LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 1

Number and Operations - The learner will read, write, model, and compute with whole numbers through 999.

Objective 1.01

Develop number sense for whole numbers through 999.

  • Connect model, number word, and number using a variety of representations.
  • Read and write numbers.
  • Compare and order.
  • Rename.
  • Estimate.
  • Use a variety of models to build understanding of place value (ones, tens, hundreds).

Resources aligned to this objective

Resources on the web

Shirts Full of Buttons
Students explore subtraction in the comparative mode by answering questions such as “How many more?” and “How many less?” as they match sets of buttons. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Seeing Doubles
Students focus on dominoes with the same number of spots on each side and on the related addition facts. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Recording Two Ways
Students make sets of pasta shapes and count some away, then record the subtraction in vertical and horizontal formats. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Pyramid Power
Students make sets of a given number, explore relationships between numbers, and write numbers that name how many elements are in a group. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Practice Makes Perfect
Students focus on differences of numbers from 10. Students use a real or virtual calculator and play a concentration game. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Plenty of Practice
Students construct a bulletin board display that focuses on sums of 9, 10, 11, and 12. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Order, Order
Students seriate objects and review the meaning of ordinal numbers. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
One, Two, Three--Go
Students compare sets of one, two, and three objects, and then record a set of three in chart form. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Numbers Many Ways
Students work with subtraction at the intuitive level as they explore number families and ways to decompose numbers to 10. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Number Cents: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students discuss and model prices, review the money words they've learned, and play games to facilitate continuing practice. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
More or less estimator
This activity allows the user to estimate quantities and sizes including the number of objects in a set, the lengths of a curve, and the area of a shape (Learn more)
Format: activity/lesson plan (grade K–12 Mathematics)
Provided by: Shodor
More and More Buttons
Students use buttons to create, model, and record addition sentences. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Making Glyphs
Students learn a powerful way to display data-using a glyph. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Making Change
Students model prices mentioned in a children's book. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Macaroni Math: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students apply the mathematical knowledge and skills developed in the previous lessons as they play a new game. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Lost buttons
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students investigate subtraction more directly, beginning with the easier “take away” mode. They model “take away” subtraction with buttons and write subtraction sentences.... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Links Away: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students review the models for subtraction, use the properties of subtraction, and memorize subtraction facts. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Let's Learn Those Facts: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students display their knowledge of properties of objects for sorting and creating patterns. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Let's Count to 5: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students review the numbers they have learned during this unit by creating and comparing sets of zero to five objects and writing the cardinal number for each set. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Let's Count to 20: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students use ten frames and connecting cubes to explore sets of 10 to 20. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics