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Doubles Snap

Adding fluently sums to 20 is an objective for the first quarter in first grade. Using the doubles facts is a great strategy to develop this objective. The doubles are easy and fun to memorize. We played a game in class to help the students memorize these facts. To play the game...all you need is a di! When you roll the di, the players have to say the double. The first one to say the double wins! For example, when a 6 is rolled the players must say 12.

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Fill Your Bucket

We read a great book: How Full is Your Bucket. It was a perfect book for teaching kindness and compassion. Please ask your child about the story. We discussed that when you are happy, your bucket is full. Kindness fills all our buckets. To make the concept more concrete, we each have a bucket. Throughout the day, kids write kind things to each other and put the writing in the buckets. If a student is feeling down, we are able to take out some kind words and fill up his or her bucket. The children are LOVING filling buckets.

Math Game with Buddies

Every other Friday we meet with our 4th grade buddies from Mrs. Hankin's classroom. Last week, we played a Native American math game. For the game you need 8 pumpkin seeds. Each of the pumpkin seeds has a drawing on one side: two seeds have a bird, two have a cow, two have a fish, and two have a turtle. Each of the animals are worth points. You get a point for rolling a bird, 2 points for every cow, 3 points for a fish, and 4 points for rolling turtle. When it is your turn, you roll all 8 seeds. You have to add the drawings you get. The person with the highest sum wins the round. The children were mentally adding up to 8 addends! They had a blast and didn't even realize how much math they were doing!

Fabulous First Graders Math Games

First Graders, Try these addition games! Once you have gone through the list, you may chose your favorite game to go back and play. Have fun!
1.Hidden Picture
2. Line Jumper
3. Mathionaire
4. Fact Practice

Spectaular Second Grade Math

Hello Second Graders! Enjoy these math games to practice place value. Go through the games in order. After you have played each one, you may go back and pick your favorite to play again.
1. Shark Numbers
2. Practice Adding
3. Greater than or Less than
4. Arrange the Numbers