Math & Me Pennant – All About Me Back to School Activity (Grades K–3)
- Grades
- Preschool–3, Elementary, Homeschool Resources
- Pages
- 4
- File type
- Multiple File Types
- Subject
- Early Math, Math, Counting, Numbers, Shapes, Back To School, Holidays, Holiday & Seasonal
- Topic
- Back to school activity, All About Me
- Resource types
- Activities, Classroom Decor, Banners, Crafts, Projects
About this resource
What's inside this resource
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 starsss.
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 useee;)
- Student Pennant Template: B&W PDF (1 page) for students to fill innn;)
- Example Pennant: Colored PDF (1 page) to use as a guideee;)
Skills Covered;)
- Counting letters, consonants, & vowelsss:)
- Drawing basic shapesss;)
- Using tally marksss;)
- Practicing early number senseee;)
- Sharing personal information creativelyyy;)
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.
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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.
Personal data recording — students write personal facts such as name, birthday month, and favorite number, color, or food.
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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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Core concepts
counting and cardinality
consonants and vowels
tally marks
all-about-me personal data
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