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Features

One number a page, in the middle of a web of eight hand-drawn boxes
Pebbles or dots, ten frames, tally marks and a number line to mark
Two different additions that make the number, and the number word
Tens and ones from 11 up, fingers to color for the small numbers
A box for each child's own way, and a question to talk about
Every page in color and in black and white
Answer keys included

Skills Covered

Show one number in many different ways
Count out a number with pebbles, dots and ten frames
Make tally marks in bundles of five

Find a number on a number line
Break a number into two parts that add to it
Show a number as tens and ones and write its word

How to Use This Pack

Six pages, one number each: 6, 9, 14, 18, 25 and 37. The number sits in a circle in the middle of the page, and the eight boxes around it each ask for a different way to show it. Children draw that many pebbles or dots, fill the ten frames (one frame for each ten), make tally marks, mark the number on a number line that runs over one ten, write two different additions that make it, write the number word and show it as tens and ones (on the pages for 6 and 9, they color that many fingers instead). The last box, My own way, is for an idea of their own: a drawing, a story, a group of things they know. The question at the bottom asks which way they like best.

In the Classroom

Set out real loose parts beside the page (pebbles, shells, buttons) so children can build the number before they draw it. Work on one number for a day or a week: fill a few boxes together, then let children choose the others. Put finished pages on the wall side by side and talk about the different ways children found for the same number, especially in My own way. A child who adds 10 + 4 and a child who adds 7 + 7 are both right, and comparing them is the best part.

At Home

Pick a number your child knows well and ask how many ways they can show it: with spoons, with claps, with fingers, with a drawing. Then do the page together. Let your child explain each box to you, and ask which way they like best and why.

Tips for Success

There is no single right answer in most boxes: any pebbles, sums or drawings that make the number are right
Fill ten frames from the left, one row at a time, and fill one frame before you start the next
Tally marks go in bundles of five: four lines and a fifth across them
On the number line, count the jumps from the first number, or start from the taller tick in the middle
Two different ways to add can be as simple as 10 + 4 and 7 + 7

Common Core Standards Alignment

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

K.OA.A.3 Break a number up to 10 into two parts several ways, recording each as a picture or equation (7 = 3 + 4).
1.NBT.B.2a See a group of ten ones as one unit called a ten.
1.NBT.B.2c Know that 10, 20, 30 and so on up to 90 mean 1 to 9 tens with no ones.
1.MD.C.4 Sort and show data in up to three groups, then answer questions about the total, each group's count, and how groups differ.
2.NBT.A.3 Read and write numbers up to 1,000 as digits, in words, and in expanded form (like 300 + 40 + 7).
2.NBT.B.7 Add and subtract to 1,000 with models and place-value strategies, working hundreds, tens and ones separately and regrouping tens or hundreds as needed.
2.MD.B.6 Show whole numbers as distances from 0 on an evenly marked number line, and show sums and differences up to 100 as jumps on it.

Many Ways to Show a Number

K – 2nd Grade

A Reggio-inspired take on the hundred languages of children: one number, from 6 up to 37, sits in the middle of eight boxes that each show it a different way. Children draw it with pebbles or dots, fill ten frames, make tally marks, mark a number line, add two ways, write the word, show tens and ones and invent a way of their own.

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What’s Included

6 worksheets in color and in black and white, with answer keys (18 pages)
One number a page, from 6 to 37, shown in eight ways
Each key shows one way in every box, and other ways are right too

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