Clipart-A-Holic and a Free Math Game

Hi,

I’m Ms. A and I’m a Clipart-A-Holic.

Don’t you just love clipart. I love all kinds…digital, on a disc, in a clipart book…you name it I collect it. And I LOVE LOVE LOVE making free stuff for my blogging friends.

I’ve posted before about subtizing. It’s a fancy word that translates to students being able to look at a group of objects and know how many there are without counting from one.

Well, I thought why not start with dice. How many times have you seen your students roll a die or dice and count from one…we don’t want them to do this. I want them to be able to see this:

and know  it’s six.

Or look at this:

and know  it’s seven.

This goal and the fact  I just bought some cute clipart has led me to this Number Sense activity I’ve created just for you my wonderful blogging friends. This would be a perfect beginning of the year math station activity. All you need are chips…I’ve even included three dice patterns for you, so you can change it up.

Students roll the die you’ve selected or they can choose themselves, and cover the picture on their game board of the die that matches the number they rolled. Students can play until all boards are filled up…you don’t have to have a winner. The goal is to get them to recognize the configuration of the dots and know instantly that they rolled a four or a six. This is just a start…I’m working on more. In the meantime click on the picture to grab your copy.

Please, please, please if you download consider following me and/or leaving a comment…a little feedback is a great thing.

 

Back to School Math Fun

I’m so excited about math! In addition to reading Math Work Stations I’m reading a ton of other math related professional books. Here’s what my list looks like:

      

 

     

 

 

 

 

They are all providing insight and lots of ideas to start Math Work Stations off with a blast!

 

Back to School Fun!

I’ve just uploaded a new TpT Math Kit and I’m so excited! You’re going to love it. You get 12 games to help start your year off right. I’ve included a freebie for you. Click here to download.

 

Click the picture to head to my storefront.

If you download please leave a comment and or follow me. I just love new friends!

Math Work Stations Chapter 3

Chapter three provided tons of ideas on laying the groundwork and getting your math station time off to a good start.

In reading this chapter I was reminded of the similarities between setting up Math Work Stations and starting the Daily Five. I thought about how I could bind the two seamlessly. Some of the same things Diller suggested with math stations were similar to how I begin Daily Five each year.

I will be honest and admit I didn’t devote quite as much time to building routines during math station time, I felt like there was so much to cover in math…period, and I wanted to get the bones of math time structurally in place. At the beginning of the year  we didn’t go to math stations as often as I would have liked…but towards the end we hit our stride as a class.

I chose to do math in the mornings and I loved it!

Here’s what my schedule looked like this year:

7:50-8:15 Unpack, Morning Routines:

These included: Math Bag Question, answer the daily survey question, complete the daily story problem in your math journal, complete a practice activity.

    

8:15-8:30 Math Game with a partner ( These were previously introduced games)

During this time I pulled individual students for very small groups to do some quick math intervention. Just to make sure they understood the previous days lesson.

8:30-9:00 Whole Group Math Instruction:

This time usually included a math related read aloud, Number Talks,  flash card review, explicit instruction, and a related activity. (Math Extension, Math and Literature Activity, Thinking Thursday, Weekly Estimation, Fun Friday Graph, Glyphs…)

  

 

9:00-9:30 Math Stations (One rotation per day). Stations would stop around 9:25 so we could come together to share or review.

     

10:00-10:20 Calendar Routines: After P.E. (9:30-10:00) we’d have about 10-15 minutes before lunch to complete our calendar activities.

This year I will devote more time to establishing routines during Math Station time. I plan to more closely follow Math Work Stations…but I love math and I also do so may other wonderful things during that block of time.

 

I created a few Self check sheets and some math station awards. I think during the first six weeks of the new school year doing self checks will help students…just like checking in with Daily Five. And who doesn’t love a special award!

Click on the pictures to download your copy.

   

 

Don’t forget to check out these blogs for more inspiration!

 

 

 

 

MTBMF Chapter 3: Adding and Subtracting 0

 

So not school related:

Y’all this is so not school related but I just had to share. My sister-in-law had a role in Blue Crush2. It comes out on DVD Tuesday. I’m just so proud and happy for her!

    

Lizzy and my brother.

 

  

Okay,  now on to school stuff.

Here are the game storage labels for chapter 3 of this book.

Click on any of the pictures to download.

             

              

Now I’m off to work on my link up for the Math Work Stations blog party: Chapter Three Getting Started with Math Work Stations.

The lovely Mrs. Parker will host this chapter…around June 6th. Be sure to link up with her.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!