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Dot Plates
Displays patterns that are made up of two smaller
patterns
Each part of the pattern should be a different colour
Organized and compact making it easier to read
Generally held for 1-3 seconds, for enough time to
identify the two patterns
Used as a manipulative, a tool students can use for
hands on learning, to demonstrate subitizing

Grade 1- Number Sense

and Numeration
Overall Expectation
Solve problems involving the addition and subtraction of single-digit
whole numbers, using a variety of strategies.

Specific Expectations
Solve a variety of problems involving the addition and subtraction of
whole numbers to 20, using concrete materials and drawings
Solve problems involving the addition and subtraction of single-digit
whole numbers, using a variety of mental strategies

Subitizing
Subitizing is a fundamental skill that students use to
understand number sense and numeration
Students can say the quantity of objects shown, without
having to count every individual objects Example: After
using a dice many times, one does not need to count
each dot but can read the dots as a whole number
This teaches students to use Part-Part-Whole
relationships

Part-Part-Whole
Relationships

Part

Part

Whole

Activity #1
The instructor will go through a series of dot
plates, showing each of them for 1-3 seconds.
The class is asked to use their fingers to show
the amount of dots seen on the plate.

Activity #2
Paper plates and markers will be distributed to the class.
We will flash a dot place for approximately 2 seconds for the class
to see.
Each student is asked to draw on a sheet of paper, a representation
of the number that is one higher and one lower than the one shown
by the instructor.
Groups will compare everyones answers and draw the most
common representation on each side of the dot plate.
Plates will be presented and we will compare the different
combinations that could be used to make each of the numbers.

Consolidation
Students can use pattern recognition of numbers,
such as subitizing, conservation and compensation.
They can develop these capabilities as unitizing,
counting, composing and decomposing numbers, as
well as their understanding or arithmetic and place
value.
This is expected of the children by the end of first
grade, in order to advance understanding of number
sense and numeration.

References
Clements, D.H. (1999). Subitizing: What is it? Why teach it? Teaching
Children Mathematics, March, 400-405
Karp, Bay-Williams & Van de Walle. Elementary and middle school
mathematics: Teaching developmentally (9th Ed.). Toronto: Pearson
Education Canada Inc.
Ontario Ministry of Education. (2005). The Ontario curriculum grades 18: Mathematics (Revised). Toronto, ON: Queens Printer. (available
online: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/math.html )
TeachMath. (n.d). Retrieved October 14, 2015.
http://teachmath.openschoolnetwork.ca/grade-1/number-sense/subitizing/