Teen Numbers can be extremley tricky for our little kinders. It can also be a tricky topic to teach. I know it was tricky for me when I first started teaching. I have read countless blogs, searched up and down on TPT, watched teaching videos, and I have finally found a way that I now love to teach those pesky TEEN NUMBERS!!
To begin with, we started by counting out 11 counters on a single ten frame. You can use any type of manipulative. (I have been preparing for our Fall fundraiser so I didn't get to creative. Insert sad face!!) After counting out 11 counters we realized that creating 11 means we will have one full ten frame and one extra counter.
At that point, I generated an idea into my kinders little minds....How does the number 11 resemble our ONE full ten frame and the ONE extra counter? I am not going to fib...Some students did not catch on as fast, but as soon as the did....BAM! The light switch had been turned on.
We were successfully on our way to discovering how teen numbers work (and place value)! We focused on one number a day. I have included the schedule that we used in our classroom.
This is only a suggested schedule. Depending on your learners, you could stretch this schedule out or compress it.
Week 1: 11, 12, 13, & review
Week 2: 14, 15, 16, & review 11-16
Week 3: 17, 18, 19, 20, & review
Week 4: Review of numbers 1-20
Resources that my Kindergarten team and I used:
Moffatt Girls - Numbers 1-20
Latoya Reed - This packet is wonderful to attach to morning work or a dry erase center
Miss Campos - This is a wonderful resource to assess students. Students could use stamps, bingo "dabbers", stickers, dry erase sleeve, etc.
Kindergarten Smarts - I used this in dry erase sleeves & students created numbers using play dough (yes, play dough!!) They absolutely loved it!!
Bama Girl in a Kinder World - This is my very own packet in a Christmas theme! :)
These are only a few of the resources that my kinders used to practice number recognition, identification, and one-to-one correspondence. I hope my insight can assist you in your Kindergarten classroom:) Please leave any suggestions, I am open to any new ideas!!
