Parent guide · Kindergarten Math · Unit 7
Lesson 7.1 Counting by Tens
Written for the parent. Read the Say this lines aloud as they are, or in your own words. Answers for you are marked Listen for.
At a glance
- Time
- 5 sessions of 15–20 minutes
- Goal
- Count by tens to 100.
- You need
- A ten-frame (printables pack)
- The hundred chart (printables pack)
- A few real coins
- Craft sticks and rubber bands
- Blocks or cubes
- Pencil and crayons
- A King James Bible
- Worksheet A · Worksheet B · the lesson page (it also has a short video (3:09))
Steps
Do this: Ask these out loud. Your child answers out loud; no paper needed.
- Ask: “What number is ten more than 56?” Listen for: 66
- Ask: “What number is ten less than 39?” Listen for: 29
- Ask: “What number is ten less than 67?” Listen for: 57
- Ask: “What number is ten less than 75?” Listen for: 65
- Ask: “What number is ten less than 38?” Listen for: 28
Say this: “Counting by tens is fast: 10, 20, 30 … 100.”
Say this: “Each ten is a full ten-frame or a bundle of ten sticks.”
Say this: “Tens: groups of ten.”
Show: What number do the blocks show?
Say this: “3 tens = 30”
Say this: “5 ones = 5”
Say this: “30 + 5 = 35”
Answer: 35
Show: What number is ten more than 75?
Say this: “75 + 10 = 85”
Answer: 85
Do this: Your child does these with you. Let them try first; help only after a real try.
Ask: Fill in the missing number: 57, 67, 77, 87, ___
Listen for: 97
If stuck: The numbers go up by 10 each time.
Ask: Fill in the missing number: 29, 39, 49, 59, ___
Listen for: 69
If stuck: The numbers go up by 10 each time.
Ask: Fill in the missing number: 19, ___, 39, 49, 59
Listen for: 29
If stuck: The numbers go up by 10 each time.
7 more practice items on the lesson page, and on Worksheet A and Worksheet B.
- Saying “ten-ty.” After 10 comes 20.
Cover a number on the hundred chart with a coin. Your child names the hidden number and the numbers above, below, before and after it.
Say this: “Tell me what you learned today. Show me with your hands or the counters if you like.”
Listen for: Count by tens to 100.
And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
Jesus fed a great crowd with five loaves and two fish. Some numbers are so big we count them by tens and hundreds.
Count to 100 by tens and by ones (a little further each week). Count by twos to 20 and by fives to 50.
Spread over the week
5 sessions of 15–20 minutes. Stop while it is still going well.
- Session 1. Warm-up, then teach the new idea (steps 1 and 2).
- Session 2. Warm-up again, then show how with the examples.
- Session 3. Practice together, then play the game.
- Session 4. More practice on the worksheet, and the daily habit.
- Session 5. Quick check: narration and a few practice items. Move on when it is mostly right.