Students use a set of regular dominoes and a domino parking mat. Each student selects a domino, counts the total number of dots (pips) and places the domino in that parking spot. Dominoes...
This game is yet another version of the familiar Battleship game. Students place candy hearts on the board. They take turns rolling two dice (one regular die and one marked A-F) and form ...
Valentines Day Treat challenges students to list all of the possible sundaes that can be made if students choose one ice cream and one topping from the cafeteria list. Note that students must ch...
This Valentine Quilt is a great culminating activity for a study of the geometry of quilts. Each student designs a 9-square paper quilt patch using only red, pink and white paper. Students may elect ...
Heart Paths challenges students to find all the different paths that spell HEART if they can only move from a letter to one of the two letters directly below it. Students use the Heart Pat...
This activity is designed as a fun, seasonal data collection activity that introduces students to the probability of a spinner. Although each piece of the snowman is equally likely to be spun, ...
The snowmen face off in this game of addition facts. But beware! A toss of the die may mean the sun melts a snowman. Students practice addition facts as they try to be the last snowman standing becau...
Download a hundred board template to copy onto card stock and then cut apart to create puzzles.
This Mathwire elf glyph comes complete with legend and downloadable patterns to create your student glyphs. As with all glyphs, teachers should feel free to adjust the legend to best fit the in...
Gingerbread Info.: As an introduction to the unit, graph how many students have eaten a gingerbread cookie, baked a gingerbread cookie or decorated a gingerbread cookie. [clothespin graph with s...
For this game, students toss two dice (one regular and one marked A-B-C-D-E-F), form an ordered pair (e.g. B5), then remove the gingerbread man from that space, if there is one. Play continues until ...
Students are asked to use words, pictures and numbers to solve these gingerbread problems:Gingerbread Bake Sale challenges students to figure out how many different gingerbread men Ruby can make for ...
Gingerbread men and gingerbread houses enjoy special popularity around the holidays, but many of these gingerbread activities are timeless and complement literature titles that teachers use at the be...
Introduce elementary students to coordinate graphing through seasonal coloring activities. This winter Gingerbread House activity requires students to use the grid code and crayons or mark...
This game was designed to introduce students to the randomness of spinners and dice. Each color gingerbread man starts at the same place and has the same chance of winning by crossing the finish line...
There are so many effective math games and data investigations that involve tossing dice. One way to help young students toss dice is to place the dice in a clear jar. Students simply sha...
Students intuitively use this model to describe riding up (+) and down (-) in an elevator. This real-life application is one some students might have encountered if they live in a large city or...
Help students master basic facts by posting a Fact of the Day or Fact of the Week conspicuously in the classroom. Some teachers post a fact by the clock or on the front wall where students will...
This activity originated in the Games magazine and has floated around the internet in various forms. Teachers may use this as a fun number sense activity, challenging students to think abo...
This model was developed and used in the CSMP (Comprehensive School Mathematics Program) and remains a wonderful introduction to integers for young children. Eli is an elephant who loves peanut...
How about a little probability for Thanksgiving? This handout is a simple review of probability using the letters in Thanksgiving. Students must explain their answers to provide practice ...
In honor of Thanksgiving, here is a turkey and cow problem, an adaptation of the familiar chicken and cows problems. In these problems, students are given the number of heads and the number of ...
This game was designed to provide practice in adding integers, using the number line model. In this model, students move to the right for a positive integer and to the left when adding a negati...
The mathematical introduction of integers as positive and negative numbers on the number line is easily accomplished through the real-life application of weather changes in temperature. We are ...
Candy Corn presents a triangular numbers problem using a candy corn pattern. Younger students might use candy corn or other manipulatives to model the problem. A sample solution shows how...
This is a great modification for students who have difficulty with these types of problems. Students simply rewrite the problem using the numbers that come before the original numbers in the pr...
These open-ended assessments require students to use pattern blocks to fill the shape so that it has a line of symmetry. Students must draw a dotted line to show the line of symmetry and they m...
This deck was designed to provide practice in using the area model of fractions. The teacher distributes the cards and picks any student to begin the round. In the case above, the sequenc...
Landmarks are an important concept in the study of fractions. Students need to have a conceptual understanding of whether a fraction is close to 0, close to 1/2, close to 1, larger than 1, etc....
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