Free Computer Activities For Grades 1-6
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Distributive Property
I have learned SO much this year and one of the most important things I've learned is that I need to start teaching with the distributive, associative and commutative properties. The Iowa CORE is very specific with which properties our students need to know and those three are the most important. To wrap up the year with my fourth and fifth grade title groups we made a distributive property quilt. I downloaded these awesome distributive property puzzles from TpT. There are four different puzzles so I had each group do a different puzzle. They had to cut out the squares and then match the distributive property equation to the algebraic expression. It was great practice for them!
Fraction Fish
I needed an end of the year quick formative assessment for my fourth grade title group so I chose for them to do a craftivity with fractions! Nothin like a good 'ol craftivity! I first traced circles onto large sheets of construction paper, stapled them together and cut them out. I told the groups they could use 5-7 circles to create fish, seaweed or other underwater creatures. They had to cut the circles into halves, fourths, eighths and sixteenths and they had to have 1 whole. The kids did a great job and created a lot of different kinds of creatures. I had googly eyes they could use as well. After they glued everything onto the large blue construction paper (the water) we discussed the different fractions they made. A few even made some equivalent fraction connections on their own.
Interactive Magnetic Hundreds Chart
I downloaded these useful little numbers from acupcakefortheteacher.blogspot.com. I wanted to do something fun that still had a purpose the last couple weeks of school. My kindergarten kiddos will love finding the patterns in the hundreds chart and reviewing counting to 100 by 1's, 5's and 10's while also working on number order! I laminated all the cards, cut them out and then put a magnet on the back. I used black string and regular tape to make a 100's chart on my white board. It will be easy for the kiddos to take off the numbers and then stick them back on the board.
Decomposing Monster
I found this lesson on TpT from Jennifer Drake: crayonsandcutiesinkindergarten.blogspot.com.This decomposing monster is a fantastic way for kids to have hands on experience with decomposing numbers. I tried it with my kindergarten kiddos and it was awesome:) One at a time, the kids took turns putting in 8 or 9 'chips' for the monster to 'eat'. They would shake the monster and then dump out the chips. I used double sided counters with red on one side and yellow on the other. After the kids dumped out the 'chips' we talked about what number combination the counters made. Included in this lesson is a recording sheet. Check out the pics below:
Decomposing Numbers
I got this awesome idea from The Kindergarten Center. Based on the Kathy Richardson assessment I did with my kiddos I needed one more activity to have my students practice their 'working number.' I put the appropriate number of clothes pins on the hangers and my kiddos practices decomposing their number. I made a recording sheet to go with the activity. You can grab them over on the freebie page.
Rainbow Math Make 10
My kindergarten kiddos are working on making 10 and I introduced Rainbow Math. I made a number line on the board.0 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 10
Notice this number line has two 5's. We then talked about which pairs of numbers make combinations of 10. I drew the first rainbow line from 1 to 9. I asked my students what is 1 more than 9? A few responded with 10. I then drew a rainbow line from 2 to 8. I asked a student if they could model the counting on strategy. This student said 8...9...10. We did one more example (3+7) and my students started to work ahead of me on their papers. My students have a better understanding of making 10 and I have some other activities planned to further their knowledge!
Kathy Richardson DRIVING my instruction!
I recently did Assessment 6 from Kathy
Richardson to a group of students and the results helped me plan my
instruction even better than I had thought. I found that my students
had a variety of needs. Assessment 6 is the hiding assessment and it
helped me find out which number combinations my students know by
determining if they can tell the missing part of a number without
having to figure it out. The number my students started to struggle
with is their working number. The pics below help to illustrate the
activity that I had my students do. I used the Number Shape activity
from Book 2 of Kathy Richardson. This students working number was 5. He used the number shape (5) and showed me the different combinations he came up with using the cubes. I then had him write his addition sentences.
Horizontal Triple Digit Addition on a Number Line
I'm learning more and more that I need to get away from teaching my students procedures and focus more on the math concepts. Instead of doing triple digit addition vertically, carrying the tens and so forth, I introduced a strategy to my students while using a number line. I purchased these base ten cards from TpT and they.are.fabulous. I give two of these cards to two different students and ask them what number the base ten blocks represent. Given proper wait time, students respond with the numbers and I write them on the board horizontally.
643 + 255
Students draw a number line and write the largest addend on the left side of the number line. Prior to this lesson, I talked about decomposing and what that exactly means. Students then decompose the other addend, hundreds, tens and ones. They add 200 to 643 which is 843. Then they add 50 to 843 which is 893 and then they add 5 ones which is 898. Students focus on breaking apart numbers and then are able to mentally add multiples of 10's or 100's. Check out the pics below:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar!
I bought an amazing math unit off of TpT based on the literature text The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. The pic below shows the giant caterpillar on my wall and then the craftivity that my kiddos did. My kindergartners wrote their doubles facts to 10 on each part of the caterpillars body and my TKer's wrote their teen numbers on each part of the caterpillars body. Throughout the week we did different activities from the unit. We counted money, worked on doubles and doubles plus one, missing addends and subtrahends and least to greatest.
One of the teachers I work with has a business on the side called Say Its and she made me these AWESOME horizontal and vertical vinyl letters! Check her out here.
The Mitten!
The Mitten!
I
got this lesson from the Golden Gang Kindergarten. She has some
amazing lessons! I needed a literature lesson to go with my
decomposing lessons and I found this! I read the story The Mitten
by Jan Brett to my kindergartners and while I was reading, my kiddos
had to put an animal into the mitten, one by one. After they put the
animal in the mitten, we wrote an addition sentence on the recording
sheet. We talked about adding one each time and looked at the number
patterns.
Snowman Measurement
My kindergartners worked on their measuring skills by comparing height while standing next to a snowman! I had the kids stand next to the snowman which was on my door. Students wrote their names on a green piece of construction paper and put their name on the door to measure their height. We then discussed who was tallest, shortest and how many were taller than the snowman and how many of the students were shorter than the snowman. It was a quick activity but it was a great formative assessment!
What's Up With That Cup??
My kindergartners were learning about measurement in the classroom so as a supplemental activity I did a quick literature based math lesson about capacity. You can check out this lesson at my TpT store! I read the book What's Up With That Cup? by Sheila Keenan and then we talked about the vocabulary words: size, heavy, light, compare and weight. I brought five different types of cups from my house: a coffee cup, 3 different tea cups and a measuring cup. Students made predictions about which cup could hold the same amount as the measuring cup (I put 1 cup of water in the measuring cup). We wrote down the predictions and then I let the students take turns pouring the water into the different cups. We wrote down our data as we went and then we used a balance to see which cups were heavier and which were light. The kiddos loved being able to do a hands on experiment!
Number Sense in Transitional Kindergarten
I found this
activity a while back (Sorry, I don't have a source:( ) and I
thought, WOW! What a great idea! I used this with my TK Title math
class today and it went over very well! I started by giving each
student two dice. One had the numbers 1-3 and the other had the
numbers 4-6. That is how I chose to do it, you can use one 6 sided
dice if you want. Put the copy of the gingerbread man which is
separated up into segments on the table in front of the small group.
(In those segments are the numbers 1-6. ) Students need to choose 1
crayon to use and the colors need to be different. My three TK kiddos
choose black, green and red. Each student takes turns rolling
one of the dice. The student then gets to color in the segment that
has the number in it that they rolled. It is then the next student's
turn. The player who has colored in the most segments, wins! This is a great way to practice recognizing numbers. The dice I used had dots and numbers. I would like to make some more dice that have tallies on them!
Santa Beard Countdown!
My kindergartners are finishing up the counting and cardinality lessons in title math and what better way to finish then doing a Craftivity?!?! I bought this off of TpT from EduKate and Inspire. My kiddos had a blast coloring part of Santa's beard each day before we started our lesson. I posted them all on the front of my door with a huge sign that said "Countdown to Christmas" Title Math Style! This was also a great way to introduce the numbers 20-30. Just wanted to share this!!! Thanks bloggers!
Double Digit Subtraction & Fractions
YIKES! From what I see in my Title math
room, these two areas are the toughest for my kiddos. Last week I
started double digit subtraction and we began with the basics. I had
my second and third graders use these base-10 work mats that I
purchased off of TpT. These mats really help to show students where
that ten comes from when they borrow. I had them physically pick up
the ten from the tens column and move it over to the ones column. We
practiced this several times. My kiddos are starting to understand!
YEA! On to fractions... yikes. The picture below was what we did in
our first lesson. Instead of pulling out the fraction tiles, I had my
fifth graders make their own out of construction paper. They had to
figure it out together and decide how to cut the strips of paper
evenly and so on. Next week: placing fractions on the number line!
DICE! DICE!
I made these super fun dice for my kindergarten groups to practice their 'counting on' skills! I used 12x12x10 boxes from Walmart, painted them white and then glued on the black circles which I cut out using some scrapbook tools. I used Rubber Cement to glue the circles on the boxes and then used packaging tape to reinforce where the boxes were taped together. They are pretty sturdy and such a fun math manipulative! I had pinned something similar onto my Math board earlier this month and I just had to make them. The original idea is from parents. com!
Remainders.....AH!
My fourth grade groups are going to begin working with remainders next week. One of my favorite things is to incorporate literature into teaching math. I found a book called A Remainder of One by Elinor J. Pniczes and decided to write a lesson to use with the book. The lesson is over at my TpT store! I wanted to share the remainder foldable we will be making to put in the Interactive Notebooks.
ENJOY!!!!!
Lady Bug Decimal MATH!
My kindergartners worked on their measuring skills by comparing height while standing next to a snowman! I had the kids stand next to the snowman which was on my door. Students wrote their names on a green piece of construction paper and put their name on the door to measure their height. We then discussed who was tallest, shortest and how many were taller than the snowman and how many of the students were shorter than the snowman. It was a quick activity but it was a great formative assessment!
What's Up With That Cup??
My kindergartners were learning about measurement in the classroom so as a supplemental activity I did a quick literature based math lesson about capacity. You can check out this lesson at my TpT store! I read the book What's Up With That Cup? by Sheila Keenan and then we talked about the vocabulary words: size, heavy, light, compare and weight. I brought five different types of cups from my house: a coffee cup, 3 different tea cups and a measuring cup. Students made predictions about which cup could hold the same amount as the measuring cup (I put 1 cup of water in the measuring cup). We wrote down the predictions and then I let the students take turns pouring the water into the different cups. We wrote down our data as we went and then we used a balance to see which cups were heavier and which were light. The kiddos loved being able to do a hands on experiment!
Number Sense in Transitional Kindergarten
I found this
activity a while back (Sorry, I don't have a source:( ) and I
thought, WOW! What a great idea! I used this with my TK Title math
class today and it went over very well! I started by giving each
student two dice. One had the numbers 1-3 and the other had the
numbers 4-6. That is how I chose to do it, you can use one 6 sided
dice if you want. Put the copy of the gingerbread man which is
separated up into segments on the table in front of the small group.
(In those segments are the numbers 1-6. ) Students need to choose 1
crayon to use and the colors need to be different. My three TK kiddos
choose black, green and red. Each student takes turns rolling
one of the dice. The student then gets to color in the segment that
has the number in it that they rolled. It is then the next student's
turn. The player who has colored in the most segments, wins! This is a great way to practice recognizing numbers. The dice I used had dots and numbers. I would like to make some more dice that have tallies on them!
Santa Beard Countdown!
My kindergartners are finishing up the counting and cardinality lessons in title math and what better way to finish then doing a Craftivity?!?! I bought this off of TpT from EduKate and Inspire. My kiddos had a blast coloring part of Santa's beard each day before we started our lesson. I posted them all on the front of my door with a huge sign that said "Countdown to Christmas" Title Math Style! This was also a great way to introduce the numbers 20-30. Just wanted to share this!!! Thanks bloggers!
Double Digit Subtraction & Fractions
YIKES! From what I see in my Title math
room, these two areas are the toughest for my kiddos. Last week I
started double digit subtraction and we began with the basics. I had
my second and third graders use these base-10 work mats that I
purchased off of TpT. These mats really help to show students where
that ten comes from when they borrow. I had them physically pick up
the ten from the tens column and move it over to the ones column. We
practiced this several times. My kiddos are starting to understand!
YEA! On to fractions... yikes. The picture below was what we did in
our first lesson. Instead of pulling out the fraction tiles, I had my
fifth graders make their own out of construction paper. They had to
figure it out together and decide how to cut the strips of paper
evenly and so on. Next week: placing fractions on the number line!
Decomposing!
Well...you
know me! I love to incorporate literature into my math lessons so
this week my first graders did a decomposing lesson with the text 12
Ways to Make 11 by Eve Merriam. (This lesson is to assess if
students understand the decomposing concept, not an introductory
lesson.) We read the book, worked with Unifix cubes and then did a
recording sheet where we colored in boxes to show the different ways
to get to 11. This lesson is for sale at my TpT store and goes in to
much more detail, but here are a few pics of what my first graders
did!
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| Writing the title |
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| Showing 9 boxes and getting ready to color in 2 more to make 11! |
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| My finished product! (minus the backside of the paper) |
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| Making 11! |
I made these super fun dice for my kindergarten groups to practice their 'counting on' skills! I used 12x12x10 boxes from Walmart, painted them white and then glued on the black circles which I cut out using some scrapbook tools. I used Rubber Cement to glue the circles on the boxes and then used packaging tape to reinforce where the boxes were taped together. They are pretty sturdy and such a fun math manipulative! I had pinned something similar onto my Math board earlier this month and I just had to make them. The original idea is from parents. com!
Remainders.....AH!
My fourth grade groups are going to begin working with remainders next week. One of my favorite things is to incorporate literature into teaching math. I found a book called A Remainder of One by Elinor J. Pniczes and decided to write a lesson to use with the book. The lesson is over at my TpT store! I wanted to share the remainder foldable we will be making to put in the Interactive Notebooks.
*
Print out ladybug math template onto white card stock paper. Make
sure you have enough for all students.
*Let
students create their own design on the ladybug using colored
pencils, markers or crayons.
*Using
a black sharpie, have student write the dividend on the right side of
the ladybug and the divisor on the left side. ***Students need to
choose a division problem that WILL leave them with a remainder.
*Cut
the ladybug apart and glue the head into the interactive notebook.
*Where
the wings will be, have students work out the division problem
incorporating the Does McDonalds Serve Burgers strategy, in the
interactive notebook.
*Using
a brass fastener, fasten the ladybug wings together into the notebook
so you can open and close them.
ENJOY!!!!!
Lady Bug Decimal MATH!
I
was looking in my files in my classroom for an activity about adding
and subtracting decimals and I could not.find.anything. So I decided
to make my own activity! My fifth graders thought it was pretty cool-
so that's awesome;) The activity is called Lady Bug Decimals.
Students have a worksheet with addition and subtraction problems that
they have to solve. When they find the sum or difference, they match
the lady bug dot (black circles I cut out from card stock paper) to
the specific mat. There are four lady bug mats: Differences less than
15.00, Differences greater than 15.00, Sums less than 12.00 and Sums
greater than 12.00. My kiddos have had some confusion about
greater/less than with decimals so I incorporated that skill into
this activity along with adding and subtracting. Graphics: Graphics by The 3AM Teacherhttp://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/The-3am-Teacher
http://the3amteacher.blogspot.com/
Ten Black Dots
My
kindergarten kiddos were working on recognizing numbers 0-10 so I
decided to incorporate a little LiTeRaTuRe into our lesson by reading
Ten Black Dots by Donald
Crews.
I
read it out loud to my kiddos and then I gave them a piece of paper
and had them make their own 10 black dot design! A few pics are below
of 5 balloons in the sky, 2 black eyes on a fish and 5 toes on a
tigers paw! You can grab the document over on my freebie page! Dem Bones Graphing & Sorting Activity
I got this extremely cool activity from
http://www.ericabohrer.blogspot.com/. She has amazing units and lessons! I did the dem bones graphing and sorting with my group of Title math first graders. I first gave them each a bag of the dem bones candy that I found on Amazon.com. They had to sort the pieces according to size on their sorting mats and then graph the results. The had to answer some questions about the graph and then add 2 or 3 numbers at a time... some higher order thinking!
SHAPE MONSTERS!
My
Kindergarten Title Math classes made shape monsters at the end of our
shape unit. I got the AwEsOmE IDEA from
http://www.thekindergartensmorgasboard.com/2012/09/the-saturday-kindergarten-post-special.html.
I cut out my own shapes with my Cricut onto scrapbook paper to add a
little flare~
My kiddos loved it!
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