Activity Cards
A Group of 10
and leftovers
TOPIC:
Early Place Value
MATERIALS:
Individual bags of Beans, Toothpicks,
Washers, paperclips, buttons (anything
students can count) – Put between 11
and 19 of an item in each bag
TASK:
Students dump the items in their bag
and are asked to create A group of ten
and investigate the number of
“leftovers.”
Van de Walle: PG 130 *adapted
for Kindergarten
Groups of 10
TOPIC:
Early Place Value
MATERIALS:
Individual bags of Beans, Toothpicks,
Washers, paperclips, buttons (anything
students can count)
TASK:
Students dump the items in their bag
and are asked to create groups of ten.
They record the number of groups they
can make and the “leftovers.”
Van de Walle: PG 130
Estimating Groups
of Tens & Ones
TOPIC:
Early Place Value
MATERIALS:
Toothpicks, paperclips, interlocking
cubes
TASK:
Students estimate and then measure
the length of various things. They
count the measurement in ones and
by groups of 10.
Van de Walle: PG 132
Base-Ten Riddles
TOPIC:
Place Value
MATERIALS:
Base-ten materials
Base-ten riddles on cards
Present a group of students a baseten riddle and ask them to solve.
TASK:
Van de Walle: PG 134
Counting Rows of 10
TOPIC:
Place Value
MATERIALS:
10x10 array of dots on smartboard or
overhead
Introduce the concept of “20,” “30,”
and so on. Uncover rows and parts of
rows and have student identify the
number of dots.
TASK:
Van de Walle: PG 134-135
Adding w/Rows of 10
TOPIC:
Using Place Value to Add/Subtract
Multiples of 10
MATERIALS:
10x10 array of dots on smartboard or
overhead
TASK:
Model a number using the 10x10 grid
(e.g. to model 43 uncover 4 tens and 3
ones). Once students name the number,
uncover ten more dots and ask what
number is shown. You could also cover
ten dots at a time.
Van de Walle: PG 135 *adapted
Tens, Ones & Fingers
TOPIC:
Place Value
MATERIALS:
Students (and their fingers)
TASK:
Ask students for different ways to
show 6 fingers, 8 fingers, etc. Then
ask them, “how can we show 37
fingers?” Emphasize the number of
sets of ten fingers and the “leftovers.”
Van de Walle: PG 136-137
More and Less on the
Hundreds Chart
TOPIC:
MATERIALS:
TASK:
Place Value & Adding/Subtracting
Multiples of 10
A Blank Hundreds Chart
Fill in one number for students and
have them fill in it’s neighbors (left,
right, below and above). Repeat for
various numbers.
Van de Walle: PG 139
Models with the
Hundreds Chart A
TOPIC:
MATERIALS:
TASK:
Place Value & Adding/Subtracting
Multiples of 10
A Hundreds Chart
Place-Value Models
Give students one or more numbers
to make with the models and then
find on the chart. Use groups of 2 or
3 numbers in the same row or
column.
Van de Walle: PG 139
Models with the
Hundreds Chart B
TOPIC:
Place Value & Adding/Subtracting
Multiples of 10
MATERIALS: A Hundreds Chart
Place-Value Models
TASK:
Have students make ALL of the
numbers in a specific row or column.
How are the numbers in the row (or
column) the same? How are the
different? What happens at the
end of each row?
Van de Walle: PG 139
Models with the
Hundreds Chart C
TOPIC:
MATERIALS:
TASK:
Place Value & Adding/Subtracting
Multiples of 10
A Hundreds Chart
Place-Value Models
Indicate a number on the chart and
have students model. What would
you have to change to make each of
its neighbors (the numbers to the left,
right, above and below)?
Van de Walle: PG 139
Modeling with Cubes
TOPIC:
Place Value (in numbers up to 19)
MATERIALS:
Baggies, Unifix or Interlocking cubes
TASK:
Students are given one rod of 10
interlocked cubes and 10 free cubes
and are asked to model a number
between 11 and 19. They then will
record their results in ten-frames.
Adapted from Illuminations
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L548
Rolling Up to 100
TOPIC:
Place Value
MATERIALS:
2 dice, base-ten blocks
TASK:
Students take turns rolling a set of
dice and get the number of blocks
they roll from the “bank” each turn.
They will exchange groups of 10
blocks for a rod of 10 as needed. The
first student with 10 rods of 10
(100 blocks) wins!
Rolling Down to 100
TOPIC:
Place Value
MATERIALS:
2 dice, base-ten blocks
TASK:
Students are given a 10 rods (100
blocks) and take turns rolling a set of
dice. They give the number of blocks
they roll to the “bank” each turn.
They will exchange rods of 10 for
blocks for individual blocks as needed.
The first student to get rid of
all of their blocks wins!
Literature Connection
TOPIC:
Place Value
TASK:
There are many different books that
offer rich connections to place value.
Some include:
- Earth Day Hooray
- Can You Count to a Googol
- More Thank One
- Math Fables