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1st Grade Numbers Activities

48 1st grade numbers activities. Teacher favorites: Number Matching Puzzle Activity and Printable Dominoes. How teachers use these

1st Grade Numbers Activities

48 1st grade numbers activities. Teacher favorites: Number Matching Puzzle Activity and Printable Dominoes. How teachers use these

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Activity1st GradeNumber Matching Puzzle Activity

This number matching puzzle activity has preschool, kindergarten, and 1st grade children count ten-frame pictures and match them to numbers 1 to 10. An answer key is included for quick checking.

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Activity1st GradePrintable Dominoes

A printable dominoes activity for preschool to 3rd grade: 28 domino cards, two counting and addition games, a recording sheet and a practice page. Answer key included for quick checking.

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Activity1st GradeCounting Groups of 10 Activity

Using Counting Groups of 10 Activity, students use the ten frames to count by ten all the way to 120 to build number sense.

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Activity1st GradeSubtracting 10 Using a Number Line Activity

This subtracting 10 using a number line activity helps 1st and 2nd grade students take away tens by hopping back on a number line. An answer key is included for easy checking.

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Activity1st GradeI Can Count to 100 Activity

Kids put color-coded number strips and tens cards in order with this I Can Count to 100 activity for kindergarten to 2nd grade. A practice page and answer key are included for quick checking.

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Activity1st GradeMore Fewer Activity

Using More Fewer Activity, studentscompare sets of more and less and feed your hippo to build their number sense skills.

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Activity1st GradeNumbers Activity

Using Numbers Activity, students practice counting and number identification with the Old McDonald Clip Cardactivity in order to build their counting fluency.

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Activity1st GradeNumber Matching Activity

This number matching activity helps preschool to 1st grade children count ten-frame pictures and match them to the numbers 1 to 10. A practice page and answer key are included.

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Activity1st GradeOrdinal Numbers Racecar Activity

This ordinal numbers racecar activity is a spin-and-park race game for kindergarten to 3rd grade that practices first through eighth. A practice page and answer key are included.

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Activity1st GradeCandy Hearts Skip Counting Activity

This candy hearts skip counting activity has 1st to 3rd grade students put heart number cards in order by 2s, 5s and 10s, then practice on a worksheet. Answer key included for easy checking.

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Activity1st GradeRainy Day Skip Counting Activity

This rainy day skip counting activity has 1st and 2nd grade students put umbrella number cards in order by 2s, 5s and 10s, then practice on a worksheet. Answer key included for quick checking.

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Activity1st GradeCounting Dice Activity

Using this Counting Dice Activity, students practice counting to 100 by rolling a die to move to the finish line!

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Activity1st GradeGumball Jar Counting Activity

Count and match gumball jars in this gumball jar counting activity for PreK to 1st grade. Children match jars of 1 to 15 gumballs to numbers, then practice on a worksheet. Answer key included.

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Activity1st GradeTake Me Out to the Ballgame Inequalities Activity

Using this Take Me Out to the Ballgame Inequalities Activity, students compare two sets of dots by using inequality symbols to build comparison skills.

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Activity1st GradeRoll A Turkey Thanksgiving Activity

In this roll a turkey thanksgiving activity, Preschool to 1st Grade children roll a die, count the dots and color the matching turkey part to win. Answer key included.

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Activity1st GradeCounting Leaves Number Sequence Activity

This counting leaves number sequence activity lets kindergarten and 1st grade kids find missing numbers to 100 with fall leaf cards. Answer key included.

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Activity1st GradeSkip Counting With Apples 5 10 100 Activity

Sort and order apple number cards to skip count by 5s, 10s and 100s with this hands-on math game for 1st to 3rd grade, plus a recording sheet and practice page. An answer key is included.

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Activity1st GradeCounting on to 120 Activity

This counting on to 120 activity has kids pick a lily pad card, count on five more on a 120 chart and write the numbers. For kindergarten-1st grade with an answer key included.

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Activity1st GradeCount and Write 0-20 Activity

In this count and write 0-20 activity, Preschool to 1st Grade children count dots on ten-frames and write each number, with an answer key included.

From our teachers' playbook

Counting to 120 and beyond

What do 1st graders learn about numbers?

First grade is a big number year! Kids count to 120 starting from any number, read and write those numbers, and learn what the digits in a two-digit number mean. They see that 47 = 4 tens and 7 ones, compare numbers with greater than and less than, and find 10 more or 10 less in their heads. They also learn to see small amounts at a glance without counting. The click moment is when a child realizes that 30, 40 and 50 are just bundles of ten.

How we make numbers click in 1st grade

First graders need numbers they can see, hear and hold. These are the moves we lean on all year.

Bundle it up

Every day we add one straw to a cup and count the days of school. When we hit 10, we rubber-band a bundle and move it to the tens cup. By day 47 kids can see 4 bundles and 7 loose straws, and writing 47 makes total sense. Then they practice the same thing with base ten blocks on paper.

Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.

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Flash it, don't count it

Hold up a dot card for two seconds and hide it. "How many?" Kids can't count one by one, so they learn to see groups. Do five cards at the start of math and watch how fast they get.

Why it works: researchers who compared ten study methods found practice testing is one of the two that work best (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).

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Count along every morning

A counting song is the easiest way to get to 100 every single day. Kids march, clap or tap their heads on each number. It warms up the brain and builds that smooth count kids need for the rest of math.

Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).

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1st grade number questions

How high should a 1st grader count?

By the end of 1st grade, kids should count to 120, starting from any number. They should also read and write numbers to 120.

What is subitizing?

Subitizing is knowing how many objects are in a small group without counting, like seeing 5 dots on a die and just knowing it's 5. It builds number sense and helps with fast addition.

How do I teach tens and ones to my 1st grader?

Use things you can bundle, like straws, craft sticks or pennies and dimes. Make groups of ten and count the bundles first, then the leftovers.

What comes after counting in 1st grade math?

Comparing two-digit numbers, adding and subtracting within 20, and adding tens. A strong sense of tens and ones makes all of that easier.