Numbers 1-120 place value activities for your 1st grade math centers! WOW, there are 20+ of them! The Numbers 1-120 Place Value | 1st Grade Math Centers pack gets every child excited to learn about numbers with a wide variety of hands-on activities, from scoop and count mats and clip cards to Connect 4! games, War games and I Have...Who Has? card games.

Place value is the idea that a digit's value depends on where it sits in a number, so the 3 in 32 stands for 3 tens. Children count, build and write numbers all the way to 120 while they see how tens and ones fit together. All activities are provided in both color and black and white, so you can enjoy this pack no matter what your printing abilities are.

With this numbers 1-120 place value pack, you get

• 20+ hands-on place value activities for 1st grade math centers
• Scoop and count mats, build a number mats and Flip it, Write it, Make it mats
• Connect 4!, Cover Up!, War and I Have...Who Has? games for group play
• Clip cards, puzzles, sorting mats and missing number practice
• Every activity in color and in black and white

Print your favorites and your place value centers are ready to go!

What's Included

• 20+ numbers 1-120 place value activities, each in color and in black and white:
  • 5 Scoop & Count Mats
  • Count and Write Place Value Cards
  • 2 Sets of Place Value Clip Cards
  • Place Value Cards
  • Place Value Circle Cards
  • Place Value Puzzles
  • 2 Place Value Matching Games
  • 5 Place Value Cover Up! Sets
  • 3 Connect 4! Place Value Games
  • 2 Place Value Sorting Mats and Cards
  • Missing Number Strips
  • 2 Place Value "War" Games
  • Counting Grid Game
  • 2 I Have...Who Has? Place Value Card Games
  • 2 Sets of Flip it, Write it, Make it Mats and Cards
  • 3 What's Missing Mats
  • 2 Build a Number Place Value Mats and Cards

Why Teachers Love It

• A full unit of place value centers: With 20+ activities, you have fresh practice with numbers to 120 for whole-group, small-group and center time.
• Hands-on and visual: Scoop and count mats and build a number mats let children see and build tens and ones.
• Plenty of game play: Connect 4!, Cover Up!, War, matching and I Have...Who Has? games keep place value practice playful.
• Whole-class options: The I Have...Who Has? card games get the whole group listening and taking part.
• Print-friendly: Every activity comes in color and in black and white.
• Easy to rotate: With so many formats, you can change your centers often and keep children excited about numbers.

Skills Students Practice

Primary Academic Skills

• Counting to 120: Counting grids, missing number strips and What's Missing mats give practice with the counting sequence all the way to 120.
• Tens and ones: Children see that the two digits of a two-digit number stand for tens and ones.
• Building numbers: Scoop and count mats and build a number mats let children show a number with groups of tens and ones.
• Reading and writing numerals: Count and write cards and Flip it, Write it, Make it mats connect quantities to written numbers.
• Comparing numbers: Place value War games ask children to decide which number is greater.
• Number recognition: Clip cards, puzzles and matching games build quick recognition of numbers to 120.

Secondary Life & Learning Skills

• Taking turns
• Listening to classmates
• Following directions
• Using mathematical language
• Working independently
• Waiting during group play

How to Use It

Step 1: Choose the activities you want for the week and print them in color or in black and white.

Step 2: Model building a few numbers with the whole group or a small group using the build a number mats or the Flip it, Write it, Make it mats.

Step 3: Move the clip cards, puzzles, Connect 4! games, Cover Up! sets and War games into your math centers. Save the I Have...Who Has? card games for whole-group review.

Easy Differentiation

First graders come to place value with different levels of confidence. These activities are easy to adjust so every child can grow.

For Children Who Need More Support

• Start with the scoop and count mats and smaller numbers
• Count together while touching each ten and each one
• Use the counting grid game before the missing number strips
• Work through a few clip cards together before children try them on their own

For On-Level Practice

• Complete the place value clip cards and puzzles in centers
• Play the matching games and Connect 4! games with a partner
• Sort cards with the place value sorting mats
• Fill in the What's Missing mats

For an Extra Challenge

• Work with larger numbers up to 120
• Play the place value War games and explain which number is greater
• Complete the Flip it, Write it, Make it mats on their own
• Lead a round of I Have...Who Has?

For Speech, OT, ELL or Special Education Support

• Practice math words such as tens, ones, greater and less
• Use a short sentence frame such as "___ has ___ tens and ___ ones."
• Use the clip cards and scoop and count mats for fine motor practice
• Print in black and white for a less busy page
• Give extra processing time and model each activity first

Perfect For

• 1st grade math centers
• Small groups
• Partner games
• Whole-group review
• RTI and intervention
• Early finishers
• Substitute plans
• Homeschool

Standards

These place value activities support 1st grade math standards in Common Core, the TEKS (Math, adopted 2012) and the Virginia Math SOL (2023):

Common Core State Standards

• CCSS 1.NBT.A.1: Count to 120, starting at any number, and read and write numerals in this range.
• CCSS 1.NBT.B.2: Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number stand for amounts of tens and ones.
• CCSS 1.NBT.B.3: Compare two two-digit numbers based on the meanings of the tens and ones digits.

Texas TEKS

• TEKS Math 1.2.B: Compose and decompose numbers up to 120 in more than one way as hundreds, tens and ones.
• TEKS Math 1.2.C: Use objects, pictures and standard forms to represent numbers up to 120.
• TEKS Math 1.2.E: Use place value to compare whole numbers up to 120 using comparative language.
• TEKS Math 1.5.A: Recite numbers forward from any given number between 1 and 120.

Virginia SOL

• VA SOL Math 1.NS.1.a: Count forward by ones from 0 to 120, starting at any number.
• VA SOL Math 1.NS.2: Describe the number of tens and ones in a two-digit number and compare two numbers between 0 and 120.

Add the Numbers 1-120 Place Value | 1st Grade Math Centers pack to your cart and have 20+ hands-on place value activities ready for your math block. Print, play and watch your first graders build number sense all the way to 120!

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