Reading and writing numbers to 120
PROCEDURALCount to 120 starting at any number less than 120; read and write numerals to 120
Mastery Evidence
- Count from 47 to 120 without errors
- Read the numeral 108 correctly
- Write the numeral for one hundred and fifteen
Assessment Prompt
“Can [child] start counting from any number up to 120 — for example, starting at 87 and counting up to 120 without losing track?”
Curriculum Standards1 alignment
1.NBT.1Common Core State Standards for MathematicsCount to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral.
Prerequisites2
- Rote counting to 100hardAges 5—6
- Reading and writing numbers to 100hardAges 5—6
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- Reading and writing numbers to 100 hard
Counting and reading/writing to 120 extends from reading/writing numerals to 100
- Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard
Reading/writing numerals to 100 extends from reading/writing numerals to 20
- How Many in Total? hard
Reading/writing numerals 0–20 requires understanding that numerals represent quantities (cardinality)
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Writing digits 0-9 hard
Writing numerals requires the motor skill of forming digits 0-9 (taught in English handwriting)
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