Virginia SOL 1.NS.2.f
The Standard
Order three sets, each set containing up to 120 objects, from least to greatest, and greatest to least.
Virginia Standards of Learning for Mathematics · The student will represent, compare, and order quantities up to 120.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students count the objects in three groups and compare the totals. They arrange the groups from smallest count to largest, and then reverse the order.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student counts each group accurately, records each total, and places all three in the requested order. The student uses the counts, not object size or spacing, to explain the order.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may judge a group by the size of its objects or how spread out they are instead of counting. They may confuse least with greatest or overlook groups with equal totals.
How to Assess It
- Give students three picture cards showing 38, 64, and 51 counters. Ask them to label each total and arrange the cards in both directions.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs three bags of counters; students count, label, and line up the bags from least to greatest, then reverse them.
Show three pictured groups and ask, “Which belongs in the middle, and how do you know?”
Play Order It: teams draw three number cards, build matching cube towers, and score a point for placing them correctly.
Compare three classroom supply bins by counting the items, then decide which needs restocking first and explain why.
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