Give this before the unit. It doesn't test counting money (2.MD.C.8). It checks the grade 1 and early grade 2 skills that builds on, so you can see who is ready and what to review first. It isn't meant to be graded. The answer key, with what each part tells you and how to reteach it, prints on its own page after it.

Pre-Assessment: Getting Ready for Money

Grade 2 · Checks earlier skills: 1.NBT.A.1, 1.NBT.B.2, 1.OA.C.6, 2.NBT.A.2

Name

Date

Part A: Count on 1.NBT.A.1

1. Keep counting.
47, 48, 49, ,
96, 97, 98, ,

How do you feel? ☹ Not yet 😐 A little ☺ I've got it

Part B: Skip count 2.NBT.A.2

2. Count by 5s: 5, 10, 15, , ,
3. Count by 10s: 10, 20, 30, , ,
4. Count by 10s from 25: 25, 35, ,

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Part C: Tens and ones 1.NBT.B.2

5. 34 = tens and ones

6. 6 tens and 2 ones =

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Part D: Add 1.OA.C.6, 1.NBT.C.4

7. 8 + 7 =

8. 9 + 6 =

9. 30 + 25 =

10. 50 + 10 + 5 =

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Part E: Do you know these coins? readiness

11. Write the name of each coin: penny, nickel, dime or quarter.

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Answer Key: Pre-Assessment

Getting Ready for Money · for the teacher

50, 51; 99, 100
20, 25, 30
40, 50, 60
45, 55
3 tens and 4 ones
62
15
15
55
65
dime, penny, quarter, nickel

What each part tells you

Part	Why it matters for this unit	If many students miss it
A: Count on	Adding pennies is counting on by 1s, often past a decade (49, 50).	Hundreds-chart practice crossing tens.
B: Skip count	Nickels count by 5s, dimes by 10s. #4 is counting on with dimes after a quarter.	Skip-count chants with real or play coins.
C: Tens and ones	62¢ is 6 dimes and 2 pennies: money is place value.	Trade 10 pennies for a dime with play money.
D: Add	Every money total is an addition problem.	Fact practice within 20 and adding tens.
E: Coins	Students must name a coin before they can count it.	Coin sorting with real coins; the visual notes show each coin's value.

Reading the results: students who skip count by 5s and 10s (Part B) are ready to count nickels and dimes on day one; students who mix up the dime and the nickel (the dime is smaller but worth more) need extra coin sorting. Compare the faces they circled with their answers.

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