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Features

  • Six questions on what the unit builds on
  • Write a teen number as a ten and some ones, and circle groups of ten
  • Count by tens, and read a number shown in base-ten blocks
  • Compare numbers to 20 with >, < and =, and put three numbers in order
  • A Score line, to sort the class before the unit
  • Answer key names the lesson each question leads into

Skills Covered

  • A teen number as a ten and some ones
  • Circle groups of ten; write the tens and ones
  • Count by tens
  • Read base-ten blocks
  • Compare numbers to 20 with >, < and =
  • Order three numbers to 20

How to Use This Pack

One page to give on the first day of the unit on tens and ones, before any teaching. Its six questions are on what the unit builds on: a teen number as a ten and some ones, circling groups of ten, counting by tens, base-ten blocks, comparing numbers to 20 with >, < and =, and putting three numbers in order. It has a Score line, and the key names the lesson each question leads into. The unit review and the unit test are packs of their own.

In the Classroom

Give the pre-check on the first day and sort the class by what they missed: a student who cannot yet see 13 as a ten and 3 ones needs ten frames and bundles of ten in hand for the first lessons, and one who mixes up > and < needs comparing practice with small numbers first. The questions are the unit's easiest, so a low score is no surprise; it shows where to start.

At Home

Use it to see what your child needs before the unit on tens and ones starts: count out 13 or 17 small things, make a group of ten, and ask how many tens and how many ones there are.

Tips for Success

  • Give it before the first lesson, not after
  • Read the questions aloud for students who are still learning to read
  • Read the score as a starting point, not a grade
  • Keep base-ten blocks or bundles of straws out for a student who missed the tens and ones questions
  • The key names the lesson each question leads into

Common Core Standards Alignment

This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

  • K.CC.A.1 Say the numbers in order up to 100, counting by 1s and also by 10s.
  • 1.NBT.B.2a See a group of ten ones as one unit called a ten.
  • 1.NBT.B.2b Know that 11 through 19 are each made of one ten plus 1 to 9 ones.
  • 1.NBT.B.2c Know that 10, 20, 30 and so on up to 90 mean 1 to 9 tens with no ones.
  • 1.NBT.B.3 Compare two-digit numbers by looking at their tens and ones, and write the result with >, = or <.
  • 2.NBT.A.2 Count up to 1,000, and count by fives, tens and hundreds.

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1st Grade Place Value Pre-Check

A check to give before the unit on tens and ones, on what the unit builds on. Students write a teen number as a ten and ones, circle groups of ten, count by tens, read base-ten blocks, and compare and order numbers to 20.

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What’s Included

  • A one-page pre-check (6 questions) with a Score line
  • An answer key that names each question's lesson and skill (2 pages in all)
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