Trailhead Number 67 Tracing for a Smart Seven-Extra Marker Read

Read the large 67 before using a pencil

Hold a trailhead label beside the largest 67 on the page. Ask the learner to touch 6 and then 7, while a partner reads the whole amount aloud. Let a child who is still learning the number name echo sixty-seven after you.

Turn the small 67 card over and ask where 67 can still be found. Have the learner start on the left of the big pair. An adult can slide a plain paper tab along the underside to mark the reading direction without covering either shape.

Share the 67 check with a partner

Give a helper the job of checking packed stock and a partner the job of checking the long loose row. Compare their reports before combining them as 67.

Ask the group at the trailhead station to mark the 60 and the 7 in separate areas. The child with the numeral card can point to each area while reading 67. A partner checks the group count before giving any hint about the handwriting.

Use this question during the role change. How could the trail team show that the arrangement changed but the 67 total did not? Give the checker time to show an answer with the objects. The recorder can point to 67, or write the result if the check changed the amount.

Work out what the reader needs for 67

Try one prompt from the 67 table. A learner who names sixty-seven confidently may need more time only on the written 6 or 7.

Six observations for the 67 lesson

Account for the trailhead count

Break 67 into 60 and 7 and use the groups to explain each digit.

Control both movements in 67

Follow one 67 without rushing from the 6 into the 7.

Connect the written name to 67

Track SIXTY-SEVEN while saying it. Point back to the digit pair after reading.

Describe a change from 67

Use the two nearby values to check what happens after adding or removing one.

Check a rearranged trailhead set

Recognize the same 67 when the countable pieces move to another position.

Choose a mark to revisit

Compare a new 67 with the model and describe one part to try again.

Locate 67 on the 61–70 strip

Begin the spoken run at 61. Point to one cell per word until the finger reaches 67 at position 7. Ask whether the child found the box by reading its value, following the numbers in order, or remembering where the shade appeared.

Read 66 one cell earlier than 67. Move right from 67 to the printed 68. Use the trailhead display to act out a change of one. Invite a child to check the neighboring labels while a partner moves a single item into or out of the counted group.

Draw the number 67 on a slip of paper. Ask a partner to place it directly above the corresponding box, then cover only that box. The listener names 67 after reading one or two uncovered cells from the same short run.

Number 67 Tracing with a clear hand movement

While writing 67, give the closed lower loop of 6 room before following the top and slanted leg of 7. Use the margin of a separate sheet for a large hand movement. Afterward, choose one of the smaller 67 pairs and keep the unused hand on the paper so the sheet stays steady.

Look at the finished 67 beside the next dotted copy. Pick one visible clue, such as the space after 6 or the height of 7. Ask the child which clue would make a second 67 easier to read. Let them try it once and point to the change.

There are five 67 models in each numeral row. A brief practice might use just one pair on the upper line. Fold a plain strip over the 67 rows below if seeing all the dots makes it difficult to find a starting place.

Five games to try with the trailhead count

• Make a trailhead inventory card. Sketch the packets for 60 and add 7 dots. Let a new reader identify 67 from the sketch.
• Spot the covered value. Put a slip on the printed 67. Have a partner read the strip to that point, then uncover 67 to check.
• Deliver an extra piece. Add one to the trailhead display and replace 67 with 68. Ask which digit changed this time.
• Pair a word and a figure. Place SIXTY-SEVEN near a hand-drawn picture of the trailhead supplies. Give the learner a choice of numeral cards to match.
• Repack the trailhead pieces. Give the group a different-looking arrangement of 67. Ask a second checker to describe how the new arrangement can be counted.

Try the trailhead count at home

Place six wrapped packets and seven slips on the table. Slide the loose slips closer together, ask for a prediction, and confirm by touching each one in turn.

Have a family partner count the trailhead display aloud. Let the child check the 60 already grouped, then account for the remaining 7 on a plain sheet. For a second check, turn one ten label over to show what its packet contains.

Make a small 67 label together and put it near the original display. An adult can turn away during the count and return to read the finished sign. Ask the child what information the reader needs to make sense of that sign.

Choose a small goal for the next 67 visit

Offer the 67 sheet around ages 5–8 to children who are starting to read pairs of digits. The trailhead game can be done by pointing and speaking when the pencil work feels long. A child who is ready to write can set the amount next to a blank label and copy just one pair.

Give each 67 visit a purpose the child can say aloud. Today it might be finding 67 near its neighbor. A later lesson can return to a difficult stroke or the final part of SIXTY-SEVEN. The unused lines are there for another visit.

Ask the child to choose a 67 they would keep on the trailhead display. Let them tell what makes it readable, whether the spacing after 6 or the height of 7. Start the next session from the child's own observation.

Other ways to prepare for the 67 lesson

Return to smaller figures with a mixed set of single-digit models before 67. To plan a different turn for the trailhead group, choose the even-number dice activity or bring in the 1–6 dice practice and talk about what a numeral reports in that activity.

The trailhead setting can borrow a turn-taking idea from family play at NAEYC. A PBS KIDS for Parents activity may also give SIXTY-SEVEN a new use as a sign.

Open and print the 67 PDF

Use the free download to get the original 67 PDF. The member option for SIXTY-SEVEN provides a clean sheet without the website watermark or ads. Sign into an eligible plan to use it.

In the print dialog, use US Letter portrait for 67. Make a single test copy to see the pale SIXTY-SEVEN guides and the complete frame. Switch to standard quality if the dotted numeral is too faint.

The $8 collection includes 67 as page 67. Open it from the package card when you want to continue from the trailhead activity to other numbered sheets through 100.