Everyday Math

We have been working really hard the last couple of weeks. Some of the main areas we have focused on for math are: symmetry, simple addition (to 12), bigger/smaller numbers, making/identifying shapes. Today, we learned a new game called Attribute Spinner Game. Students spin three different times on different spinners (shape, color, size) and choose the shape out of the bag that matches.

Some pictures include students playing a game called Top-It. This is kind of like War. The student with the bigger number gets to keep the cards. What amazed me was when three of my students asked if they could play the game a different way. I asked them what they meant. They wanted to play a version where the person with the lowest card gets to keep the cards. I definitely encouraged this and we named this version Drop-It. :) What smart kids!

Enjoy these pictures!

Working hard on a Symmetrical Snowflake!

Students at this center are playing Top-It.

Here, students are rolling two dice. They have to add the two dice together and mark the sum on their graphs.

At this center, students are playing the Disappearing Train Game. Students start with ten cubes and they roll the dice to see how many to take away. There are two other versions of this as well. The Growing Train game--Student start with zero blocks and they roll the green dice to start making their train (goal to get to 10). The other version is the Growing/Disappearing Train game. For this game, students roll the yellow dice. If the number on the yellow die is green, they add. If it is red, they take away (goal to get to 10).

These last few pictures are of students playing our new Attribute Spinner Game that we learned today.