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Thursday, February 13, 2014

St. Patrick's Fortune Teller Games for Addition and Subtraction/Multiplication and Division -- Freebie

Here's a quick activity for small groups or math stations.

The game is for three players.
One player gives the other two players one card each. They hold the card to their forehead so that the other players can see it, but they cannot.
The dealer multiplies the two numbers on the cards together and calls out the product. Each player looks at the number on the other player's card and uses division to determine their own number. The first player to call out their number wins the round.
The game may also be played using related addition and subtraction facts.

I have included a set of black and white number cards in case you need to save your color ink.

Click on the pic above to get the file.



Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Giveaway to Celebrate My Friends's Blog

One of my friends has started a blog aimed at middle school teachers, but valuable to others as well.
To help her celebrate, I am giving away one product of your choice to the first five readers who visit her blog by clicking on the pic above and leave a comment wishing her well. When you leave the comment, be sure you leave an email address so I can contact you.
Go visit now!

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Pot of Gold Subtraction Hunt -- Freebie

What's better than a snow day?
Knowing about it the night before!
Every weather forecast I have seen is saying something different, but we are out of school tomorrow based on predictions of anywhere from one to four inches of snow.
So tonight I'm making freebies for you!
You should be able to stock up on some goodies for the upcoming St. Patrick's Day.

The first freebie is a subtraction hunt involving regrouping. It meets both second and third grade Common Core standards:

NBT.3.2 Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic. Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction. A range of algorithms may be used.
NBT.2.7 Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract. Add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method. Understand that in adding or subtracting three-digit numbers, one adds or subtracts hundreds and hundreds, tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose or decompose tens or hundreds.
 Pot of Gold Subtraction Hunt

Just click on the pic above to get your freebie.

Happy Snow Day to me!


Sunday, February 9, 2014

This has absolutely nothing to do with school, BUT we had my niece's reveal party last night.
I'm going to be a GREAT aunt to sweet little Henleigh Jane Houck.


Megan and Casey asked the ultrasound technician to put the results in an envelope. Megan gave it to a friend and the friend made all the arrangements.  The whole family found out at the same time when the balloon popped and PINK confetti burst out.
They gave the grandmothers a box with a cheesecake inside that had Henleigh's name on it.

I'm pretty proud of that picture. I was afraid I wouldn't get a good one.

Needless to say, my mind has been anywhere but making freebies today! I'll make it up to you later this week.

Have a happy week.

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Valentine's Multiplication Bump -- Freebie!

Don't you just love Bump games?
Here's a multiplication Bump you can use in your Math stations for Valentine's Day.
Your kids won't even know they are practicing their multiplication facts.


Just click on the link above to get your Bump board, add a pair of dice, and 16 markers for each player.

Try these markers if you don't have any.



Or to make it even more fun, use Conversation Hearts as the markers.

Have fun!

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Sweet Order Scoot! -- Freebie!

I love Scoot games.
I love Valentines Day.
I think the Order of Operations is pretty neat.
Put all three of those things together and you've got a pretty neat activity for a Math station.

I think part of the Common Core Math Standard for Third Grade O.A.3.8 is often overlooked.
Students are required to solve two step word problems using the four operations and represent those problems using different strategies.
The very last sentence of that standard says ….should know how to perform operations in the conventional order when there are no parentheses to specify a particular Order of Operations.


 Sweet Order Scoot!

Just click on the pic above to get the freebie.

Be sure to go by and visit A Class-y Collaboration today to get lots of Valentine's Day themed freebies. 
Click on the button below to visit.
 Sweets for the Sweets

Have a great weekend.

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Saturday, February 1, 2014

Loving Multisyllable Words - Freebie

Want a fun freebie that combines a review of decoding multisyllable words and determining parts of speech? 


Be sure to go by and visit A Class-y Collaboration today to get lots of Valentine's Day themed freebies, including mine!
Click on the button below to visit.

Visit my Teachers Pay Teachers Store and Teachers Notebook Shop. I'm having a Super Bowl Sale this Weekend. Go check out the great deals!