Number Words and Numerals

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  • Screened Number Strips and Hundred Charts

  • Google Slides      
  • Build students’ knowledge of number sequences and number charts through screening & counting. Screened Number Strips slides contain strips in various ranges (up to 1000) to target counting by 1 or 10s. Hundred charts included are 1-100, 101-200, etc. and are screened in a three different ways.    
  • Basic Video Tutorial      
  • Decade Strips Video Tutorial      
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  • Last Revised: 06/18/24    

  • Number Cards with Frames

  • Google Slides      
  • Each slide contains a choice of frames (with 3, 5 or 10 empty spaces) and various ranges of number cards. One suggested use is to place a single card in the frame, then ask a student to place the remaining cards.     
  • Video Tutorial  
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  • Last Revised: 06/18/24    

  • Before and After Strips Within 20, 30, and 100

  • Google Slides       
  • Each board contains 4 number strips with one anchor number pre-filled and the remaining cards to the right. Ask students to fill in the strips. Boards vary in number range and in the location of the anchor numbers.    
  • Video Tutorial  
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  • Last Revised: 06/18/24    

  • Decade Family Sort

  • Google Slides      
  • Build students' understanding of 2-digit numbers through sorting and sequencing activities. First, students sort number cards into decade families. Next, students sequence cards within families. These activities help students to recognize patterns both within and between decade families.     
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  • Last Revised: 06/18/24    

  • Number Reveal

  • Google Slides      
  • In this numeral identification activity, students are shown a part of a number and determine what the number could be. The first set of slides focus on numerals 1-10. The second set of slides focus on double-digit numbers.     
  • Video Tutorial  
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  • Last Revised: 5/27/21    

  • Discriminating Numerals

  • Google Slides      
  • In this activity, students are asked to sort multiple copies of 2-3 numerals. By sorting numerals that are frequently confused (such as 12 & 21 or 6 & 9), students learn about critical attributes of the written numerals and learn to distinguish between the numerals.    
  • Video Tutorial  
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  • Last Revised: 06/18/24    

  • Number Chart Puzzles

  • Google Slides       
  • In this activity, students put together a traditional 1-100 hundred chart that has been “cut apart” in 3 different ways: (1) horizontal strips, (2) vertical strips, and (3) jigsaw shapes. Also available are slides where a reverse 120 chart has been cut into vertical or horizontal strips.    
  • Video Tutorial  
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  • Last Revised: 06/18/24    

  • Arrow Cards

  • Google Slides      
  • Arrow cards support students in reading multi-digit numbers and connecting the number’s standard form to its expanded form. Some slides includes an option for quantitative imagery such as ten frame cards, bundles & sticks, or place-value discs.    
  • Video Tutorial  
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  • Last Revised: 06/18/24