Line Up Activities Have your kids line up based on your instructions. This can be numeric order. Teacher Tip - This can go from smallest to largest or largest or smallest. Example - Hand out cards with decimals on them. Call up several students (maybe 3 or 4) and have them line up from smallest amount to largest amount.
Match Up Activities Give each one of your kids a math card and then have them find another student with a matching pair. Example - Hand out cards that have a number and a visual representation of the number (i.e. ten frames, base ten blocks). Let your kids find a classmate that matches their cards.
Round Up Activities Have your kids sort themselves into different categories. Teacher Tip - Hang signs up in different areas of the room to help students sort themselves. Example - Give your kids different number cards and let them sort themselves into Odd and Even signs.
Math Hunts Place the cards around a room and give your kids a clipboard with a recording sheet. Have your kids search the room for answers to the questions. The goal is to find all the cards and record their answers.
SCOOT A teacher and student favorite! Place one card on each student desk and have your kids rotate from desk to desk. Before they move to the next desk allow them time to record answers on a recording sheet.
Math Competitions
The best things about competitions is that they can be done in a large group, in pairs or students can compete against themselves.
Large Group - Break the large group into 2 teams. Call 2 representatives from each team to answer the problem on the task card. Whoever answers it first and accurately gets a point for the team.
Pairs - Have 2 children work together. Have the cards facedown in a pile. They flip the card over and try to solve. Whoever answers it first and accurately gets a point.
Independent - One student solves the problem on the task cards and uses the answer key to give themselves points. This can be done at their own pace.
Math with Movement
Line Up Activities
Have your kids line up based on your instructions. This can be numeric order.
Teacher Tip - This can go from smallest to largest or largest or smallest.
Example - Hand out cards with decimals on them. Call up several students (maybe 3 or 4) and have them line up from smallest amount to largest amount.
Match Up Activities
Give each one of your kids a math card and then have them find another student with a matching pair.
Example - Hand out cards that have a number and a visual representation of the number (i.e. ten frames, base ten blocks). Let your kids find a classmate that matches their cards.
Round Up Activities
Have your kids sort themselves into different categories.
Teacher Tip - Hang signs up in different areas of the room to help students sort themselves.
Example - Give your kids different number cards and let them sort themselves into Odd and Even signs.
Math Hunts
Place the cards around a room and give your kids a clipboard with a recording sheet. Have your kids search the room for answers to the questions. The goal is to find all the cards and record their answers.
SCOOT
A teacher and student favorite! Place one card on each student desk and have your kids rotate from desk to desk. Before they move to the next desk allow them time to record answers on a recording sheet.
Math Competitions
The best things about competitions is that they can be done in a large group, in pairs or students can compete against themselves.
Large Group - Break the large group into 2 teams. Call 2 representatives from each team to answer the problem on the task card. Whoever answers it first and accurately gets a point for the team.
Pairs - Have 2 children work together. Have the cards facedown in a pile. They flip the card over and try to solve. Whoever answers it first and accurately gets a point.
Independent - One student solves the problem on the task cards and uses the answer key to give themselves points. This can be done at their own pace.
Resources
Math Their Way book....Grades K-2Math A Way Of Thinking book....Grades 3 and Up