Math & Me Pennant – All About Me Back to School Activity (Grades K–3)

Get to know your students through numbers with a math-themed “all about me” pennant. Children count, use tally marks, and turn personal facts into a display for the classroom.
Grades
K–3
Pages
4
File type
Multiple File Types
Editable
Yes

Updated Aug 27, 2025

Subject
Math, Back To School
Topic
Math about me, Number facts
Resource types
Activities, Worksheets & Printables
Editable
Yes
Standards
K.CC.B.5

Product description

From the author

Math & Me Pennant – All about Me Back to School Activity (Grades K–3)... Get the school year off to a fun start with this hands-on “Math & Me” pennant activity. Each student makes their own pennant to show a little about themselves—their name, age, birthday, favorite number—and practices some early math skills at the same time. They’ll count letters, make tally marks, & draw shapes like circles, squares, triangles, hearts, and stars.
When finished, the pennants can be hung together to make a bright, cheerful display that shows off every student and helps the class get to know each other.
What’s Included:
- Instruction Pages: 2 editable PowerPoint slides with clear prompts, plus 2 PDF pages ready to print and use
- Student Pennant Template: B&W PDF (1 page) for students to fill in
- Example Pennant: Colored PDF (1 page) to use as a guide
Skills Covered:
- Counting letters, consonants, & vowels
- Drawing basic shapes
- Using tally marks
- Practicing early number sense
- Sharing personal information creatively
Grades:
Great for 1st–3rd grade, but can also work for Kindergarten students who are ready to count and make shapes.
This activity is quick to prep, hands-on, and lets kids show who they are while practicing math at the same time.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Count the total letters, consonants, and vowels in one's name and represent each count with a matching number of drawn shapes.

  • Represent personal quantities, such as age, siblings, or pets, using a matching number of drawn symbols.

  • Record a number using tally marks.

Teaching tips

  • Print the black-and-white template for students to complete and the colored example as a model to display.

  • Use the editable PowerPoint version to swap a prompt, such as 'siblings' for 'pets,' before printing.

  • Pair finished pennants into a bulletin board display once every category is drawn and counted.

Skills covered

  • Letter counting and classification — students count total letters, then separately count consonants and vowels in their name, drawing a matching number of shapes for each.

  • One-to-one counting representation — students draw a matching number of hearts, stars, or candles for personal quantities such as pets, siblings, or age.

  • Tally marking — students represent the school start day using tally marks.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

How do the two instruction pages differ?

The first covers name, age, and family facts (letters, consonants, vowels, siblings, pets); the second adds nickname, favorite color/food, grade, and friend/sports counts, using tally marks for the school start day.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • K.CC.B.5

Core concepts

  • Counting and cardinality

  • Consonants and vowels

  • Tally marks

  • All-about-me personal data

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