Virginia SOL K.NS.2.b
The Standard
Construct a set of objects that corresponds to a given numeral within 30, including an empty set.
Virginia Standards of Learning for Mathematics · The student will identify, represent, and compare quantities up to 30.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students build a group of objects to match a numeral from 0 to 30. They use one object for each count and make no objects for zero.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student sees a numeral and builds a set with exactly that many objects. The student leaves the set empty for zero and recounts to check.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may count an object twice or skip objects while building a set. Some think zero means one object or confuse numerals such as 12 and 21.
How to Assess It
- Show each student one numeral card from 1 to 30 and a zero card. Ask the student to build each set with counters.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Students draw numeral cards from 0 to 30 and place the matching number of buttons on a counting mat.
Show a numeral and ask, “How would you prove your set has the right number of objects?”
Partners play Build It, taking turns drawing numeral cards, making sets with cubes, and checking each other’s counts.
Set up a pretend snack table where students place the requested number of plates, cups, or crackers for each numeral card.
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Related Standards
- K.NS.2.c
Determine and write the numeral that corresponds to the total number of objects in a given set of 30 or fewer concrete objects or pictorial models.
- K.NS.2.e
Given a numeral up to 30, construct a set which has more, fewer, or the same number of objects using concrete or pictorial models.
- K.NS.2.d
Given a set of up to 30 objects, construct another set which has more, fewer, or the same number of objects using concrete or pictorial models.
- K.NS.1.a
Use one-to-one correspondence to determine how many are in a given set containing 30 or fewer concrete objects (e.g., cubes, pennies, balls), and describe the l...
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