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Objective 20 Uses number concepts and operations
a. Counts
Not Yet
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Verbally counts (not always in
the correct order)
• Says, “One, two, ten,” as she
pretends to count
Verbally counts to 10; counts up
to five objects accurately, using
one number name for each
object
• Counts to ten when playing
“Hide and Seek”
• Counts out four scissors and
puts them at the table
Verbally counts to 20; counts
10–20 objects accurately;
knows the last number states
how many in all; tells what
number (1–10) comes next in
order by counting
• Counts to twenty while walking
across room
• Counts ten plastic worms and
says, “I have ten worms.”
• When asked, “What comes after
six?” says, “One, two, three,
four, five, six, seven…seven.”
Uses number names while
counting to 100; counts 30
objects accurately; tells what
number comes before and after
a specified number up to 20
• Counts twenty-eight steps to
the cafeteria
• When asked what comes after
fifteen, says “Sixteen.”
b. Quantifies
Not Yet
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Demonstrates understanding
of the concepts of one, two,
and more
• Says, “More apple,” to
indicate he wants more pieces
than given
• Takes two crackers when
prompted, “Take two
crackers.”
Recognizes and names the
number of items in a small set
(up to five) instantly; combines
and separates up to five objects
and describes the parts
• Looks at the sand table
and says instantly, without
counting, “There are three
children at the table.”
• Says, “I have four cubes. Two
are red, and two are blue.”
• Puts three bunnies in the box
with the two bears. Counts and
says, “Now I have five.”
Makes sets of 6–10 objects and
then describes the parts; identifies
which part has more, less, or the
same (equal); counts all or counts
on to find out how many
• Says, “I have eight big buttons,
and you have eight little buttons.
We have the same.”
• Tosses ten puff balls at the
hoop. When three land outside
she says, “More went inside.”
• Puts two dominoes together,
says, “Five dots,” and counts
on “Six, seven, eight. Eight
dots all together.”
Uses a variety of strategies
(counting objects or fingers,
counting on, or counting back)
to solve problems with more
than 10 objects
• Uses ladybug counters to
solve the problem, “You had
eight ladybugs. Two flew away.
How many ladybugs are left?”
• Says, “I have ten cars. I left
two at Grandma’s, so now I
have ten, nine, eight left.”
• Uses two-sided counters to
determine different number
combinations for fourteen