1.2.C

Math1st GradeNumber and operations

The Standard

use objects, pictures, and expanded and standard forms to represent numbers up to 120

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Mathematics

Teacher's field guide

What This Standard Means

What Students Need to Do

Students build and draw a given number, then record its numeral and the value of each place. They connect hundreds, tens, and ones across each representation.

What Mastery Looks Like

Given 94 or 107, a student can build it, sketch it, and write 90 + 4 or 100 + 7. The student can match different representations of the same number.

Common Misconceptions

Students may write 46 as 4 + 6 instead of 40 + 6. They may write one hundred seven as 17 or 1007, or count a hundred block as ten.

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Show one hundred seven with a base-ten sketch, a numeral, and an addition sentence that shows each place value.

Lesson moves

Ways to Teach It

  1. Give pairs base-ten blocks and number cards. Students draw a card, build it, sketch it, then write its numeral and expanded form.

  2. Ask, “How are 83 and 38 different?” Students write two sentences using tens, ones, numeral, and expanded form.

  3. Play Match My Number with cards showing numerals, base-ten sketches, and expanded forms. Students collect sets of three matching cards.

  4. Count a classroom supply, such as 112 crayons, and have students record it with a sketch, numeral, and expanded form.

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