Calendar Time

I've blogged about my calendar time on What the Teacher Wants, but I wanted to share it with my friends here at ABC and 123!

 months of the year and the calendar

Days of the week

Weather

Money and Time

Days of School

I got the calendar from Scholastic
Piggy Bank is from Scholastic
Judy Clock is from Carson Dellosa
Weather cards are from DJ Inkers
Place Value Straws are from ????

If you want to know about my calendar routine and use my freebie printables, 

just download them {here}!

Here are some of the items included:

When a student loses a tooth, I give them a toothbrush and they can take home the "Dear Tooth Fairy" writing stationary! :)

Clipart and/or fonts used with permission from DJ Inkers and Scrappin' Doodles

For more math ideas, check out my "It All Adds Up" posts {here}.

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Math Resources

Rachelle here from What the Teacher Wants! 

I just wanted to share some of my favorite online math resources 

and the favorites of my Facebook followers.

XtraMath.org"XtraMath is a free web program that teaches addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts which are critical to success in mathematics." -Xtramath.org

If you are looking to help your students memorize their math facts, this is a great FREE website to do so! The kiddos can practice at school or at home and it's easy to sign up.

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abcya.com
"ABCya.com is the leader in free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All children's educational computer activities were created or approved by certified school teachers. All educational games are free and are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way for children to learn." -abcya.com

My students love this website! We use it during our computer time. I love how the games are all separated by grade-level and then by topic. We use the math section almost every time!

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jmathpage.com"Johnnie's Math Page is the site to find fun math for kids, math games, and even a little math homework help."-Johnnie's Math Page

This site has loads of free games organized by subject!  With such fun interactive games, my kiddos are glued to the computer screen!

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Sumdog.com

"Sumdog's math games are always free to play, either at home or at school. They cover 100 numeracy skills, split into 10 levels. Most are multiplayer, so you can play against thousands of students worldwide."-Sumdog.com

This is a site I haven't used, but was recommended multiple times on What the Teacher Wants Facebook Page.  The games look just like video games and they can play against other students, all while integrating math! Can't wait to try it!

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Here is an activity I do to reinforce skip counting {but you can really use it with anything!}.  I got this inspiration for this activity from Mr. Smith over at Teacher Tipster and it's called Power Towers. You've got to check him out!

Have you ever played stacking cups?  The students stack the cups in a tower and see how fast they can put it up and take it down.  I have made a stacking cups activity that practices skip counting by 10's. 

Supplies:
*Plastic mini cups
*Sharpie

Write the numbers 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 on plastic mini cups {each cup only has one number on it}. I made 24 sets of these, stacked them together and put a rubber band around them to keep them in a stack together. The students put the cups in a row in order:

The rule is that anytime they touch a cup, they HAVE to say the number on it.  You show them how to stack the cups {10, 20, 30, 40 on the bottom} {50, 60, 70 on top of those} {80 and 90 on top of those} {100 at the top}

Then, they take them down by stacking them one inside of the other and they say the numbers backwards now starting with 100.

Then, we have a race:

For more math ideas, check out my "It All Adds Up" posts {here}.

How can you use Power Towers?

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Valentine's Day Math Ideas

I wanted to give you some fun ideas for Valentine's Day that had to do with math. I already posted about them on my blog last year, but why reinvent the wheel, right?  Here's some fun games you can play in your classroom or at home! :)

{Click the picture for the download ALL of the math activities-Free ;)}

Here is the same Candy Heart graph that is in packet, but this one has the color blue instead of white (it just depends on what brand you buy, usually the boxes have white and the bags have blue)

Clipart and/or fonts copyright DJ Inkers and used with permission. www.djinkers.com

For more math ideas, check out my "It All Adds Up" posts {here}.

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Marshmallow subtraction

It's that time of year here in Utah....ice cold nights and hot cocoa by the fire!

 I first got the inspiration for this from Primary Perspective.

We've been really working on subtraction this week and so I thought I'd incorporate our favorite food and drink into a little problem solving.

Clipart and/or fonts are copyright DJ Inkers and used with permission: www.djinkers.com

Materials:

• Baggies
• Marshmallow
• Recording sheet {I enlarge it to 11X17}
• (Mug handle) small  rectangles {construction or scrapbook paper}- 2"X2" 
• (Mug) rectangles {construction or scrapbook paper} - 5"X"4" 
• (Cocoa) brown rectangle 2"X4"

Procedure:

1. I give each student a bag of marshmallows {anywhere between 10 and 20} and the first thing they do is count their marshmallows and write how many they have on the first line.

2. They can then make their mug.  The students just have to cut out a handle {I tell them to cut a "C" out of the small red rectangle}, cut the cocoa {make squiggly lines at the top}, and glue it onto their paper. They'll glue it on the right side.

3. Then, the students decide how many marshmallows they want in their hot cocoa.  They take that amount out of the bag and glue onto their cocoa and write the number on the 2nd line.  

4. Next, the students will count how many marshmallows are left in their bag. They write the number sentence on the bottom.

5. Last, you'll tape their bag of leftover marshmallows to the left side of the paper.

Click the picture for the download

Hope you can use it in your classroom or home!

 For more math ideas, check out my "It All Adds Up" posts {here}.

Happy Holidays!!!!

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Number Sense

I posted a few months ago about number sense and because I'm working really hard on this concept right now with my students, I figured that you might be too.

This math game can be played in partners, groups, or independently.  Just copy the game pieces on cardstock, laminate and cut-out. Then, have the students match each number to the number word and record on their recording sheets.  I've included a number-word reference sheet too!  Enjoy!

For more posts, just like this...click {here}

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Frames by:
KPM Doodles
http://www.sugarhillco.com/
Clipart by:
Thistlegirldesigns.com

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Counting on; an addition strategy

This month's topic is addition.  I am just finishing up my addition unit and one of the most important addition strategies is "counting on".  Here's the basis of it:

This sure does beat putting 6 on your fingers and 5 on your fingers....then, realizing you don't have anymore fingers! :)  So hence the reason for putting the biggest number in your head first!

I made a fun game to help my students practice counting on.

Supplies:
Counting on cupcakes {copy on cardstock, cut, laminate}
Counting on cupcakes recording sheet

Procedure:
1. In pairs, one student chooses a card. They come up with the number sentence that would coincide with the card and write it down.
2. Both players put the greatest number in their head and the smallest number on their fingers and count on. They write the sum.
3. Then, the student who chose a card can check their answer by using their counting on cupcake card.  They touch the number and say it, then they touch each cupcake and count on.
4. The next student can choose a card and continue playing.

Click {here} to download the counting on poster

Click {here} to download the counting on cupcakes game 

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Clipart and/or font used with permission by DJ Inkers
Clipart used with freebie license by Scrappin Doodles

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