LEARN NC

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

Goal 1

Number and Operations - The learner will recognize, model, and write whole numbers through 30.

Objective 1.01

Develop number sense for whole numbers through 30.

  • Connect model, number word (orally), and number, using a variety of representations.
  • Count objects in a set.
  • Read and write numerals.
  • Compare and order sets and numbers.
  • Use ordinals (1st-10th).
  • Estimate quantities fewer than or equal to 10.
  • Recognize equivalence in sets and numbers 1-10.

Resources aligned to this objective

Resources on the web

Zero Our Hero
Students explore sets of zero items and practice writing the numbers 0 through 5. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Writing numerals to five
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students construct groups of a given size, recognize the number in the group, and record that number in numerals. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Who's in the Fact Family?
Students explore the relationship of addition to subtraction. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Where Will I Land?
Students find differences using the number line, a continuous model for subtraction. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
What's the Difference?
Students use reasoning to find differences from numbers up to 10, using real and virtual calculators and an addition chart as tools. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
What's Left?
Students practice addition facts. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Try for Five
Students explore the many ways to decompose numbers and then build on their knowledge of addition and subtraction to find missing addends. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Trading for Quarters
Students listen to a book and then find sets of coins equivalent to a quarter using pennies, nickels, and dimes. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Toy Shop Numbers
Students participate in activities in which they focus on the role of numbers and language in real-world situations. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Three in a Set
Students construct sets of three, compare them with sets of two, and write the numeral 3. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Taking Away Sets
Students explore another model for subtraction, the familiar set model. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Take Away
Introduces elementary students to subtraction by creating a link between students' experiences and mathematics. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Sum Search
Students practice addition facts in a concentration-game format using dominoes. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Sorting foods
Students visit a website to play a game related to the food pyramid and sort foods using the categories of the food pyramid. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K and 2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Some Special Sums
Students practice doubles and doubles-plus-one addition facts. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
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