Pair Power: Identifying and Counting Pairs!

Math Grades 1st Grade 6:35 Video
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Lesson Description

Learn all about pairs! This lesson will teach you what a pair is, how to identify items that come in pairs, and how to count them. Get ready to double the fun!

Video Resource

Grade 1: Math Lesson #64 Identifying Pairs

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Duration: 6:35
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Key Concepts

  • Definition of a pair (two items used together)
  • Identifying items that come in pairs
  • Counting pairs and individual items in pairs (counting by twos)

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to define a pair as two items used together.
  • Students will be able to identify common items that come in pairs (e.g., shoes, gloves, socks).
  • Students will be able to count pairs and determine the total number of individual items by counting by twos.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by asking students what they already know about pairs. Show examples of pairs (e.g., shoes, socks). Introduce the definition of a pair as two things that are used together. Watch the video 'Grade 1: Math Lesson #64 Identifying Pairs' together.
  • Guided Practice (10 mins)
    After watching the video, review the examples of pairs shown in the video (sneakers, mittens, boots, boxing gloves, skates, socks, skis, earrings). Ask students to identify other items that come in pairs. Work through examples together, counting the number of pairs and the total number of items. For example: 'If we have 3 pairs of socks, how many socks do we have?' (Count 2, 4, 6).
  • Independent Practice (10 mins)
    Provide students with worksheets or manipulatives (e.g., buttons, counters) to practice identifying and counting pairs. Include problems where students need to determine the number of individual items given the number of pairs, and vice-versa.
  • Wrap Up (5 mins)
    Review the definition of a pair and the different items that come in pairs. Have students share what they learned during the lesson. Reiterate the I can statement: I can identify and count pairs.

Interactive Exercises

  • Pair Matching Game
    Create a matching game where students need to match items that typically come in pairs (e.g., glove and glove, shoe and shoe).
  • Counting Pairs Worksheet
    Provide a worksheet with pictures of items in pairs. Students count the number of pairs and the total number of individual items.

Discussion Questions

  • What is a pair?
  • Can you think of some things that come in pairs?
  • If you have 4 pairs of shoes, how many shoes do you have in all?

Skills Developed

  • Counting
  • Problem-solving
  • Pattern Recognition

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

What is a pair?

Correct Answer: A set of two things

Question 2:

Which of these comes in pairs?

Correct Answer: A shoe

Question 3:

If you have one pair of socks, how many socks do you have?

Correct Answer: Two

Question 4:

How many gloves are in 2 pairs of gloves?

Correct Answer: Four

Question 5:

Which of these is NOT usually sold as a pair?

Correct Answer: Ears

Question 6:

If you have 3 pairs of mittens, how many mittens do you have?

Correct Answer: 6

Question 7:

Skates come in a ____.

Correct Answer: Pair

Question 8:

How many items make one pair?

Correct Answer: 2

Question 9:

Which is an example of a pair of things you wear?

Correct Answer: A pair of shoes

Question 10:

If you have 2 pairs of earrings, how many earrings do you have?

Correct Answer: 4

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

A _____ is a set of two things.

Correct Answer: pair

Question 2:

Shoes come in ____.

Correct Answer: pairs

Question 3:

Two socks make one _____ of socks.

Correct Answer: pair

Question 4:

Counting by twos helps us count things in _____.

Correct Answer: pairs

Question 5:

Gloves protect our _____.

Correct Answer: hands

Question 6:

If you have 5 pairs of items, you have _____ items in total.

Correct Answer: 10

Question 7:

Socks help keep our feet _____.

Correct Answer: warm

Question 8:

Skates help you move, and always come as a _____.

Correct Answer: pair

Question 9:

Earrings look pretty, and are often worn as a _____.

Correct Answer: pair

Question 10:

One pair means there are _____ of the same item.

Correct Answer: two

Educational Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.C.5:Relate counting to addition and subtraction (e.g., by counting on 2 to add 2). CCSS.Math.Content.1.NBT.A.1:Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral.

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