Counting Fun: Hundreds, Tens, and Ones!

Math Grades 1st Grade 9:06 Video
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Lesson Description

Let's learn how to count using hundreds, tens, and ones! We'll use blocks and charts to become counting superstars!

Video Resource

Grade 1: Saxon Math Lesson #126 Identifying and Counting Hundreds, Tens, and Ones

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Duration: 9:06
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Key Concepts

  • Place value: Hundreds, tens, and ones
  • Counting by ones, tens, and hundreds
  • Representing numbers with base ten blocks

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to identify and count groups of hundreds, tens, and ones.
  • Students will be able to represent numbers using base ten blocks.
  • Students will be able to count forward by ones, tens and hundreds.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by reviewing counting by ones to 20, tens to 100, and hundreds to 1000 using a hundreds chart or number line, similar to the video. Ask students what they already know about counting in different ways.
  • Video Viewing (7 mins)
    Watch the YouTube video: Grade 1: Saxon Math Lesson #126 Identifying and Counting Hundreds, Tens, and Ones. Pause at key points, such as when the teacher introduces base ten blocks or place value charts, to ask clarifying questions.
  • Base Ten Block Exploration (10 mins)
    Provide students with base ten blocks. Guide them in building numbers like 132, 245, and 317. Have them say how many hundreds, tens, and ones are in each number. For example: 132 has 1 hundred, 3 tens, and 2 ones.
  • Place Value Chart Practice (8 mins)
    Give students a place value chart (hundreds, tens, ones). Call out numbers and have them write the number in the correct place value column. Then, have them build the number using base ten blocks.
  • Wrap Up (5 mins)
    Review what they learned about hundreds, tens, and ones. Ask them to share what they found challenging or interesting about the lesson.

Interactive Exercises

  • Building Numbers Game
    Call out a number (e.g., 234). Students race to build the number using base ten blocks. The first student to correctly build the number wins a point.
  • Place Value Puzzles
    Create puzzles where students match a number (e.g., 145) with its representation in hundreds, tens, and ones (1 hundred, 4 tens, 5 ones).

Discussion Questions

  • What is the difference between counting by ones, tens, and hundreds?
  • How do base ten blocks help us understand place value?
  • Can you think of real-life situations where we count in hundreds, tens, and ones?

Skills Developed

  • Place value understanding
  • Number recognition
  • Counting skills
  • Addition

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

Which number is in the tens place in 123?

Correct Answer: 2

Question 2:

How many ones are in the number 25?

Correct Answer: 5

Question 3:

Which block shows 100?

Correct Answer: A flat square

Question 4:

If you have 3 hundreds, how much is that?

Correct Answer: 300

Question 5:

How do you count these numbers? 10, 20, 30...

Correct Answer: By tens

Question 6:

Which number shows 2 hundreds, 3 tens, and 4 ones?

Correct Answer: 234

Question 7:

How many tens are in the number 60?

Correct Answer: 6

Question 8:

What comes after 200 when counting by hundreds?

Correct Answer: 300

Question 9:

If you have 1 hundred, 2 tens, and 0 ones, what number is it?

Correct Answer: 120

Question 10:

Which of the following is a one?

Correct Answer: One Cube

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

The number 45 has 4 ______ and 5 ones.

Correct Answer: tens

Question 2:

The flat square block is worth one ______.

Correct Answer: hundred

Question 3:

When we count 10, 20, 30, we are counting by ______.

Correct Answer: tens

Question 4:

In the number 162, the 6 is in the ______ place.

Correct Answer: tens

Question 5:

The smallest block represents ______.

Correct Answer: one

Question 6:

300, 400, ______, 600. What number is missing?

Correct Answer: 500

Question 7:

A rod of ten is made up of ______ ones.

Correct Answer: 10

Question 8:

78 has ____ tens and 8 ones.

Correct Answer: 7

Question 9:

Two hundreds is the same as ______.

Correct Answer: 200

Question 10:

The value of 0 in 207 is _____.

Correct Answer: zero

Educational Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.1.NBT.B.2:Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones. Understand the following as special cases: CCSS.Math.Content.1.NBT.A.1:Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral. CCSS.Math.Content.1.NBT.C.4:Add within 100, including adding a two-digit number and a one-digit number, and adding a two-digit number and a multiple of 10, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used. Understand that in adding two-digit numbers, one adds tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose a ten.

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