Above & Beyond!
Sample Lessons

Paper Plates: Unit 1, Lesson 25
(Activity sheet for this lesson)
Description: Students use 1-blocks to count block drawings pasted on paper plates. 
Objectives:
• Counting to 10 using concrete objects
• Use blocks to count drawings of blocks

Matching Blocks and Bills: Unit 2, Lesson 18 
(Activity sheet for this lesson)
Description: Students equate 1-blocks with $1 bills and blocks-of-10 with $10 bills.
Objectives:
 •  Understand the relationship between $1 bills and $10 bills
 •  Make the connection between 1-blocks/$1 bills and blocks-of-10/$10 bills

 Collecting "Tens": Unit 2, Lesson 19
(Activity sheet for this lesson)
Description: Students collect tens in blocks and bills by packing blocks and trading bills.
Objectives:
 •  Understand the relationship between $1 bills and $10 bills
 •  Trade ten $1 bills for one $10 bill

 Modeling up to 100 on the Place Value Mat: Unit 3, Lesson 78
(Activity sheet for this lesson)
Description: Given a whole number through 99 and a collection of 1-blocks, students build a block model of the number. Then, they reverse the digits and build a model of the second number. 
Objectives:
 •  For numbers 20-99, associate count, number name, number symbol and place value meaning
 •  Model 1-99 on the place value mat

 Switching Digits: Unit 3: Lesson 83
(Activity sheet for this lesson)
Description: Students compare digits for numbers under 100 when the digits are reversed. 
Objectives:
 •  Order and compare numbers 0-99
 •  Compare two numbers (no more than two digits) from their numeral representations

 "Packing" Coins and Bills: Unit 4, Lesson 9
(Activity sheet for this lesson)
Description: Given a collection of bills, dimes, and pennies, students “pack” pennies, dimes, and dollars to determine the amount of money in the collection.
Objectives:
 •  Associate number name, number symbol and place value meaning for dimes and pennies
 •  Given a collection of $1 bills, dimes and pennies, determine the correct value

 War!: Unit 4, Lesson 11
(Activity sheet for this lesson)
Description: Students play War to compare amounts of money up to $99.99. 
Objectives:
 •  Compare and order amounts of money up to $100
 •  Compare two amounts of money up to $100

 Number Line Locations: Unit 4, Lesson 13
(Activity sheet for this lesson)
Description: Students are introduced to a “money number line” drawn in intervals of tenths and use it to locate numbers (given in tenths) under $100.
Objectives:
 •  Compare and order amounts of money up to $100
 •  Locate numbers (given in tenths) under $100 on a money number line divided into dime-intervals