Name:____________________________________ Teacher:_________________ Date:________ HLA- K

Section 1: Counting Cardinality, Number Sense, Object Counting

Materials: Have 5 bags/containers with the following numbers of counters placed in them.
Directions:
Administer individually. Use a different color pen during each administration.
Place the specified number of counters in front of the student.
Tell the student, Count to tell how many.
Watch for one-to-one correspondence (if student touches one object for each number name).
Use a different color pen for each administration. Listen for stable order and record if the student
demonstrated counting with the correct number sequence.
Ask, How many counters do you have? If student needs to re-count, they do not have cardinality.
If the student answers correctly, move to the next number set and repeat the above procedures.

Question MCCRS Number of Counters Shown Correct Notes Total

Correct
A. K.CC.B.4 2 ____ One-to-one 1st ___
B. K.CC.B.5 5
C. 10 ____ Stable Order 2nd___
D. 15
E. 20 ____ Cardinality 3rd___

Section 2: High Leverage Assessment Questions

Materials: 5 blue, 6 red, and 7 white unifix/connecting cubes, multilink cubes, tiles etc.
Directions:
This portion of the assessment will be administered individually.
Give the student the collection of all the colored objects.
Then ask the questions below and record if the student responded correctly.

Question MCCRS Question Correct Notes Total

Correct
F. K.CC.B.4 Ask the student, How many st
1 ___
K.CC.B.5 cubes are there altogether? ____ One-to-one
G. Say to the student, Sort the 2nd___
cubes into groups by color. ____ Stable Order
H. K.CC.C.6 Tell the student to point to the 3rd___
group that has the most. ____ Cardinality
I. Tell the student to point to the
group that has the fewest or
least.
J. Say to the student, Put the
groups in order from least to
most.
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A.
Directions:
Pick one of these number sentences below to solve.
Solve it.
Show how you know youre right using numbers, pictures, and/or words.

16 + 15 47 + 10 81 + 29
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B.
Directions:
Pick one of the problems below to solve.
Solve it.
Show how you know youre right using numbers, pictures, and/or words.

33-10 102- 10 74- 23

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C.
Sam went to the store and got 26 oranges.
She put the oranges in bags.
Each bag holds 10 oranges.

Does she have enough oranges to fill 2 bags?

Show or explain how you know.

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1. Solve and show all of your work.

154 + 227=__________

2. Jake and Mark each have sticker collections.

Jake has 158 stickers and Mark has 83 stickers.

Who has more stickers, Jake or Mark? _______________

How many more stickers does he have? _____________

Show your thinking.

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3. Maria wants to know how many students are in the second grade at this
school.
Room A has 23 students.
Room B has 19 students.
Room C has 27 students.
How many second graders are there in all? Show your thinking.

4. Solve and show all of your work.

742 - 428= ___________

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1. Solve the following equation. Then, write a story problem for a friend to solve.

3 x 8 = _____________

My story problem for 3 x 8:

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2. Solve this equation. Then write a story problem for a friend to solve.

28 4= _____________

My story problem for 28 4 :

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3. There is a tree outside this window. How many windowpanes are in this window? How
do you know? Explain your thinking using numbers, sketches, and or words.

4. This year Mrs. Button has 30 students in her class. Her classroom has 6 tables.
How many students will sit at each table if all of the tables have the same number of
students?
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1. Four friends are going to a concert. The group needs to pay a total of $256 for the tickets.
If all friends need to pay the same amount, how much does each friend need to pay? Show
your thinking.

2. Sam can choose to get paid $20 per day for seven days or get paid $2 on the first day and
double his pay each day for a seven days? Which pay should Sam choose? Show how you
decided Sams best choice.
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3. Coastal Elementary is laying new carpet in their library. The room is 25 feet long and 35
feet wide. If carpet is $2.00 for each square foot, how much will it cost to carpet the Coastal
Elementary library?

4. Mrs. Smiths class is melting crayons to make candles. She already has 4 boxes with 16
crayons in each. She bought 5 boxes with 24 crayons in each. She needs 200 crayons for the
art project. Does she have enough crayons?
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1. Cindy left her house and walked south of a mile to the store.


Then, she continued walking south of a mile to the park.

Did she walk more than a mile in total? Prove your answer.

2. If Cindy walked the same path back to her house from the park, how far did she walk
altogether? Show your thinking.
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3. Jamie bought a box of cereal that had 3 cups of cereal.

Today he ate cups for breakfast.

How much does he have left?

4. If Jamie eats the same amount of cereal every morning, how many days will his box of
cereal last? Show your thinking.