Making Number Sense Make Sense: A Math Podcast for Early Elementary Teachers Lara

The hardest part about Building Thinking Classrooms is finding the tasks when you want to spice it up a bit! In this episode, I'm walking you through how I approach coming up with ideas for tasks! Want the task I talked about? You can get the 2nd Grade Cash Out Task here! K and 1st Grade versions are below.

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Since you seemed to enjoy Math Games for Morning Meeting, this is a companion episode, not a math specific episode but helpful to create a respectful community so that all our academic work and be more successful! I'm going over packing up routines, closing circle routines, and how kids leave the classroom during dismissal.

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Truth. Kids don't need addition and subtraction symbols to do addition and subtraction symbols. But when they do, give them a little…spice.
Today we’re talking about how to give those squiggles meaning!

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Subtraction games can be tricker than addition because we don’t want students working with negative numbers in Kindergarten or First grade! This episode shares 5 print-and-play math games you can use in your classroom tomorrow!
Your students will practice math facts, writing equations, working independently and with partners, freeing you to circulate or work with small groups!
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1:06 - Spin and Subtract
2:15 - Spin, Roll, and Color
3:14 - Build, Roll, and Break
4:00 - Spin, Roll, and Remove
4:32 - Jump Around

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I love a good game to have kids learning and practicing math! The applause my students give when in math center time is music to my ears!
These addition games are pretty simple and don't include a lot of varied directions, perfect to free you up to circulate the room if you need to or pull students one one-on-one or in a small group because they're engaged in these fast-paced games that are accessible to them and easy to differentiate.
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Timestamps
1:14 - Spin and Add
1:46 - Roll A Two-Color Tower
2:57 - Ladybug Addition
3:41 - Add Them Up
4:46 - Sevens
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Sometimes you have the perfect lesson and crickets. Or… most of your students get it, but there are a handful who don’t. What do you do for them?
In this episode, I’m sharing tips to help your struggling mathematicians!

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