Count by Tens

This Fluency Activity is a part of the Lesson 13, Unit 1, Grade 1. Providing students with ongoing counting practice throughout the year builds and maintains their counting skills, which are foundational for later Grade 1 work with adding and subtracting tens. Use the tens from your 5-group cards as a visual while students count by tens, first the regular way and then the Say Ten Way. Next, show students a 3 card and add 10 cards to count on by tens the Say Ten Way, starting at three. Repeat, starting at various numbers between 1 and 9.