Kindergarten through Grade 3

Unit Checks: Before and After Each Unit

A unit check is two short paper checks made from a unit's own worksheets. Give Check A before you teach the unit and Check B after it. Both ask the same kinds of tasks with different numbers, words, and pictures, so you can see what changed.

37 unit checksTwo forms for each unit

Each one is a classroom check of a unit's lessons. It is not a standardized test, and its points are not a grade.

Kindergarten

Math

  1. Position Words, Size, and Patterns: unit check

    5 parts · 6 tasks · 3 pages per form

    Parts: Position words · Find every one like it · Biggest and tallest · Put them in order by size · What comes next?

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  2. Counting to 10: unit check

    9 parts · 14 tasks · 4 pages per form

    Parts: Write the numbers 0 to 9 · Count and write how many · Make a group of that many · Still the same number · How many? Look fast · Match them up: more, fewer, or the same · More and fewer · One more, one less · Which number is greater?

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  3. Shapes All Around: unit check

    5 parts · 8 tasks · 3 pages per form

    Parts: Name the shape · Count the sides · Flat or solid? · Name the solid shapes · Build shapes from pieces

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  4. Counting in Order to 20: unit check

    5 parts · 8 tasks · 2 pages per form

    Parts: Write the numbers 11 to 20 · Count and write how many: up to 20 · Before, after, and counting back · Count on from a number · First, second, third

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  5. Sorting, Tallies, and the Days of the Week: unit check

    3 parts · 4 tasks · 2 pages per form

    Parts: Count each kind · Tally marks · Take a good guess

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  6. Adding and Taking Away Within 10: unit check

    5 parts · 6 tasks · 2 pages per form

    Parts: How many altogether? · Take away: how many are left? · Adding stories: some more come · Take-away stories: some go away · Put-together stories: how many in all?

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  7. Number Bonds and Partners of 10: unit check

    6 parts · 6 tasks · 3 pages per form

    Parts: Number bonds to 5 and to 10 · Take apart 8 and 9 · How many more to make 10? · Partners of 10 · Add and subtract to color · Odd or even?

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

Reading and writing

  1. Letters and Handwriting: unit check

    5 parts · 9 tasks · 2 pages per form

    Parts: Find the letter · Uppercase and lowercase letters · Write the letters · The alphabet in order · Trace and write words

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  2. Hearing Sounds in Words: unit check

    5 parts · 14 tasks · 2 pages per form

    Parts: Clap the syllables · Beginning sounds · Ending sounds and middle sounds · Say it slowly: one sound, one box · Build the word

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  3. First Words to Read: unit check

    4 parts · 7 tasks · 2 pages per form

    Parts: Match words to pictures · Sight words · One and many · A or an?

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  4. Sorting, Opposites, and Story Order: unit check

    3 parts · 4 tasks · 2 pages per form

    Parts: Sort into groups · Opposites · First, next, last

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

Grade 1

Math

  1. Addition and Subtraction Within 10: unit check

    7 parts · 11 tasks · 3 pages per form

    Parts: Add two groups · Take away: how many are left? · Partners that make 10 · Count on and count back on a number line · Fact families to 10 · Find the missing number · Fact fluency within 10

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  2. Doubles, Three Addends, and Addition Pyramids: unit check

    7 parts · 11 tasks · 4 pages per form

    Parts: Doubles and halves · Near doubles · Make ten to add · Think addition to subtract · Odd and even numbers · Add three groups · Addition pyramids (number walls)

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  3. Story Problems Within 20: unit check

    5 parts · 5 tasks · 2 pages per form

    Parts: Word problems within 10 · Find the missing part · What happened in the middle? · How many more? How many fewer? · Stories with three numbers

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  4. Tens and Ones: unit check

    6 parts · 8 tasks · 2 pages per form

    Parts: Teen numbers: one ten and some ones · Count the tens: 10 to 90 · Tens and ones · Number words · Compare and order two-digit numbers · Number of the day

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  5. Adding Within 100: unit check

    5 parts · 8 tasks · 2 pages per form

    Parts: Add tens to a number · Subtract tens from tens · Add ones to a two-digit number · Add two two-digit numbers: tens with tens, ones with ones · Add two two-digit numbers and make a new ten

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  6. Time, Calendar, and Coins: unit check

    5 parts · 7 tasks · 3 pages per form

    Parts: Draw the clock hands · Match the clocks · Yesterday, today, tomorrow, and the months · Ordinal numbers to tenth · Count coins

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  7. Shapes, Measuring, and Graphs: unit check

    8 parts · 10 tasks · 3 pages per form

    Parts: What makes a shape that shape? · Measure length with squares · No gaps, no overlaps · Sort into three groups · Sort, count, and read a picture graph · Read and make a bar graph · Patterns: two are missing · Equal shares: fair or not?

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

Reading and writing

  1. Sounds, Spelling, and Syllables: unit check

    3 parts · 7 tasks · 2 pages per form

    Parts: Word families · Sound boxes · Spell the picture word

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  2. Reading Sentences and Stories: unit check

    4 parts · 4 tasks · 2 pages per form

    Parts: Fill in the missing word · Unscramble the sentence · Who, what, where · What happens next?

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  3. Words and How They Work: unit check

    8 parts · 11 tasks · 4 pages per form

    Parts: ABC order · Nouns, verbs, and adjectives · He, she, it, they · A or an: sort the words · Write the opposite · Two words that mean the same thing · From a little to a lot · Find the root word

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

Grade 2

Math

  1. Fact Strategies Within 20: unit check

    4 parts · 6 tasks · 2 pages per form

    Parts: Make ten to add: sums from 11 to 18 · Doubles and near doubles · Use ten to subtract · Think addition to subtract, and start the daily facts

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  2. Place Value to 1,000: unit check

    5 parts · 7 tasks · 2 pages per form

    Parts: Ten tens make one hundred · Hundreds, tens, and ones · Expanded form and the value of a digit · Compare and order three-digit numbers · 100 more, 100 less

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  3. Adding and Subtracting Within 100: unit check

    6 parts · 10 tasks · 3 pages per form

    Parts: A number line that does not start at zero · Jumps on the hundreds chart · Jumps on an open number line · Subtract and open a ten · Add and subtract vertically · Add three and four two-digit numbers

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  4. Story Problems Within 100: unit check

    4 parts · 4 tasks · 2 pages per form

    Parts: One-step stories with a bar model · What was there at the start? · Compare stories: more and fewer · Two-step stories

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  5. Graphs and Grids: unit check

    6 parts · 6 tasks · 3 pages per form

    Parts: From tally marks to a bar graph · Make a graph from counts · Find a square on a grid · Read a line plot · Measure and make a line plot · Each picture counts as two

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  6. Equal Groups and Equal Shares: unit check

    4 parts · 6 tasks · 2 pages per form

    Parts: Odd and even with equal parts · Equal groups · Halves, thirds, and fourths · A fraction of a group

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

Reading and writing

  1. Sentences and Grammar: unit check

    5 parts · 6 tasks · 2 pages per form

    Parts: Capital letters and end marks · Nouns, verbs, and adjectives: three bins · More than one: plural nouns · Today and yesterday: verb forms · Who does the pronoun stand for?

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  2. Spelling, Word Building, and Word Choice: unit check

    4 parts · 5 tasks · 2 pages per form

    Parts: Spelling rules: which letters go here? · Root words and word families · Synonyms · More exact words for "said"

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  3. Reading Stories and Writing: unit check

    4 parts · 4 tasks · 2 pages per form

    Parts: Read a story and answer questions · Fill in the story's missing words · An animal fact sheet · Cursive letters and connections

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

Grade 3

Math

  1. Starting Multiplication: unit check

    3 parts · 5 tasks · 2 pages per form

    Parts: Multiplication as equal groups · Turn the array around · Multiplication facts for 2 and 5

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  2. Division: unit check

    4 parts · 6 tasks · 2 pages per form

    Parts: Divide by sharing · The missing factor and fact families · Division with a remainder · Multiply by multiples of 10

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  3. Story Problems with All Four Operations: unit check

    3 parts · 3 tasks · 2 pages per form

    Parts: Two-step stories: add and subtract · Two-step stories: multiply or divide · A letter for the unknown and an estimate to check the answer

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  4. Area and Perimeter: unit check

    7 parts · 11 tasks · 3 pages per form

    Parts: Area: count the squares · Area of a rectangle: multiply the side lengths · Same area, different shape · Perimeter: walk the edge · Perimeter: find the missing side · Same perimeter, different area · Count the cubes

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  5. Fractions: unit check

    9 parts · 11 tasks · 4 pages per form

    Parts: Equal pieces · Name and shade a fraction · Find the whole · Unit fractions on the number line · Fractions on a number line · Which fraction is greater? · Equivalent fractions: different names, same amount · Whole numbers as fractions · A fraction of a group

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

  6. Shapes and Data: unit check

    6 parts · 8 tasks · 3 pages per form

    Parts: Right angles · Is it a rectangle? · How many lines of symmetry? · Graphs with a scale · A line plot with halves · Measure to the nearest quarter inch

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

Reading and writing

  1. Words and Their Meanings: unit check

    4 parts · 5 tasks · 2 pages per form

    Parts: Prefixes change the meaning · Words for go and words for look · The person word: bake, baker · Choose the right form of the word

    Check A (PDF)Check B (PDF)

Printing a check counts as a download, like any worksheet. The answer keys and the teacher pages come with the paid Teacher plan.

Not every unit has a check yet, and a check may leave out a lesson. A worksheet that cannot be split into single tasks is not used.

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