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Fun, hands on activities and games to help teach various math concepts.

By Melinda Crean of Top Notch Teaching

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Table of ContentsIntroduction 4

NumberPlace value 5Hundreds chart puzzles 12Flow chart sums 17Calculator games 19Times tables booklets 21Card turnover game 24Dice games 27

Mental math 30Counting on strategy 31Near doubles strategy 34Compatible numbers strategy 38Partitioning strategy 44Estimating strategy 48

SpacePolygons 53Exploring and classifying shapes 59Transformation puzzles 63Tangrams 71Shapes that tessellate 782D shape dominoes 81Create a mystic rose 86

MeasurementCalendar ideas 89Teaching elapsed time 94Time task cards 96Measurement with silhouettes 100Mini length activities 101The area stays the same 112Area task cards 114

Chance and dataExploring chance 118Chance picture cards 121Sorting data with venn diagrams 128

57 cool math games 131

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Hundreds Chart PuzzlesDo your students have difficulty with counting or remembering the correct order of numbers?

Knowing that numbers have a particular order and remembering the order (especially over 10 for the little kids) can be quite a challenge for some kids. We need to be able to assist students to be able to see the patterns in numbers, which will help them be able to read and count numbers beyond 100.

One way to do this is to use a hundreds chart. There are many versions of the hundreds chart, some go from 0-99 or 1-100 or even 1-120. And there are many different ways they can be used, including to:

• Count on from a number;• Count back from a number;• Count more than and less than a particular number;• Fill in the missing numbers;• Look for patterns;• Skip count; and• Look for odd and even numbers.

I wanted to share with you a bit of a different take on a traditional hundreds chart activity. I’ve put together some hundreds chart puzzles. The idea is that the students cut out the puzzle pieces and then paste them onto another piece of paper to make a 100 grid. I have a few different versions for you:

0-99 chart (page 14);1-100 chart (page 15); and1-120 chart (page 16).

You could also enlarge the grids to make them easier to cut and handle for smaller children. These also work well copied on thick card and cut. Place a small magnetic strip on the back of each piece and then you can get students to put them back together on the magnetic white board or metal tray, this would work well in a math center.

The following page includes some pictures of the puzzles cut apart and how they go back together.

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Hundreds Chart Puzzles

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Counting On Strategy

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Mental Math

Circle the larger number and count from there.

4 + 7 = 8, 9, 10, 11

8 + 5 = 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

2 + 7 = Start at 7, count on 2 more.

3 + 22 = Find 22 on the grid and count on 3 more.

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Mental MathPartitioning Strategy

When we add numbers, sometimes it helps to break these numbers up into parts which helps to simplify

what is being added.

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Exploring and Classifying Shapes

We have now looked at different types of polygons and some ideas that you could use to help your students categorize shapes. I wanted to extend this idea a bit further and introduce Gribbles to you.

Okay you may be wondering what Gribbles are, but I’m not going to tell you. That’s for you and your students to work out. The following pages show how you can use the idea of Gribbles to get your students to explore and classify shapes.

Here are some questions and other ideas that you can use to extend the concept further:

• In your own words, describe the features common to all Gribbles.• Why are the members of the second group not Gribbles?• Draw two Gribbles of your own.• Draw your own set of Gribbles and non-Gribbles. See if a classmate can identify your

Gribbles.

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Gribbles

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TangramsLesson steps

1. Use the large cardboard copy of the tangram to show the different pieces. Explain to your students a bit about them and how they can be used.

2. Go through each of the pieces and get your students to name the shapes.3. Show your class some examples of the type of pictures that can be made from

tangrams (see pictures on the following pages).4. See if they can work out what each picture is.5. Provide each student with a copy of the tangram. They cut out each of the pieces.6. They then use the pieces to make pictures with the pieces.7. When they are happy with their picture, they stick the pieces to a sheet of card.8. You can have your students color their picture and then cut it out to add to the back

drop.

Below is an example of some pictures my Grade 2 students made; we stuck them to an Australian bush back drop.

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Brick paving designsTessellation

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2D Shape DominoesGames are such a fun way for kids to learn and practice various maths concepts. Here I share with you a 2D shape domino game that will help your students to learn the names of the shapes. The dominoes have a mixture of the various 2D shape pictures as well as properties of 2D shapes. You could use the dominoes in the usual way, but you could also cut apart each of the pieces to make a matching game. Just print them on thick card and cut apart and then you’re all ready to go.

Below are some pictures of the dominoes, which you will find on the following pages. I hope you have fun with this game.

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Teaching Elapsed TimeI thought I’d share with you some ideas to help your students develop the basic ideas and skills associated with measuring elapsed time.

1. Races

A fun way for your students to compare durations of time is to be involved in different types of races. Different races can be compared to find out how long they take. The races will require the same starting point and same ending point. Races could include:• Egg and spoon race;• Three legged race;• Skipping race; and • Hopping race.

Ask your students:

• Do you all have to start at the same time?• What about the timer, what can be used?• When students compare the races get them to use comparison language, such as:

less time, more time, the same amount of time, took a shorter amount of time, took a longer amount of time.

2. Heads on desk

This is a good way to get your students to think about how long one minute is. Have your students place their head on the desk with their eyes closed. Get them to count to one minute in their head. When they think they have reached 1 minute get them to place their hand in the air. After most students have their hands up, get them to sit up and discuss. Some questions you could ask your students:

• How many seconds in one minute?• Is there a way that you can count that will help you get exactly one minute?• Let your students know how many students were close or if anyone counted exactly

one minute.• What will you do differently next time to be more accurate?

This is also a great little wind down activity to do if you’ve just been out for sport, or come in from recess or lunch.

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Time Task CardsThis section contains time task cards that you can use with students to review time. There are 12 cards in total where your students will read the time on a clock face, write the time in different ways and show the time on clock faces. These can be copied in gray scale to give to your students, or you could laminate them and use a dry erase marker to complete them.

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Exploring ChanceHere are some good ways to introduce the idea of chance to your students, as well as some of the specific vocabulary that you can use with your students.

Chance Vocabulary

The following activities will help your students to use everyday language associated with chance events. Your students will be introduced to the following vocabulary:

• Fair and not fair;• Lucky and no chance;• Always and sometimes;• It might happen and probably;• Possible and impossible;• Certain and uncertain; and• More likely, most likely and least likely.

1. Could, will or won’t

Ask your students to list activities that could, will or won’t happen after school today. They must also explain why. You could also extend this by giving students activity cards that show different events. Events could include:

• Riding a bike;• Watching television;• Playing in the rain;• Going to the movies; and• Going to school.

Get your students to sort the cards into piles depending on whether the event could happen, will happen or won’t happen tomorrow. Ask them why they think that?

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Sorting Data With Venn Diagrams

One of my favorite areas to teach in chance and data is how to use Venn diagrams to sort data. If you’re not familiar with Venn diagrams, they are used to represent data that can have overlapping categories.

Introducing Venn diagrams

One of the ways that I introduce Venn diagrams to my students is to create two large circles with rope, hoops or tape.

• I first start with two separate circles and ask students to decide which category they belong to and then to place themselves into the Venn diagram.

• The categories can be for what you like. • I might say, stand in one circle if you play tennis and stand in the other circle if you

play football. • Then I ask: how can we show that some people play both? Then you move the

circles so that they overlap. • Get students to rearrange themselves to then stand in the overlapping part if they

play both. • Also ask your students: where do you stand if you play neither sports? • Again your students arrange themselves to stand on the outside of both circles if they

play neither sport.

Extension and adaption ideas

There are many ways that you can extend and adapt the above idea even further. Here are just a few that my students have enjoyed participating in.

1. Include a third group such as netball. Again, start with the circle separate and ask: how could we show that some people play both netball and tennis? How could we show that some people play the 3 different sports? Then move the circle so that it overlaps with the first 2 and then get students to rearrange themselves to be standing in the appropriate place.

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57 Cool Math GamesI’ve also included a bumper list of cool math games from the Internet. If you click each title it will open the web page.

Junior Primary Math Games

1. Kindergarten - Grade 6, math websites by Horizon School DivisionA fantastic archive of online math websites and games. Sorted into the strands: number, patterns and relations and shape and space. Click the links below to go to each grade level page.Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6

2. Tally mark and number games by No Time For FlashcardsTwo games are explained here: Dominoes and Speed Racer. Great for getting students to practice recognizing numbers and tally’s.

3. Ladybug counting game by B-Inspired MamaA great activity for students just starting out with numbers.

4. Monster math by Inner Child LearningA fun way to practice simple sums.

5. Race to 1000 by Teaching Maths With MeaningStudents use a deck of cards and dice to be the first to get to 1000 points.

6. Egg O by Kids Activities BlogShake the egg carton and then get students to either add, subtract or multiply the numbers. The first student to a designated score is the winner.

7. Strike it out by Teach MamaThis game uses a number line to add and subtract until a player can no longer make a move.

8. Making equations math game by Mama JennA card game that gets your students to practice simple addition and subtraction equations. The student with the most cards is the winner.

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