understanding and applying mathematics standards for young children 9
• Children may add extra cookies to their
sheet and re-count to find the total.
• Some children will count the empty spaces
to find out how many more cookies they
need to fill the cookie sheet.
• Children may subtract as they give away
some cookies and then count how many
they have left.
ModifiCationS for SPECial
nEEdS or SituationS
No specific modifications are anticipated
for children with special needs. Teachers
could add order forms to the area for more
advanced children or suggest that they make
This activity aligns primarily with Number
and Operations. It incorporates concepts of
one-to-one correspondence, counting,
set comparisons, addition, and subtraction.
Because the activity also allows children to
model a mathematical problem, it aligns to
the Algebra standard.
CoMMEntS and QuEStionS
rElatEd to MathEMatiCS
Problem Solving: Do we have enough choco-
late cookies to fill your cookie sheet?
Reasoning and Proof: Troy says there are
more chocolate chip cookies than chocolate
cookies. How do you know, Troy?
Communication: Tell me how many cookies
to bake so we can each have two.
Connections: Can you write down my order
please? I want two chocolate cookies and one
chocolate chip. (Connects to Literacy)
Representation: What will my order look like
if I add two more chocolate chip cookies?