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In this activity, students are given clues about a mystery number card. Students listen to the clues, find the corresponding quantity, and then identify the matching numeral. The goal of this activity is to develop flexibility in representing numbers in a variety of ways.

In this lesson, students explore ways to design trays that will fit different amounts of cookies in order to develop their understanding of arrays and repeated addition.

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In this lesson, students explore counting patterns to develop place value understanding. Students use tools such as number lines, and a hundred chart. Additionally, the explore patterns within real world situations.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.This lesson is an extension of NC.1.MD.5 to provide rigor to students who need it.  In this lesson, students use patterns to count sets of like coins (pennies, nickels, and dimes).  Students will connect counting patterns to counting coins and will use coins in different ways to represent the same values.  Students will also explain their strategies for counting sets of pennies, nickels, and dimes.

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In this lesson, students will use perceptual subitizing* as an efficient method for determining "how many". Through experiences, students will subitize sets within five.

*Perceptual subitizing: instantly recognizing "how many" in a set
*Conceptual subitizing: efficiently finding "how many" by recognizing and combining subgroups within a set.

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In this lesson, students will use perceptual subitizing* as an efficient method for determining "how many". Through experiences, students will subitize sets within five.

*Perceptual subitizing: instantly recognizing "how many" in a set
Conceptual subitizing: efficiently finding "how many" by recognizing and combining subgroups within a set.

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In this lesson, students play the game Fluency Fun to practice mental strategies to add and subtract numbers within 20. Students should also begin to recall doubles from memory.

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This is lesson six in a series of six lessons focused around developing a mathematical community at the beginning of the school year. The goal is to promote the idea that it is okay to make mistakes in math as long as we try to figure out the mistake and fix it.

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In this lesson, students explore strategies for counting handfuls of cubes to develop the concept of place value.

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In this lesson, students will connect the oral number word and numeral to sets of objects counted. As they rote count, students will understand the concept that each successive number includes all the previous numbers (cardinality).

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In this task, students are asked to teach a friend how to efficiently solve an addition problem. The task may be used for instructional or assessment purposes.

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Students ask the question, "How many cubes can I grab with one hand?" They each take a turn grabbing a handful of cubes, and graph the data. Students analyze the data and answer questions

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In this task, students count a set of cubes, record the matching numeral, and determine which digit is in the ones place and which is in the tens place. The task may be used for instructional or assessment purposes.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.In this lesson, students use the hundred board as a tool to complete activities with two-digit numbers. This file includes the lesson plan, printable activities, student recording sheets, and exit tickets.Remix this lesson to add extension activities.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.In this lesson, students observe and describe the characteristics of a quarter, dime, nickel, and penny to help them identify and sort the coins.  Students will also represent the number of each coin on a bar graph and will ask and answer questions to interpret the data.  Student materials and photos of student work are included.Remix this lesson to include extension ideas or additional pictures of student work.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.  In this game, students toss pennies and dimes onto a target on the floor.  After tossing their coins, they determine the total value of the coins landing on their target.  The student with the greater amount wins.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers. In this lesson, students will compose a teen number into ten ones and some extra ones.  They will work to identify and record how many ones are on the ten frame, off the ten frame, and the total. Remix this lesson to include extension ideas or student work samples.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.  In this lesson, students solve word problems by adding and subtracting amounts up to 99 cents.  Student recording sheets are provided.Remix this lesson to include additional word problems.

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Each student receives a card denoting a quantity 1-10. Students form groups by finding others who have cards containing the same quantity.

Being able to represent numbers in multiple ways is a part of number sense. Kindergarten students should develop flexibility in representing numbers in a variety of ways.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers. This file contains a set of 6 tasks (including scoring rubric and student recording sheet).  The tasks may be used for instruction or assessment. Remix this resource to include student work samples or addtional tasks.