Place Value Game Puzzles - Place Value Tens and Ones 1.NBT.2

Looking for a fun teaching idea for place value of 2 digit numbers? Well look no further as Place Value Tens and Ones Game Puzzles, for CCSS 1.NBT.2, will serve as an exciting lesson for 1st grade elementary school classrooms. This is a great resource for a math center rotation, review exercise, small group work and for an intervention or remediation. It can be also used as an assessment tool to help determine student mastery of the learning target. Whether a student is homeschooled or given this as a homework assignment, students will also love working on these at home to improve their skills.

This monkey themed puzzle set includes 24 jigsaw puzzles, answer key, and an optional station instruction page with an example. These come as pdf printable sheets that can be printed on card stock and laminated for long-term use. As a suggestion, store them in a sealable gallon storage bag and place them in a tub or bin for students to use throughout the year when they finish early. It covers determining the number of tens and ones in a two-digit number and uses pictures of base ten blocks. By matching the puzzle pieces to solve the problems, students can gain confidence in an important and sometimes challenging skill. Your students will love to practice using the method of base ten blocks to decompose a 2 digit number into tens and ones!

I hope you download and enjoy this engaging hands-on manipulative activity with your students!

Relevant Common Core Standard 1.NBT.B.2
Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones.