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Features

  • Five questions to read aloud before the unit starts
  • Count by tens and count by ones, writing the missing numbers
  • Count on from a number, and count over a ten
  • Finish a hundreds chart puzzle piece
  • A small picture beside each question number, so the teacher can say "find the sun"
  • A Score line, to see where each child starts
  • Answer key names the lesson each question leads into

Skills Covered

  • Count by tens
  • Count by ones
  • Count on from any number
  • Count over a ten
  • Finish a hundreds chart puzzle piece

How to Use This Pack

One page to give before the first lesson of the unit on counting to 100, to see what children already know. Read each of its five questions aloud: a small picture beside each question number (a sun, a moon, a car) lets you say "Find the sun. Count by tens." Children count by tens and write the missing numbers, count by ones in the forties, count on from 23, count on from 38 over the next ten, and fill in a piece of the hundreds chart. 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 to a small group at a table before the first lesson, reading one question at a time and waiting until everyone is done. Then sort the children by what they missed: a child who cannot yet count by tens needs to count bundles or full ten frames in the first lessons, and one who stops at a ten ("thirty-nine, thirty-ten") needs to count over the tens on a hundreds chart. A low score at the start is no surprise; it shows where to begin.

At Home

Use it to see what your child knows before the unit on counting to 100 starts. Read each question aloud and let your child count out loud, pointing to each box.

Tips for Success

  • Give it before the first lesson, not after
  • Read every question aloud; children answer by writing numbers in boxes
  • Say the picture first: "Find the moon," then the question
  • Let children count out loud: hearing "39, 40" helps them over a ten
  • Read the score as a starting point, not a grade

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.
  • K.CC.A.2 Keep counting upward from a number other than 1, within the numbers already known.

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Kindergarten Counting to 100 Pre-Check

A read-aloud check to give before the unit on counting to 100, to see what children already know. Children count by tens and by ones, count on from a number, count over a ten and finish a piece of the hundreds chart.

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What’s Included

  • A one-page pre-check to read aloud (5 questions) with a Score line
  • An answer key that names each question's lesson and skill (2 pages in all)
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