This finding 10 more 10 less activity helps 1st and 2nd grade children use a hundred chart to find 10 more and 10 less. Practice page and answer key included.
Using Counting Groups of 10 Activity, students use the ten frames to count by ten all the way to 120 to build number sense.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In this Adding Tens and Tens Activity, students will practice adding 10 to a given number to build addition fact fluency.
This beehive count by five activity helps 1st-2nd Grade students skip count from 0 to 100 with hive cards and missing-number task cards. A practice page and answer key are included.
This skip counting by 100's road activity gives 1st and 2nd grade students three roads of number cards to put in order by hundreds. A practice page and answer key are included.
Using the Lemonade Tycoon Counting by Fives Activity, students skip count by fives by fill in the missing numbers in a pattern.
Hop, skip and count to 120
First graders count to 120 by ones and start skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s. Counting by 10s is the big one: it shows how our number system works, since 10, 20, 30 are just 1, 2, 3 tens. They also find 10 more and 10 less than a number in their heads, like 34 and 44. Skip counting by 2s helps count pairs, and by 5s helps count nickels and tally marks. The click is when a child counts a pile of craft sticks by 10s instead of one at a time.
First graders need rhythm, a hundred chart and lots of things to count.
Play a counting-by-twos song and have partners stand back to back, tapping shoulders on each number. Then count real pairs: shoes, mittens, eyes. The song gives the pattern, the pairs give it meaning.
Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withCounting By Twos Song (Original Music Video)SongsOpen it →Show ten-frames or bundles of ten and count them together: 10, 20, 30. Then ask how many ones that would be. Seeing that each count is a whole ten builds place value at the same time.
Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withCounting Tens WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Kids count to 100 on a chart and color every fifth number. What pattern do you see? Two straight columns! Then try every tenth number. Patterns on the chart make skip counting visual.
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.
Try it withI Can Count to 100 WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Counting games that get kids hopping.
ActivitiesCount candy hearts by 2s, 5s and 10s. Sweet practice for February.
Open Candy Hearts Skip Counting Activity →
WorksheetsFind 10 more and 10 less than a number and race a partner.
Open Ten More Ten Less Worksheet →
WorksheetsFill in the missing numbers when counting by 5s.
Open Count Fives Fill in the Blank Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Finding 10 More 10 Less Activity, Counting Groups of 10 Activity and Subtracting 10 Using a Number Line Activity.
First graders usually learn to count by 10s to 120 and practice 2s and 5s. They also find 10 more or 10 less than a number mentally.
Use songs, a hundred chart and real objects like pairs of socks or nickels. Count out loud together while you walk or climb stairs.
It builds place value, the idea that our numbers are made of tens and ones. That understanding makes adding and subtracting two-digit numbers much easier.
To 100 or 120 by the end of the year, starting from any number, like 23, 33, 43.
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