Have prepared the following fishing center to share after the reading of the fanciful tall tale A Million Fish...More Or Less. For the fishing center designed to reinforce the concepts of more and less program a supply of fish cutouts with a different numeral from 1 to 10. Slide a paper clip onto each fish to resemble the fish mouth. Place all the fish in a plastic tub. Make a fishing pole with a wooden dowel and string. Tie a magnet to the end of the line. Arrange the tub of fish and the fishing pole along with a supply of counters and a bowl of fish shaped crackers in the center. When a child visits the center s/he will drop the fish line into the tub of fish and pull out a fish. Have the child repeat the process until s/he has caught two fish. Then the child should compare the numerals on the two fish and determine which number is more, which number is less. Encourage the child to use counters if desired to see the concepts of more and less.
To prepare for the follow up to reading Chrysanthemum write each child's name on a separate slip of graph paper and place in a basket. Read aloud the story. Now write Chrysanthemum on the top of a piece of paper. The next line below Chrysanthemum to the left write "less" to the right write "more" and under Chrysanthemum write "same". Pick a student's name from the basket, have that child come up and compare her/his name to Chrysanthemum's name. Have the child determine if her/his name is less letters, the same number of letters or more letters than Chrysanthemum's name. Encourage the child to use phrases such as "My name has _ letters, there are 13 letters in Chrysanthemum's name and I know that _ is (more, less, the same) as 13. Use counters if needed to further visualize the concept of same, more and less. Glue stick the child's name in the appropriate place on the chart. Continue until all children have had a chance to place her/his name on the chart. Discuss the findings when all names have been placed.
Read and discuss the story. Choose a page and ask children to compare the groups of objects on that page. Ask questions like "Which group has more?' "Which group has fewer?" Repeat with other pages. Encourage the children to use words more and fewer in their discussions. Ask children to share how they know a group has more or fewer than another group.
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