Rafi's Hanukkah Mystery Picture: a blue dreidel and gold coins behind two question-mark tiles, with Rafi the bear cub cheering

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Rafi's Hanukkah Mystery Picture: Tens and Ones

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Rafi the bear cub has a Hanukkah mystery picture hidden under nine tiles. Each right answer lifts one tile. Students read base-ten blocks (tens rods and ones cubes), turn "4 tens and 9 ones" into 49, name the tens and ones digits of a two-digit number, and finish with a tricky "8 ones and 2 tens". Every direction is read aloud, and each wrong answer gets a short spoken hint that teaches the place-value idea. Built for first grade; works for K–2.

Lesson details

Grade level
Grades K–2
Standards
  • 1.NBT.B.2
  • 1.NBT.B.2.a
  • 1.NBT.B.2.b
  • 1.NBT.B.2.c
Length
10 scenes, 9 questions
What students do
  • Multiple choice
Audio
Includes audio
Scoring
Includes scored questions
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What's included

  • 9 place-value questions, each lifting a tile off a mystery picture
  • Base-ten block, word-form and digit questions
  • Read-aloud directions and spoken hints for every question

Learning objectives

  • Read a two-digit number from tens rods and ones cubes
  • Write the number for a count of tens and ones, in either order
  • Name the tens digit and the ones digit of a two-digit number

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