I Love This New Website...

It has something for everyone, a great source for "problem of the day". I used it this morning. We did "count to 20". It had a number of objects between 10 and 20, sets of ten were in ten frames, so it was easy to count tens and ones. My students took turns coming up and typing in the answer.

You can do one "activity" (20 problems) each day for free. It does have a subscription option that is unlimited and tracks progress.

100s Chart Designs

The website that is linked to the title of this post has directions for making designs on a 100s chart. It is a great activity for number recognition, or you could give the directions for +1, -1, +10, -10, etc.

I think I will go to the craft store and buy some "jewels" with a flat side so that they can make the designs with those. It seems like a really fun way to practice a lot of math skills.

I found something really fun on Apples4theTeacher
It is so cool! Some of the kids can play on the computer! This is a link to a 100s chart coloring page! You can choose different colors, touch the crayon to the number on the hundreds chart and click on it to make it change color.

Too much fun with a 100s chart!

New Math Workstation - K-1

This is an activity I put in one of my math workstations for kindergarten. It could be adapted for older children.
First - we used wooden cubes to make dice for the numbers we need to practice. Ours have 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.
Next - I gave students a "full" ten frame - ones we filled up using bingo markers as a class. (I had them laminated). They also got an empty ten frame (also laminated).
To play - Students roll their die, complete the number using their full ten frame, making X's with a dry erase marker in the empty ten frame to show the number.
Erase and start again!

This really has helped my students begin to understand place value. They look at the "1" in teen numbers as "one ten" and they call the second numeral "___" ones in the empty ten frame.

Math Worksheet Generator

This site is a great resource - if you need additional math practice sheets, you can make them here. There are a lot of choices, so you can make it exactly like you want it.
There are plenty of options available free of charge, but there is also a subscription side that has many more options. I haven't tried it yet, I think you could make just about any kind of practice sheet you would ever want.
Give it a try!

Counting Coins

This site is a great resource for an independent math center.

Just make up little bags of assorted coins. Challenge your students to count the coins on their own, then check their work by typing in the number of each coin they have on this webpage. It will total each type of coin and then give a grand total of all of the coins at the bottom.

I emptied out my change purse and tried it just for fun! I think kids will love it!