Teen Numbers & Place Value - FREEBIES
KINDERGARTEN MATH - TEEN NUMBERS AND PLACE VALUE
We have come so far in kindergarten math this year!
My sweet kinders now have 1:1 correspondence down, they can write and recognize numerals 1-10, we covered geometry, measurement and data…. so now we are tackling those tricky teens and place value.
This is a fun unit to teach, and I am sharing freebies with you right here on this blog post.
I usually get to this unit in about February.
You can see my free February lesson plans HERE
Teaching the Number and Operations in Base 10 Common Core Kindergarten Math Unit is trickier than it appears!
We are working with numbers 11-19 to gain foundations for place value.
Essentially, it is teaching place value and teen numbers. We want students to learn that teen numbers can be made with a group of ten (ones), plus some extra ones. It is a fun math unit that I enjoy teaching, but those teen numbers can sure be tricky!
NEW UPDATES ADDED: December 2024
I have been working on updating my comprehensive math units for over a year!
I am so excited to share that my Teen Numbers Unit is now ready for you with so many new activities including:
Digital Google Slides
Numbers 1-20 BINGO ZOO game with adorable animal sound effects
Additional worksheets
New games
… and even a new teen number rocket ship craft!
Let’s get started!
In late winter/early spring, we tackle our Number and Operations in Base 10 math unit.
In this unit we learn about all about place value and those tricky teen numbers!
I did my best to organize this unit as I do all my math units,
so it is easy for you to implement and use!
I keep my math units in three-ring binders.
I use page protectors to keep my lessons and black lines organized - no more filing cabinets to dig through!
I love this because it it is so easy to flip through and see what I have to grab exactly what I need.
My math curriculum aligns to both Common Core and almost all state standards as well, including the Texas TEKS.
You can use my math units as a stand-alone curriculum to cover all of your kindergarten math standards, or you can use my activities to supplement any math program you’re required to use!
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.NBT.A.1
Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (such as 18 = 10 + 8); understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.
This is a peek at what I use for pre/post tests for this unit.
The pre and post tests are pretty much exactly the same, but the numbers, pictures, etc. are different.
This will give you accurate data for growth.
I also send home standards checklists to parents so they have a heads-up as to what we are working on in math.
I do this before all of my math units.
This way there are no surprises at report card time and parents can help at home.
These are great to slip in my lesson plan binders too!
Since there is only one common core standard in this unit, two sheets can print per page (other units make up a whole page.)
I have found that the key to success with this unit is: practice, practice, practice.
I use a variety of approaches and techniques so my students are exposed to the vocabulary and strategies for solving these problems over and over again.
It is easy for them to mix up terms such as tens, ones, teens, etc. … so we do lots of hands-on activities and reinforcement worksheets to help them understand.
To start the unit, I show this video. Kids have a really hard time especially with numbers 11, 12 and 13.
So we always sing, “Numbers in the teens they start with a ONE!”
My first goal is getting them to recognize the numerals 11-20 and then we work on writing them as well.
I show them this video every day for about a week, and soon you’ll be walking around singing this song.
Interactive Digital Slides
These new slides were just added to this unit! They have embedded sing-along songs, moveable pieces and editable text boxes.
I include these slides in both PowerPoint and Google Slides, so you can use whoever format you prefer.
These slides are an incredibly helpful visual to introduce ways to make teen numbers.
Students are so engaged with the moveable pieces, and you can invite them to be helpers if you have an interactive white board.
Click the rocket ship for a BLAST OFF sound effect after counting down from 20 to 10.
Students also love to sing along with the embedded song as you hop up and down the number line.
I start with numeral recognition and ordering teen numbers.
I then use the slides to introduce new ways to create teen numbers: ten frames, base 10 blocks and number lines.
My printable worksheets are organized in this way as well!
We have been using ten frames and number lines all year, so my students are familiar with how to use them.
We practice making teen numbers in a variety of ways.
We find the number on the number line, fill in the ten frames and then move on to JUMPING on number lines.
We start at ten and "hop" up.
This is an awesome activity for visual learners because they see the frog, bunny, leprechaun and spider jumping to a teen number.
The whole idea of ten+ones makes sense to them this way.
Another way we practice making teen numbers from ten ones + additional ones is counting how many objects.
Your higher kids will pick up on the fact that the first group always has ten on these worksheets, so really they just have to count the second set (cupcakes, bees, gum balls.)
The video below is an excellent way to show that teen numbers are a group of ten and extra ones.
I sing this song with them when we are “building” teen numbers with base ten blocks, or counting a group of them and adding extra ones.
I use the same with the ten frames: we want students to recognize that they don't actually have to count the full ten frames.
We know this group has ten.
I want my kids to count like this: "10, 11, 12, 13" instead of having to start at one.
We always love the cut and paste activities. This always helps to keep my busy kiddos engaged.
Base ten blocks help so much with place value.
Practicing one more/one less with teen numbers along with ordering teen numbers is always helpful.
The worksheets and activities help my students tremendously!
They need the repetitive practice, and even better they really love these activities!
These printables help me stay organized so I know I am hitting all the standards.
I keep these activities in page protectors too!
Teaching place value to five and six year olds is tricky to say the least!
We also do mini warm ups most days with these math journals.
Math Centers for Number and Operations in Base 10
These math centers are standards-based and so engaging for our kiddos.
There are so many to choose from, and I added even more activities with my new updates in December 2024!
Many centers come with follow-up worksheets to check for understanding and also hold students accountable during math center time.
Use with or without the coordinating recording sheet.
So many ways to play.
Use dry erase makers with the laminated cards, and then they fill out their recording sheet.
Hang the adorable teen number posters at this center and students can reference them while filling out their teen books.
Additional centers and games that have now been added:
Roll and color 1-20 with these 20 sided dice
Teen numbers at the zoo: activity mats and worksheets
1-20 BINGO at the ZOO with Google Slides
Multiple card games including Go Fish, War, Memory and Match it!
Teen number rocket ship craft
The BINGO game comes in both PowerPoint and Google Slides:
We have so much fun blasting off with our teen number with this cute craftivity:
We practice counting forwards and backwards from 20 with our Google Slide as well!
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