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Features

  • Six questions on what the unit builds on
  • Add with base-ten blocks, and subtract with blocks by trading a ten for 10 ones
  • Add and subtract two-digit numbers in columns
  • Add and subtract hundreds and tens with a fact you know
  • Find the nearest hundred and how far away it is, and round to estimate a sum
  • A Score line, to sort the class before the unit
  • Answer key names the lesson each question leads into

Skills Covered

  • Add and subtract with base-ten blocks
  • Trade a ten for 10 ones
  • Two-digit columns
  • Hundreds and tens facts (300 + 500, 670 − 40)
  • The nearest hundred
  • Estimate a sum by rounding

How to Use This Pack

One page to give on the first day of the unit on adding and subtracting within 1,000, before any teaching. Its six questions are on what the unit builds on: adding and subtracting with base-ten blocks, two-digit columns, hundreds and tens facts, and rounding and estimating from the place value unit. 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 misses the blocks needs base-ten blocks in hand for the first lessons, and one who misses the two-digit columns needs that regrouping again before three-digit numbers. The rounding questions show who is ready to estimate and check an answer. Nothing on the page asks for three-digit columns yet, 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 starts: add and subtract two-digit numbers together, and ask which hundred a number like 387 is closest to.

Tips for Success

  • Give it before the first lesson, not after
  • Read the score as a starting point, not a grade
  • Keep base-ten blocks out for a student who missed the block 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:

  • 2.NBT.B.5 Add and subtract to 100 fluently with place-value strategies, properties of addition, or the link between adding and subtracting.
  • 3.NBT.A.1 Use place value to decide which ten or hundred a whole number is closest to, and round to it.
  • 3.NBT.A.2 Add and subtract to 1,000 fluently using place-value strategies and written methods, properties of addition, and fact-family relationships.

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3rd Grade Add and Subtract Within 1,000 Pre-Check

A check to give before the unit on adding and subtracting within 1,000, on what it builds on. Students add and subtract with base-ten blocks, add and subtract two-digit numbers in columns, use facts with hundreds and tens, and round to the nearest hundred to estimate a sum.

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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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