Addition Tic Tac Toe

Today we played Addition Tic Tac Toe. The kids loved it! They had this game board found here, bingo chips, and a double 10 sided (decahedron) die. 

They roll the die, add the two numbers together, find the sum anywhere on the board and place their chip. They play on all the tic tac toe boards simultaneously and try to get three chips in a row. The student has the most three is a rows, wins the game.

Part, Part, Whole

We talked about Part Part Whole (PPW) in Math this week. We started with the fun paper plates that have a large section and then two smaller sections. These added interest and engagement.

The students used bingo chips as counters and then we either started with the whole number and one part and had to figure out what the other part was (ex. 16 and 8, missing part is 8) or we started with two parts and had to make the whole (ex.7 and 3 whole 10). Students had an easy time putting parts together, but it was a little more tricky doing the whole and part questions.

We then did a pencil and paper activity to put numbers to the concept, and this was more tricky. Some started to make the connection between part/whole and subtraction and part/part and addition. I found a great blog post on PPW at Mrs. T's First Grade Class used her worksheets for this part of the lesson. We also read, "Ready, Set, Hop!" and put the equations into a blank PPW worksheet. The students really enjoyed this and they really wanted to find out if Moe or Marty won! I love being able to incorporate Language Arts into Math whenever possible! We didn't fill up the whole sheet so we will look at another book tomorrow and see if we can make some more PPW equations to finish the page.

We will continue to work on this concept as I think that it will help them with subtraction and addition facts. I have never taught this concept in this way, so I wonder how impactful it will be, if at all.

Here is a video I found, explaining number bonds, which we talked about in relation to PPW

Ten Frames

I went to a workshop last week on addition and so of course I put the things I learned into practice this week. ;) We started with ten frames. First I handed out large versions of the ten frames I found on this awesome site (they have so many blackline masters for math, it's very exciting!!) and the students had to find their partner. Their partner was the student that completed them (made 10). They really enjoyed this activity and my high energy boys got to move around. Then we played Terrific 10 Snake where they took turns making pairs and the person who finds the last pair wins. One person starts (and wins, but the kids don't know that) and  puts a bingo chip on two circles that add to 10 (1+9, 2+8 etc). Then their partner finds two circles that makes a pair and puts their coloured bingo chip on those two circles. They go back and forth until the last pairing is made. Then comes the next level!

The next level of this game is to see who can make the longest section of the snake in their color bingo chips. This is where strategy comes in finding pairs that will give you a bigger section of the snake while blocking your opponent from doing the same. This was too hard for some kids, but with more practice maybe they will handle it better. 

We also played ten frame memory with these mini ten frames I found on the workshop presenter's blog (it's a great blog by the way!) I printed them on card-stock, and some fabulous moms and my SEA cut them out for me! One person starts by flipping two cards over, if the cards make 10 they get to keep them, if they don't, they must flip them back over and their partner tries to find 10. (The full ten frame cards will be used later when talking about adding 10 to a number..)

At first my students had trouble working with ten frames, but they are starting to see the pairs more quickly. 

We also used this great "learning tool"online during our first computer block this year. They really seemed to enjoy playing this game and collecting points and they were ecstatic to play anything on the computer. Hello MOTIVATION!!

They enjoyed using the stars or apples instead of the circles too! The different games on the side "bump up" the difficulty which was good for my more capable students. The students also work with partners during our computer period, so they were able to help each other which is good for my strugglers! 

I think a few more days with ten frames and we can move on to doubles!

A Language and Art Activity

Here are two projects we completed this week.

First our "Not a Box" creations based on the book Not a Box by Antoinette Portis

After reading the book, the students chose a pose they liked and used their imagination to turn the box into something that was "not a box"

We also made apple collages, where the kids trace apples onto a paper, overlapping the apples, and then colour in the spaces with pastel. They turned out really nice. Pictures of completed projects to come, but here is one that was in progress.

Bump (an addition, subtraction, or multiplication math game)

So my mom taught me a math game called BUMP a while ago. The game of Bump is a fun way for students to practice basic facts. Here are some pictures that will help explain how to play.

Rolling a '0' counts as a 10

Players can "share" a circle by having one chip on the same sum. A"Bump" happens if one player rolls that sum a second time, they then BUMP the opposing player's chip off the "shared" circle and that player now has to try and place the chip back on the board.

To make the board, you need 11 circles, and an 11x17 piece of construction paper. Write the number you want them to add their rolls to on one circle, and then the sums on the other 10 circles.

You can do this for subtraction by writing the number you want them to start at and then writing the difference on the other circles (ex. 18-, answers: 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17)

For multiplication you write the number they need to multiply by in the corner, and then the products on the circles. (ex. x3 products: 3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30)

I hope this makes sense. If not let me know, I will try and answer any questions.