This free pumpkin number towers math activity is perfect for learning one-to-one correspondence, counting, and beginning addition skills.
Your little learners will love making a Doubles Monster craft to creatively express their knowledge on doubles to 10. This project in also included in a Mathtivity Bundle This packet will provide you with all the template pieces you need to make a cute monster craft! Students color the templates pieces and then cut and paste to make the monster. These pieces can be printed on color paper, or print them on white paper and ask your students to shade them. Add crafty details if you choose, to make this a more complex activity for your students. Included is: template pieces a page with step-by-step directions, a doubles information page (for display with the crafts) and a coloring page (if you want to skip the cut and paste components). Find more mathtivity packets in my store HERE! Click here to return to my store home page
Use WODB which one doesn't belong in your primary classroom to get students to think critically. These are great for math warm ups because they are visual and thought provoking and there is no right answer. Students have to justify which one doesn't belong. They can be used in any grade but I share how I use them in first grade.
If you're looking into how to teach multiplication, you're definitely going to want to look into the secrets behind memorizing multiplication facts.
These fun and free Subitizing Math Clip Cards for Pre-K & Kindergarten will help your students build subitizing skills and number sense!
How to play the Sim pencil game, a mathematical pen and paper invented in 1969 by Gustavus Simmons that demonstrates the Ramsey theory. It is an easy thinking game that kids and families can play on the go.
Fact families are a great visual for helping children see the connection between addition and subtraction. Add these fact family houses to your math center!
Toddlers and preschoolers will love this set of free counting play dough printable mats for classroom centers time or at home!
Build a Zoo is a project-based learning task that involves using 5th grade math standards to solve problems related to building and maintaining a zoo.
Take a closer look at January themed winter math centers that are sure to keep your students engaged this month!
Hello There! It’s been a while since I have written a blog post but I’m back and will be posting more freebies regularly. I’ve been working on a TON of ha
Jenga game cards are easily my favorite way to teach and reinforce basic math fact, phonics, or grammar practice.
When determining which students need a math intervention program, we to understand WHY they are struggling.
Want a fun, hands-on math puzzle to get your students thinking critically about their math facts? Read about how we've used dominoes to create these differentiated puzzles!
Looking to make math meaningful and engaging? This add and subtract decimals lesson will engage every kid in class as they choose what's for lunch.
If you are like me, you are scrambling to find fun and engaging spring activities that help build skills in the areas of ELA and…
Construction themed activities and centers inspiration is HERE! Get out your planner, and let’s plan a ton of fun and engaging construction-themed activities your little learners (Preschool, Pre-k, and kindergarten)...
I stopped using timed tests to assess math fluency. Check out what I'm doing to foster meaningful fluency and help my students develop number sense!
Amazing and awesome math art projects that kids (and parents and teachers!) will love.
I love finding common items around the house and making games with them. I recently came across a tin of dominoes and put those babies to work! My students LOVE the idea of playing with dominoes even if they are sharpening their math skills while doing so! These games can be played alone or with partners. Partners tend to make them even more fun! Ordering Products Students choose five dominoes, turn them over, and multiply each side together. Order the products from least to greatest or greatest to least. Want to make it a game? Partners order their dominos then find the difference between their greatest number and least number. The partner with the greatest (or least) difference wins. Multiplication War Students begin with dominoes face down. Each student chooses a domino. On the count of three, students turn over their domino and multiply the dots on one side by the dots on the other side. The student with the highest product wins the dominoes. Even/Odd Sort Add, subtract, or multiply the dots on the dominoes then sort the answer by odd or even numbers. Want to make it a game? Before the game begins state a rule. The partner with the most even numbers or odd numbers wins the set. Prime/Composite Sort Add, subtract, or multiply the dots on the dominoes then sort the answer by prime or composite. Want to make it a game? Before the game begins state a rule. The partner with the most prime numbers or the most composite numbers wins. Coordinate pairs Provide students with a coordinate grid. Students plot points using the dots on the dominoes. One side is the x-coordinate; the other side is the y-coordinate. Ordering Decimals Students choose five dominoes and turn them over. One side is the whole number; the other side is the decimal. Order the decimals from least to greatest or greatest to least. Want to make it a game? Partners order their dominos then find the difference between their greatest decimal and least decimal. The partner with the greatest (or least) difference wins. Compare Decimals Students choose two dominoes and turn them over. One side is the whole number; the other side is the decimal. Compare both dominoes. Want to make it a game? Each partner chooses one domino. Then, they compare their decimal. The partner with the greatest (or least) decimal wins. Add or Subtract Decimals Students choose two dominoes and turn them over. One side is the whole number; the other side is the decimal. Add or subtract the decimals. Want to make it a game? Partners compare their sum or difference. The partner with the greatest (or least) sum or difference wins. Compare Fractions Students choose two dominoes and turn them over. One side is the numerator; the other side is the denominator Compare both fractions. Want to make it a game? Each partner chooses one domino. Then, they compare their fraction. The partner with the greatest (or least) fraction wins. Ordering Fractions Students choose five dominoes and turn them over. One side is the numerator; the other side is the denominator Order the fractions from least to greatest or greatest to least. Want to make it a game? Partners order their dominos then find the difference between their greatest fraction and least fraction. The partner with the greatest (or least) difference wins. For a printable version of these games, you can download it HERE. This printable is perfect to laminate and attach to a loose leaf ring for easy access. Teaching With Simplicity Pinterest Facebook Instagram Teachers Pay Teachers
How awesome is this?? 3rd grade at TCE put a hopscotch board in the middle of their hallway so their learners could practice their equivalent fractions. What a great idea to engage our learners in a kinesthetic way!
Find out how I organize my 5th Grade elementary math block of 90 minutes. Warm-ups, mini-lessons, practice, stations, and meeting with the teacher are ways to break it up.
Second grade multiplication lessons, second grade division lessons, multiplication and division situations, hands on learning for multiplication
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Learn how to provide math intervention that will make an impact in your classroom while making your life easier!
Let's talk math bulletin boards! As a math teacher, I wanted a bulletin board that was easy for the students to reference during math workshop. I tried to think of the references that I needed to start the year and created this bulletin board! Let's be Franco Math Bulletin Board Teacher HACK: I simply printed out all the reference material on colored paper so I didn't waste too much ink! Keep Reading... FREEBIE at the end! Place Value: No matter how many times students see and learn the value of each place, I feel like I still have to reteach it multiple times throughout the year. Well, now I can just point to the board and they can decipher what the value is of the number. Decimals are especially tricky in 5th grade so it helps to see how each decimal fits into the place value system. Let's be Franco Math Bulletin Board Math Workshop: I like to put a problem solving station in my math workshop close to the bulletin board because it has so many helpful tips like key words and how to break down a word problem. Let's be Franco Problem Solving Problem Solving: The CUBES problem solving method has been a game changer for my students. Students struggle so much to slow down and actually READ the word problem. I teach them to read each problem once for an overview and then start annotating the problem by using the CUBES problem solving method. I also love having the KEY WORDS handy for students to reference. It gives students a hint as to which operation is needed in a word problem using the key words. I include a smaller version of these posters to include in interactive notebooks as well. Let's be Franco FREE PEMDAS posters Finally, order of operations! PEMDAS is a fun acronym for students to use when they are solving expressions with multiple operations. I tried to make it even more clear that multiplication & division are done in order from left to right as well as addition and subtraction. Check out this part of the bulletin board for FREE HERE. Also included in the bundle: - A Math Get to Know You activity - Math Talk Bulletin Board Are there any more reference materials that you would like added to the bundle? Let me know in the comments!
Remember those paper fortune tellers from back in the day? Well they're back and instead of telling the future they can teach your child math
Love this math station I spotted in 5th grade recently. Students use playing cards to find range, median, and mode. Fun and simple activity!
This simple little place value number game is a favourite of Maddie's (aged 6) at school and at home. Use it to practice recognising numbers, writing numbers and place value, along with problem solving. You can play with two or more people and it is great as a whole class game on the whiteboard (with teacher vs students) or just in pairs (parent and child/two children). You can use this activity for practicing two digit numbers (with tens and ones), three digit numbers (hundreds, tens and ones), four digit numbers (thousands, hundreds, tens and ones) and so on. For the first example we use a three digit number as that is the level we're currently working on. How to play: One player secretly chooses a number and writes it on a piece of paper, showing no-one. They then draw lines indicating the amount of digits in their secret number for the other player/s to try and guess. Children then try to guess the number. Each guess is written down on the lines and either a C, B or X is written underneath each digit. "C" (cows) means that that digit is correct but it is in the wrong place. "B" (bulls/bullseye) means the digit is correct and it's in the right place. "X" means the digit is incorrect and not used within the number at all. Children continue to make guesses, using the knowledge they learn of the digits and their position (and therefore value) in the number until they get a Bullseye! (All the digits are in the correct position and the secret number has been revealed!) Examples: Here is an example game played with 3 digits. For our example, I have chosen the secret number, "217" The 3 lines above represent the 3 digits in the number, 217. Her first guess was 105 (which I asked her to say as a whole number, One hundred and five). Write the guess down on the lines. Underneath each digit, write a B, C or X according to the rules above. She got a CXX as the secret number does contain a "1" but not in that place, and there is not a "0" or "5" in the secret number. They then guess again. (Knowing this time that there has to be a 1 in either the tens or ones column). The next guess was, "Three hundred and nineteen" Hooray. The 1 gets a B as it's in the right place. There are no 3's or 9's in the secret number though. When writing the next line for the next guess, move the known number down. Next guess. 2 Bulls! So close to a bullseye! Remember to look at the past numbers you've already guessed and which numbers you're yet to try. The next guess was a lucky one. 217, bullseye! Here is another example with a 2 digit number. The secret number in this game was "41" Bullseye! 41! Don't forget to swap over turns so that each player has a go at writing the numbers as well as getting to lead the game. There is lots of learning on both sides! Games are fun and when children are having fun, they are more open to learning. As you can see by the pics above, Maddie and I always have a good time playing this game. She was actually sick this day and having a day off school and it was the first time she was happy and excited in the day. She especially loves it when I'm struggling to get the number. She did attempt to get us to play with a 1 digit number (you could only use X and B for that) but discovered it wasn't quite so fun or interesting. Here are some more ideas for working on two or three (or more) digit numbers: Exploring teen numbers Number Recognition/Counting Sticky Number Wall Another place value game Happy playing, Debs :) Look where else we are. Are you following along? :)
Teaching fractions with hands-on manipulatives and activities helps students develop a conceptual understanding that will endure.
Are you looking for some fun linear equations activities and teaching ideas? This post is chock full of ideas for stations, centers, review activities and independent work for linear equations. Includes links to games, math pennants, foldables for algebra interactive notebooks, an algebra 1 word wall, a puzzle, a hands-on algebra project, and a free pdf printable template that works great as a warm up or closer in an algebra classroom.
