Number and Operations
Addition Fact Games: Make Ten
Practice adding combinations to make 10 using a deck of playing cards.
Coupon: Math in the Moment!
Using a grocery ad to experience division.
Double Pennies for a Week or Take a Dollar?
Great extension for a paired reading of the books, One Grain of Rice
and The King's Chessboard
, two books that explore the concept of doubling. PDF included.Fraction Creatures & Creative Writing
Read Picture Pie
and explore fractions, art and creative writing in this fun lesson.Math Workbox: Estimation
Use math task cards (pdfs) to explore estimation. Related books: Great Estimations
and Greater Estimations. Related posts on estimation.Milk Cap Map: MADS Elimination
Recycle milk caps to make this simple game and practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, division.
Milk Cap Map: Magic Square Game
Place milk caps in a 3 cap by 3 cap square, rearranging numbers so that the sum of any 3 caps (diagonal, column and row) equals 15. Related book: Ben Franklin and His Magic Squares
Picture Pie & Fraction/Art Lesson
Use Ed Emberley's Picture Pie
, a circle drawing book, to spur fraction art.Pumpkin Math
Read How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?
where children estimate how many pumpkin seeds are in pumpkins of varying sizes, counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s.Sleeping Queens Game
Review of game that includes basic addition facts.
Tri-Ominoes
Review of game that uses addition & subtraction.
Using Paired Books to Explore Math Concepts: Doubling
Comparing One Grain of Rice
and The King's Chessboard in a flip-flap book. Related books: The Rajah's Rice
, Two of Everything
, The 512 Ants on Sullivan Street
.Measurement
Exploring Area with Pattern Blocks
Use pattern block puzzles to explore area. Related book: Spaghetti and Meatballs for All!
Data Analysis and Probability
Algebra
Geometry
