14–15)
• Worksheet 3: Five in every group (16–17)
• Worksheet 4: Five-groups and singles (18–19)
• Worksheet 5: Ten-groups to a total, A/B (20–23)
• Worksheet 6: Tens with singles (24–25)
• Worksheet 7: Choose a grouping and count (26–27)
• Worksheet 8: Check and recount (28–29)
• Worksheet 9: Classroom report, A/B (30–33)
• Game 1: Collection Builders — rules (34)
• Game 1: Model and regroup the same set (35)
• Game 1: Four grouping sheets (36–39)
• Game 1: Five counter banks — 120 pieces (40–44)
• Game 1: Task cards C1–C12 (45–46)
• Game 1: Two checking guides (47–48)
• Game 1: Student record and sample answers (49–50)
• Game 2: Classroom Supply Counts — rules (51)
• Game 2: Story cards S1–S12 (52–53)
• Game 2: Choose my grouping mat (54)
• Game 2: Count once workflow mat (55)
• Game 2: Record and sample answers (56–57)
• Game 2: Supply checking guide (58)
• Quiz: Collection Builders — 22 slides
• Assessment: Collection Builders (59–66)
• Rubric: Collection Builders (67)

What's included

• 67-page printable Unit Plan PDF: the contents cover, one teacher quick-start page, five complete 45-minute lesson plans and 60 resource pages, including matched answers and checking guides.
• 24-slide editable teaching presentation, with native text, collection pictures and worked explanations.
• 22-slide editable quiz: 10 questions, 10 answer-and-explanation slides, a cover and a closing slide.
• 113-page watermarked Preview PDF: all 67 Unit Plan pages, followed by the 24 presentation slides and 22 quiz slides.
• Separate clean Table of Contents JPG and three platform listing text files.

Learning focus

Students check that groups contain the same number of objects, count each complete group once in twos, fives or tens, count leftover singles once, and explain the total. They work with actual pictured and hands-on collections through 120, compare different groupings of the same collection, and check counting errors.

Classroom use

Teach the five 45-minute lessons in sequence or use the appropriate practice and game tasks with guided groups. The plans cover Equal groups count objects; Fives and leftover singles; Tens and the full collection; Choose, build and check; and Show and explain my total. Each includes materials, timed teaching steps, differentiation, feedback and evidence to observe. Practical observations of larger collections are spread across lessons 3–5. Keep answer pages and checking guides for teacher/checker use.

Formats and answers

8 files: 2 PowerPoint PPTX files, 2 PDF files, 3 listing TXT files and 1 Table of Contents JPG.

Unit Plan PDF: 67 pages (1 contents cover, 1 quick-start, 5 lesson plans, 60 resource pages).

Presentation: 24 slides, native editable teaching text.

Quiz: 22 slides, including 10 questions and 10 answer explanations.

Preview PDF: 113 pages, comprising Unit Plan, presentation and quiz in that order. Its first contents page is clean; subsequent pages are watermarked.

Practice and fresh assessment pages have immediately following answers. Both games include checking guides and matched sample record answers. Resource-page artwork is fixed in the PDF.

Teacher benefits

• Connects each complete group to the running count and total number of objects.
• Includes the whole 120-piece printable set and enough empty cells to hold it.
• Separates student tasks from checking guides and worked answers.
• Provides fresh tasks, practical observation fields and a rubric for teacher judgement.
• Allows students to show their understanding through varied response methods.

Digital product and licence

Digital teaching resource; no physical item is supplied. Print the activity pages and display the decks with compatible PDF and PowerPoint software. Keep the files for your own classroom use; do not redistribute or resell the digital files. The printable resource artwork is fixed in the PDF. Editable teaching and quiz text is supplied in the two PPTX files.

Formats, page counts and answers

8 files: 2 PowerPoint PPTX files, 2 PDF files, 3 listing TXT files and 1 Table of Contents JPG.

Unit Plan PDF: 67 pages (1 contents cover, 1 quick-start, 5 lesson plans, 60 resource pages).

Presentation: 24 slides, native editable teaching text.

Quiz: 22 slides, including 10 questions and 10 answer explanations.

Preview PDF: 113 pages, comprising Unit Plan, presentation and quiz in that order. Its first contents page is clean; subsequent pages are watermarked.

Practice and fresh assessment pages have immediately following answers. Both games include checking guides and matched sample record answers. Resource-page artwork is fixed in the PDF.