The purpose of the task is for students to use the context of The Napping House to connect counting and cardinality. By the end of the story, there should be no counters on the ten-frame. For example, once the flea bites the mouse, there are only 4 people/animals left in the bed. Once the flea bites the mouse, the children should begin taking the counters off the ten-frame to represent how many people/animals are still in the bed. There should be 6 counters on the ten-frame once the wakeful flea is added. Do this after each counter is added to the ten-frame. Have the children tell how many people there are in the bed now. When the child gets in the bed, there should be 2 counters. For example, at the beginning there should be 1 counter for granny. After each page, stop to ask the children how many are sleeping in the bed after each counter is added to the ten-frame. The teacher reads The Napping House to the class, stopping each time a person or animal gets into the bed so the students can add a counter to the ten-frame. One ten-frame for each child (see PDF for black line master).
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