NUMBER SURGERY

NUMBER SURGERY in Kindergarten

Objective: Students will compose and decompose numbers 6-10.  Students will read, write and represent numbers 6-10.  Students will formulate different ways to create numbers 6-10.

Prior to this lesson.. I told my students that they would be "On Call" to perform a surgery in the classroom.  We had been talking about community helpers and how doctors help us.  They all decided that they wanted to be a doctor/surgeon so this is were the idea "on call" came from.  The day of the surgery, the students walked into the classroom to see this........

My Wonderful Homeroom Mom create my Ambulance.

MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND CREATED
THE IV STANDS OUT OF PVC PIPE.  THE
BAGS ARE PIPING BAGS FOR ICINGS
AND THE RED BLOOD LIKE MIXTURE IS
LIQUID HAND SOAP WITH RED FOOD
COLORING.  I BOUGHT THE CLEAR TUBING
FROM HOME-DEPOT.

THE HEART BEAT MONITOR WAS PLAYING IN THE
BACKGROUND AS THE STUDENTS WERE PERFORMING
THE SURGERY.

LARGE LIGHTS WERE ATTACHED
TO LOOK LIKE SURGERY LIGHTS.

CHAIRS SET UP TO LOOK LIKE A MEDICAL CLASS.

IN THE PATIENT FILE: A NUMBER THAT HAD BEEN IN A
"WRECK" AND NEEDED HELP BEING PUT BACK TOGETHER.
AN OBSERVATION SHEET TO COMPLETE AT THE END OF THE
SURGERY.

EACH TABLE WAS ASSIGNED A PATIENT FILE.

EACH TABLE HAD A BIN WITH TOOLS: GLUE, 10 FRAMES, NUMBER LINE, NUMBER BONDS, BAND AIDS,
COTTON BALLS, Q-TIPS, SEQUENCE, MARKERS

I PERFORMED SURGERY ON MY NUMBER 1ST SO THE
CLASS WOULD HAVE AN IDEA OF THE CORRECT STEPS TO TAKE.

Parents volunteered to "scrub" the kids in.

1st they had to identify their "patient" (number)- cut up number

Next step was to create the number:

After checking multiple times to see if there was a "heartbeat", then their patient was admitted for home.

Finished Product..............