Thankful for PLACE VALUE FREEBIE!!!!

I created this fun little game to practice place value. There are three options to play using this game. Students work in partners and build numbers created by spinning the spinner. They record their data on the recording sheet. I haven't tried it yet soooo, PLEASE leave me some feedback if you use it in your classroom. and speaking of being thankful...I am thankful for Cara Carroll at The First Grade Parade for inspiring me to make this activity-Thanks Cara!

In other news...my kiddos will be writing about Turkeys this 3 day week. I'm going to try my hardest to get EVERYTHING fit in. We will see!!!! It's not too late to grab a turkey unit over at my TpT store...check out some examples below! 

Happy Turkey Week! 

Place Value Madness

I know-I have gone MAD with place value!!!! Another activity for you-CHoose a number 1-60 and write it on the line. Count and connect drawing a line from one to the chosen number (we will use 31). Stop at 31. Go back and count your strings of ten and draw a horizontal line labeling it 1, 2, 3 for 10, 20, 30. See above. Now color the towers of ten and "extra" ones to match your number labeling the tens 10 20, 30. Write a number sentence to match: 30 cubes + 1 cube= 31 cubes in all. Now go back and under line the 1 in 10, 2 in 20, 3 in 30 to show 3 towers or strings of ten.
Complete the sentence: 3 tens and 1 one = 31 ....Clear as mud????? leave a question or comment for clarification! Oh -ya...I will laminate so we can use dry erase markers and use over and over.

Place Value Fun! and a Pumpkin Marshmallow Sorting and Graphing FREEBIE!

We are hitting place value hard this quarter so I made a game to teach this standard. Students work in pairs and build the number on the card. They use unifix cubes or base ten blocks. When they have finished building the number they record the number in their data sheet. You can laminate the cards and data sheet for durability as well as saving paper! Check it out at my TPT store!

 Above is the directions with two possible games to play using the cards seen below (38 cards to choose from).

 Below is the data sheet for students to record the number they built. 

Pumpkin Marshmallow Freebie for you my FRIENDS!!! Click on any of the pictures below and grab a copy for your classroom!

Stinkin' Adorable!

I got this adorable idea from Cara at The First Grade Parade. She read the kids The Little Scarecrow Boy and then completed a story map with the kiddos. She turned the story map into scarecrows - C.U.T.E!!! Sooooo...I HAD to do this activity with my kiddos today. Take a look at the pictures below-LOVE them!

  How cute are these???? My kind of art project...finished in 25 minutes!  Lots of Cuteness :-)
                                                       

So I had to make this great idea into a Thinking Map of course... if you would like a copy of the tree map/story map, CLICK HERE.

I modeled as the kids followed along with me and filled the tree map out. Character and setting are self explanatory, the problem/solution is a little trickier. I write or draw an event or problem in the box. To the left of the box you write the cause of the problem and to the right you write or draw the effect (solution). In this story the event or problem was "The little scarecrow boy isn't fierce." The cause written to the left is "the boy is too small." The effect or solution is "dad taught him 6 ugly faces" and or "dad taught him to be fierce." This story map is copied on the back of their scarecrows. Lot of fun!

Get Your TURKEY UNIT Now!!!!

 

I just posted my turkey unit at my TPT store.  Come on over and check it out. Here is a preview below...

                   

 
                                           

                             

                              

Click here to get your TURKEY UNIT NOW!!!

Equal or Not???? and A November Calendar Header!

Common Core standards requires students to identify whether an equation is equal or not. I originally jumped right into this with CRAZY equations (4+1=4+1  equal or not??)...needless to say we backed that train up REALLY fast! So baby steps - below you will find several worksheets to attack this standard with.

Being that I LOVE Thinking Maps almost as much as I love my husband-I have a tree map for sorting the equations.

 On this page, students will cut the equations out. They will work in partners to solve by drawing circle drawings. This will help them determine of the equation is equal or not equal. (4=4 Circle drawing would look like this: oooo|oooo...four and four are equal because four circles is the same as four circles.) After they have decided if the equation is equal or not, they glue the equation to the tree map.

 Again students cut the equations out then solve with circle drawings. Sort onto the tree map. (5+1=6  Circle drawing would look like this: ooooo|o=oooooo...there are the same number of circles on each side of the equal sign so this equation is equal. They would glue this equation to the equal side of the tree map.

The two pages below I am going to use for homework. Again, I want students to draw circle drawings to solve and circle the correct vocabulary word to match. Being that the standard specifically uses the words true and false, I included these words on these pages.

Finally, I had a request for a November calendar header so here is one I just created for you my friends-hope you like:-) Happy Friday!

Pumpkins with a Dash of Thanksgiving!

I just posted my new PUMPKIN unit on TPT...go on over to my store and check it out. Pumpkins with a Dash of Thanksgiving covers math, science, and English Language Arts. Have a look at the pictures below to see a preview of what is included in my unit. Describe a pumpkin, label the parts, learn the causes and effects of growing a pumpkin, investigate a pumpkin, write an expository story about pumpkins, and SOOOOOO much MORE!!!!
     

Higher Level Thinking Skills+Hands-On+High Interest Level Subject = High Engagement, Love For   Learning, and Thorough Understanding of Concepts Learned!

LOTS of hands-on activities including Thinking Maps and math.