ClassX Video Lessons Youtube Channel Teaching Without Frills Ways to Make 5 Using Objects – Kindergarten Math – “Making 5”
Today, we’re going to have fun learning how to make the number 5. We can use all sorts of things like toys, coins, or even yummy food to help us. Are you ready to play with numbers?
Imagine we’re at the grocery store. There are red apples and green apples. We want to buy 5 apples. How many red apples and green apples can we get? Let’s think about it!
Here are some fun ways to make 5 apples:
Isn’t it cool how many ways we can make 5 with apples?
Now, let’s play a game with pennies! I tossed 5 pennies in the air. When they landed, 3 pennies showed heads. Can you guess how many showed tails?
Let’s figure it out together:
We know there are 5 pennies in total. If 3 pennies are heads, then 2 pennies must be tails because 3 and 2 make 5. Great job!
There are so many fun ways to make the number 5. Keep playing and exploring with different objects. You can try using toys, snacks, or anything you like!
Thanks for learning with us. Keep having fun with numbers!
Fruit Salad Fun: Gather some fruits like bananas, oranges, and grapes. Ask the children to create a fruit salad using exactly 5 pieces of fruit. How many different combinations can they make? Encourage them to try different combinations and share their creations with the class.
Building Block Challenge: Provide children with building blocks of two different colors. Ask them to build a tower using exactly 5 blocks. How many different ways can they arrange the colors? Let them explore and build multiple towers, discussing the different combinations they find.
Nature Walk Exploration: Take the children on a short nature walk and ask them to collect 5 small items like leaves, stones, or sticks. Once back in the classroom, have them sort and count their items in different ways. How many different combinations can they make to reach a total of 5?
**Ways to Make Five Using Objects**
by Teaching Without Frills
In this video series, we’re going to learn different ways to make the number 5. One way to make five is by using objects like food, toys, coins—anything really!
Let’s try it. I’m going to give you a few different story problems that involve making the number five, and we will use objects to help us solve the problems.
The grocery store has red apples and green apples. I want to buy 5 apples total. How many red apples and green apples could I get? Pause here to think, or keep watching to see how I solve it.
Let’s see. I could get all red apples. That would be 5 red apples and 0 green apples. Or I could do this: 4 red apples and 1 green apple. Here’s another option: 3 red apples and 2 green apples. Or how about this: 2 red apples and 3 green apples. Can you guess what combination will be next?
Did you guess correctly? It’s 1 red apple and 4 green apples. Only one more option left. Do you know what it is? That’s right! 0 red apples and 5 green apples. Great work!
Now I have one quick problem for you to try on your own. Are you ready? Here’s the problem: I tossed five pennies in the air. 3 pennies landed on heads. How many pennies landed on tails? You can pause here to think, or keep watching to solve together.
I know that there are five pennies in all, so I made five circles. The problem also said that 3 pennies landed on heads, so I’m going to use 3 pennies to show that. So how many landed on tails? That’s right, 2 of the pennies landed on tails because 3 and 2 make 5. Awesome job!
Check out the other videos in this series to learn more strategies for making the number 5. And if you’re a teacher, you can find more from Teaching Without Frills on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, and TPT. Thanks for watching!
