This matching number names worksheet helps 1st grade students connect numerals from zero to twenty with their number words. An answer key is included, making practice quick to check and confidence easy to build.
This Easter number order 0-30 activity has children put 30 egg cards in order and fill in a number path. Made for Kindergarten and 1st grade, with a practice page and answer key included.
Using Number Word Lights Activity, students match the number with the number word in order to build their math fluency.
This Easter 0-100 number order activity lets kindergarten and 1st grade students put colorful egg cards in order and fill in an egg hundred chart. A practice page and answer key are included.
In this ordering numbers 0-30 Christmas activity, children sort 30 holiday number cards and line each set up from least to greatest. Made for Kindergarten and 1st grade, with a practice page and answer key included.
This ordering numbers 0-100 Christmas activity has 1st to 2nd Grade students sort 24 holiday number cards and order each set from least to greatest. Answer key included.
Counting big, comparing smart
Cardinal numbers tell how many, and in 1st grade the numbers get much bigger. Kids count, read and write numbers all the way to 120, starting from any number, not just 1. They match numerals to number words like 14 = fourteen, put numbers in order and compare two amounts with greater than, less than and equal: 37 > 29. The click moment comes when a child can look at two numbers and know which group is bigger without counting every single object.
First graders already count. Now we help them count further, write it down and compare. Here is how.
Play the greater than, less than song and have kids make the "alligator mouth" with their arms, always opening toward the bigger number. Then call out pairs like 18 and 81. The song makes the symbols stick, and the arms make it fun.
Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withGreater Than Less Than Inequalities SongSongsOpen it →Each morning, write three numerals and three number words on the board in scrambled order. Kids match them on whiteboards. A quick daily round like this helps 1st graders spell the tricky teens, like eleven and twelve.
Why it works: pulling an answer out of memory makes it stick far better than rereading it, one of the strongest findings in learning research (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withMatching Number Names WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Kids build a number with counters, then count on from it instead of starting at 1: "We have 23... 24, 25, 26!" Counting on from a built group is the big step from kindergarten counting to 1st grade math.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
Try it withNumber Word Lights ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Number games to get 1st graders moving and counting.
ActivitiesHide numbered eggs around the room and have teams put them in order from 0 to 100.
Open Easter 0-100 Number Order Activity →
ActivitiesHang numbered ornaments in order, then find the missing ones.
Open Ordering Numbers 0-100 Christmas Activity →
VideosStart math time with a quick counting song, then count on from the last number by yourselves.
Open I Love to Count from 1 to 10 Song →Teacher favorites right now: I Love to Count from 1 to 10 Song, Greater Than Less Than Inequalities Song and Matching Number Names Worksheet.
By the end of 1st grade, kids should count to 120, starting from any number. They should also read and write those numbers and tell how many objects are in a group.
Cardinal numbers tell how many, like 5 pencils. Ordinal numbers tell position, like the 5th pencil in a row.
Start with real groups of objects so kids can see which has more. Then add the symbols and a fun reminder, like the alligator that always eats the bigger number.
Very common! Numbers like 101 to 120 are new territory. Practice counting on a hundred chart and point to each number as you say it.
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