K-3 Book Reviews, Puppets, Colouring, Clip Art
We’re learning our doubles facts! Here’s a game I made last year but I’ve added a bit more cuteness to it. My kids LOVE this game because they get to eat Smarties! But it’s still fun to play even if you use regular game pieces. In this game your students will get lots of practice with their doubles facts, especially … Read more
Here’s a doubles math game I just made. It’s super easy to play and involves minimal prep. The BEST kind of game. Right? Click on the image to grab. The cute pandas are from Scrappin’ Doodles:) And just for fun … I thought I’d join in on Latoya’s latest “Get Acquainted Party”. This party is all about your 3 favourite … Read more
Inside: An Easter-themed math freebie to practice combinations to 10. My Spring Break ends today. So sad. But at least it’s the week leading up to Easter, so we can do lots and lots of fun Easter stuff. Here’s one of the math activities we’ll be doing. You can click the image to grab your own copy. DOWNLOAD: Combinations to … Read more
We’ve been working hard this week on combinations to 10. We spent one math lesson building the combos using unifix cubes in two different colours. The kids worked in groups of 3. It’s so cute and funny how excited they get when the see the staircase pattern forming. Today the kids did the same thing again, except this time they … Read more
I’m going to share a couple of math sheets my class is working on right now. My kids are pretty good at addition to 12, but we need more practice with subtraction. With these two sheets, you just roll a die, print the number in the first box then subtract. I like these kinds of sheets because you can use … Read more
We’ve just started Fact Families in Grade 1. I’m taking it slow and easy because every year my students find this concept pretty challenging. Here’s an easy activity we’re doing tomorrow. Every child receives the sheet above (click on it to grab) and a deck of Power of Ten cards (see below). They flip over a card, colour the 10 … Read more
Inside: Two free winter bump games. We’re working on addition and subtraction to 12 this term. My kids love playing Bump, so I’ve made them two new games for tomorrow: Valentine and Snowman Bump. DIRECTIONS: Both games are played with two dice. Roll the dice and add them together. Place your marker on the matching number. If your friend’s marker … Read more
I heard about this game a gazillion years ago. One of the many fabulous teachers in my district passed this on at a meeting. I’ve modified it very slightly. We played it last week and the kids had a blast! Seriously, they were very excited (in a controlled way) and had LOTS of number printing practice. Name: Pass the Pencil … Read more
Today I’m sharing a math game and then some of what we’re doing with our Ocean unit. MATH We’re reviewing our doubles facts right now. Our game for tomorrow is “Flip and Double” and it involves Smarties! How fun is that? Just click on the image below to grab your own copy. It’s easy to play and the directions are … Read more