Dissect the number four and what other, smaller numbers it contains. Have students show examples and give reasons why and how they know there are others numbers inside the number four.
Play the following Game: Build A Number Line
Players: 2 (make enough sets for a class to play simultaneously)
Materials: One set of playing cards. Using 3x5 index cards or printed cards write the numbers 1- 10.
Object of the Game: To be the first player to use all the cards.
Directions: Mix the cards on the tabletop. Each player selects five cards. Turing the cards faceup, the player with the 4 (since it is day 4) card goes first, placing the card in the middle of the table. The next player must play either the card that come before (3) or the card that comes after (5). If this player does not have the card that comes before or after, the other player plays one of the appropriate cards (either the 3 or 5 card) Game continues in this manner until one player has used all of his or her cards.
Variations:
*A different range of numbers can be used- for example 0-15. Before playing the game, decide which card needs to be in the middle (in this case either card 7 or 8) before playing the game.
*Dominoes can be used to play this game. Just pull out the dominoes with the pips for 0-12. The player with 6 or 7 goes first.
(Game found from: Teacher Created Resources)
Day 3: Noisy Animals
1. Count to 3 and say the name of an animal or bird, like a duck.
2. Imitate the sound of a loud duck 3 times- "Quack, Quack, Quack!"
3. Play with a friend, taking turns naming an animal and then making its sound together 3 times, you'll have one noisy farm or zoo!
*Sorry about the backward upload, just follow from bottom to top!
* Don't forget to sing the numeral song and practice writing your numerals. The handwriting fairy may even visit today!
I love the activity of dissecting a number. That could be a great lead into fact families later on in the year. Have you thought about making anchor posters of the dissected numbers to display in your class throughout the year? (Your idea has my mind spinning with new ideas!) That would be a powerful tool to use those posters later on when you teach fact families, and have the students add all of the fact families to their previous work.
ReplyDeleteI have taught first grade for 8 years. I taught 2 and 3 for a few years too. I just transferred to 4th grade and miss the little guys. It was nice knowing the curriculum too. I’m excited for fourth, but it is going to take a lot time to learn a new curriculum.
Thanks!
Denise W
Hi Denise! So fun to read your thoughts and ideas. I didn't think about an anchor for fact families, I may have to get some parent helpers on that one ASAP. I did want to share with you something that I do use for fact families that I LOVE! I have triangle shaped cards that have the three fact family numbers on them. They are fairly small, but perfect for reading the numbers. On the top of the triangle is the large number (we call him papa bear) and then on the two bottom corners there are the other two numbers (mama & baby bears). We then talk about how papa is always the biggest in the house so he stays at the top of the house (or beginning or end) depending on whether you are adding or subtracting. I think you see where this is going, anyway at the end ofnthe lesson the students choose abfact family card and in their math journals they record their fact families by drawing a house and putting the corresponding bears in the house! Anyway, thanks for your comments and hopefully you got something useful from this blog! -Sarah
ReplyDeleteThanks for the ideas. Great blog!
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