One More Each Time
Each successive counting number represents a quantity that is one larger than the previous number
Lesson
Set out your lesson
“Each next counting number means one more object. If you have 5 and get one more, you have 6. You can say the next number instead of recounting every object from one.”
Bring to the table
- At least 6 large blocks, toys, or paper circles
- Optional paper and marker
Extra for the adult
Worked example. 4 apple cards plus one more apple card makes 5, the next number after 4.
Optional challenge. Hold up 5 fingers and ask, “What number is one more than 5?” without adding a physical sixth object first.
What to notice. Save a parent note such as “Started with 3, added one more, child said 4.”
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Each next counting number means one more object. If you have 5 and get one more, you have 6. You can say the next number instead of recounting every object from one.
Spend about 10 minutes adding one object to small sets and naming the new total.
Relate successive counting numbers to adding one and identify one less.
Relate successive counting numbers to adding one and identify one less.
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Chopper Squad
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Find one more or one less than a given number on a number chart. Use the one-more mode for “one more each time” sequences.
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Before you openSave a rescue screenshot plus a parent note of a three-step “one more each time” chain the learner said aloud.
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Robot More or Less
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Match one-more/one-less facts quickly. Keep the step size at 1 for this concept.
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Before you openSave a matched-pair screenshot and a parent note of two correct “one more” statements.
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Check understanding
- Given a set of 5, know that adding one object makes 6
- Explain that 8 is one more than 7
- Given a number, identify one more and one less
“If your child has 5 stickers and you give them one more, do they know immediately there are now 6 — without needing to count all of them again from one?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Counting & Cardinality
- Age range
- Ages 4–6
Standards