Click the image above to go to the Virtual Dice online tool. There are lots of great activities you could try with virtual dice! Kindergarten (single die):
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The National Council for Teachers of Mathematics has many great online resources. One of my favourites is "Calculation Nation", a collection of math games played online versus a computer or versus another player somewhere in the world. These games focus on computation skills and comparing numbers.
You need an account (free to join) to play against other players, but can play against the computer as a guest. This wonderful website offers challenges for families to tackle together on a variety of math topics. How many challenges can your family beat?
Please see this post for a wonderful math problem Ms. Storey's math class took on this week!
This problem involves addition up to 20. Being able to think about a number as made up of different "parts" is so important to number sense. Practicing not just 2 addend problems (8 + 12 = 20), but also multi-addend problems (5 + 3 + 6 + 6 = 20) helps introduce students to multiplication, and helps them with "fast facts". You can create other open-ended math questions with contexts! For example, there are 100 marbles in a bag, in the colours red, blue, green, and white. Jane draws 10 marbles out of the bag. How many of each colour might she have drawn? How many different combinations are there? Create your own problem and leave it in the comments below! Great for figuring out number patterns, practicing subtraction and addition, and reviewing skip counting. Try some of the following challenges:
Math 3 Under the Sea - a great series of games across all math strands, created by Learn Alberta. It is designed for grade 3 and many grade 3/4 teachers use it in the classroom as a math center.
Make Ten Card Game - practice making 10 with different numbers! Number composition is a very important foundational skill in math - knowing how to make 10 with 2, 3, or 4 numbers (eg, 2+2+6=10, 7+3=10). Watch the video below for a simple game you can play to practice! An extension of this game, to make it competitive - each player races to find different combinations, no need to take turns! As soon as you see a 10, grab it and replenish the cards. OR... take turns but use a timer - each player has only 10 seconds to find a 10, then has to pass to the next player. The player with the MOST cards at the end wins.
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How to use this pageUse the "Categories" section below to find specific resources in different math strands. Each post is tagged with the appropriate mathematic topic. Archives
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