All in a Row

Today we worked on taking turns and ordering numbers to 10 playing a partner game called All in a Row. You can play this at home with a typical deck of cards. Scroll to the end of the post for a video of how to play, or click on the Math Game tab to see this and other games.

Make a Sum

Today the students learned how to play a game called Make the Sum. It is a memory style game that you can play at home using a deck of cards with the face cards removed. Check the Math Games tab at the top of the page for directions and a video!

All in a Row

Today in Math, the students were introduced to a new game to practice counting, comparing and ordering numbers from 1-10, called 'All in a Row.' We played this game with Ten Grid cards, but you can play at home with a standard deck of cards--just remove the face cards to order numbers 1-9.

If you are interested in seeing how our math games are played, check out the 'Math Games' tab at the top of the blog. There are directions for each game and videos where I have students from a past class demonstrate how to play the game.

The students loved playing this game, and did a great job placing their number cards in order and quickly noticed which numbers they needed to win!

Ten Frames

Today in math the students were introduced to 2 tools we will use often this year: Ten frames and linking cubes. We used the cubes to represent numbers to 10 and show the number in different ways. For example, we showed the number 5 as 5 and 0:

1 and 4:

And also as 3 and 2:

See how many different ways you can build a number together!

What does 162 look like?

As part of our morning calendar routine last week I asked students to work together to show 162 (our day on school) as a group. Each group used a different tool and did a great job representing one group of 100, 6 groups of 10 and 2 ones. 

Base 10 blocks:

Coins:

Linking cubes:

Race to 40

This week students have been practicing a new math game called "Race to 40" to practice regrouping for addition. They are doing awesome!

Come by Wednesday night from 5:30-7:30 to play with your student and learn how to play this and other games at home this summer. There will also be some writing projects on display and the students love to show off their reading skills in our classroom library! Looking forward to seeing you there.

Comparing Length and Height

On Friday, the students got a new pencil and were asked to find objects in the room that were taller and shorter than the pencil as well as longer and shorter than the pencil. They recorded their findings in their math journals. (There aren't many pictures because the hunt was fast and furious!)

Building pictures with plane shapes

The student have been exploring shapes and worked with a partner to make a picture. Using the same 8 shapes each group came up with very different pictures. Their creativity led to endless designs!