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Color Me Red If I Am a Ten
Young scholars count aloud by tens. They use a number chart to color in every number that ends in a zero and then participate in choral counting by tens.
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Rainbow Place Value
How many tens and ones are in the number 67? This is exactly the type of question learners are required to answer. They write the numbers in written form, expanded form, and then identify the amount of tens and ones in a given number.
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Ten by Ten
Learners participate in hands-on activities using a hundreds chart and counting toes and fingers. They discover the patterns that are created when counting by ten. After a lecture/demo, students practice by using a worksheet embedded in...
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Count On In Tens
In this counting on instructional activity, students complete counting sequences going from a given number and counting on from ten to complete the sequence. An answer key is included.
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Add Tens and Ones
In this finding the sum worksheet, students add two-digit plus two digit numbers in ones and tens place values with regrouping. Students solve 12 problems.
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Multiples of Ten
Here is a presentation that helps young mathematicians hone their skills when counting by tens. The presentation also reviews the concept of using the greater than and less than symbols when comparing numbers. Most of the slides have...
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Count by Fives and Tens
In this early math counting practice learning exercise, students examine the flowers in 7 rows. Students count the flowers and record the numbers in the appropriate spaces.
Education World
Counting with Marshmallows and Licorice
Here's a tasty lesson on place value! Learners practice counting by ones and tens using mini-marshmallows and licorice sticks. They count and add the mini-marshmallows, and use the licorice sticks to represents tens.
Granite School District
Activities that Build Number Sense
Have fun while building the number sense of young mathematicians with this list of ten-frame learning games. From developing cardinality and counting skills to learning place value and basic addition strategies, ten-frames are excellent...
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Tens and Ones
Learners view three problems involving adding or subtracting with ones and tens. Each problem is followed by an explanation and an answer as to how the problem should be done. Note: This resource contains incorrect grammar and could be...
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Add Tens
Learners solve six story problems about adding 10s. Provide 10-rods or objects they can group into 10s to visualize what is being asked. Two of the problems provide irrelevant information; with discussion and guidance, this is also a...
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Take Whole Tens: Subtraction with a Number Line
A tens number line helps your class understand how to "hop" backward to subtract by 10's. Ten practice equations are expressed as math sentences (in word form) using the expressions "take __ from __" and "subtract." A little cartoon...
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How Many Are There?
This is a very basic learning exercise intended to provide practice in solving word problems involving subtraction. Learners read the word problems then subtract to find the answer. An answer key is included.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Wheels All Around
Budding mathematicians explore the concept of skip counting. They practice skip counting as they use it to determine the number of wheels that come to school at 3 different times throughout the day. They also create a data graph to show...
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Number Puzzles
These math puzzles are sure to get your first and second graders thinking. Nine word problems about odds and evens, as well as greater than and less than, keep learners guessing. If you're working on mental math in your class, use these...
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Base 10 Blocks
Base ten blocks are a great tool for teaching young mathematicians about a number of math concepts, unfortunately they aren't always available to teachers. That is, until now. This printable resource allows all children the opportunity...
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Gattegno Grid
Here is a pdf file containing a Gattegno grid and ideas relating to its use. Try it out for place value, addition, and counting practice.
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Working with 10s and 1s, Part 2
Practice place value by visualizing 10s and 1s. First graders count the cubes in each place, then write the total number at the bottom. In one particularly helpful section, they draw the cubes that will add up to a given number. Bring in...
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Working with 10s and 1s
Can your first graders count by 1s? What about by 10s? Use this graphic learning exercise to help youngsters visualize place value and counting. They count how many sets of 1s or 10s they see, then they draw a given number of 1s or 10s....
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Make Ten Bundles
How many rolls until you get to 100? Young mathematicians will have a blast with this place value game, which has them rolling a die and placing a corresponding number of popsicle sticks in the "ones" column of their mat. Once they get...
Los Angeles County Office of Education
Assessment for the California Mathematics Standards Grade 1
Here is an assessment designed to test mathematicians' knowledge of writing numbers, comparing numbers, skip counting, solving addition and subtraction problems; along with measuring objects, telling time, identifying shapes, reading...
Illustrative Mathematics
“Crossing the Decade” Concentration
Young mathematicians concentrate on learning to fluently count. Following the rules of the classic game Memory, children take turns flipping over cards in order to find pairs of numbers that cross a decade (e.g. 29 and 30). For younger...
Virginia Department of Education
Mathematics Vocabulary Cards - Grade 1
Clarify basic math concepts with a series of vocabulary posters designed for first graders. The cards include illustrations for fractions, place value, tally marks, and number lines, as well as many more vocabulary words.
Illustrative Mathematics
Hundred Chart Digit Game
Math games, especially in the primary grades, provide great opportunities for developing the number sense of young mathematicians. Working in pairs with a deck of single-digit cards, students take turns drawing two cards and reading the...