![]() ![]() Students need to solidify their understanding of tens and ones before moving on to larger numbers. In the beginning, limit your teaching to tens and ones. Start with several kids counting by tens on their turn, then stop and switch to ones. If you want to practice this in a small group, you can have students go around the circle, with each student saying one number. Have students start by counting by 10s, then after several numbers (ex: 10, 20, 30, 40.), tell them to stop and count by 1s from the number they stopped at (41, 42, 43, 44…) Expect your students to be slow the first several times, but they will pick up speed as this becomes more familiar. ![]() Once your students are pretty solid with basic skip counting, you can introduce “stop and start counting.” This routine prepares students for switching between 10s and 1s when counting. This foundation of counting by 10s and by 1s is critical to counting base ten blocks and understanding place value.Ĭheck out this blog post for more fun ways to practice skip counting. (You might need to practice counting by 1s past 100, too.) If your students need extra practice, you can incorporate it into your morning meeting or pull a small group of students a few times a week to practice counting by tens. Weeks before you start teaching place value, practice counting by tens with your students, particularly past 100. In order to count base ten blocks, students need to be able to count by 10s and 1s, and switch easily between the two. Keep reading to learn some intentional teaching moves that will support your students as they learn about place value. Intentional teaching helps them be successful with this new math task. They have to shift from the one by one counting they have practiced for years to an understanding that “one” can actually represent ten, one hundred, or more.īut, as a teacher, there are things you can do to make this task easier for your students. ![]() It’s critical because it’s a foundation to understanding our number system, but it also presents a challenge for some children.
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