Addition Math Tub Activities with a Fall Theme

Hello Everyone!
Super Speedy Post tonight...It's Book Club night!! I love my book club gals and look forward to getting together every month.  Sadly I didn't get the book finished, but I love to go anyway!!
I'm sharing a quick unit filled with addition math tub activities. I decided to enjoy a fall/acorn theme when creating these. I have a sweet friend who gave me a basket full of acorns that I can use for manipulatives.  I also found some acorn shaped table scatters at Target. Love the Dollar Spot!!
Here are a few pics from the 42 page (9 games)doc.

CLICK HERE for your free download! 

Hope this helps with practicing addition!!

Now, off to see my girls!!

Have a wonderful night!!

Joyfully!

Nancy

Composing and Decomposing Numbers and Pumpkins!! :)

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It finally feels like Fall here!! Yippee! I do love some good fall related activities in the classroom!  Today in math we worked on different ways to compose 10. Of course we started off on another life size board.  This time a stretched out 10 frame. 10 is a “friendly” number.  While introducing different strategies for addition and subtraction, growing  number sense to use  friendly  10  and understanding the relationship numbers  have to 10 will benefit our littles in many ways. We used giant candy corn to show different ways to fill the spaces to 10.  
The kids could easily see the relationships each side of the equation shows as we make 10. 

For your own printables for making 10, click HERE!

I also wanted to show you that we are composing and decomposing pumpkins in the classroom as well!  After our pumpkin investigations last week, we saved some of the pieces that were cut, and put them in a jar.  We are watching it decompose!! We also are trying to compose (grow) some pumpkin plants.  We cut the tops off some mini pumpkins and filled the cavity with potting soil, leaving all the seeds and pulp inside.  We can't wait to watch what happens!!

A good book to enjoy as you make observations is Pumpkin Jack By Will Russell.

 Stay tuned for more fall fun!!
Thanks for stopping by for a peek!  
Joyfully!
Nancy

Friendly Numbers, Number Vines, and Fairy Tale Day!

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My apologies for the lack of posting this week.  Wow!! Still reeling after the amazingly full week!  Yes, I did grab a few pics!  In math we were learning about estimating using "Friendly Numbers." We started off on the life size ten frame. We talked about how some numbers are easier with which to work and when it comes to estimating, we naturally go to those numbers. All the work we had done on subitizing came in handy.  We worked initially with 0, 5, and 10. Then later in the week added 15 and 20. 
After working on the ten frame, we discovered how estimating looked on a number line.  Except, it wasn't just a number line, it was a "Number Vine!" Large pumpkins were the friendly numbers. It was easy for the kids to see how close the friendly numbers were to the numbers we were working with!!

Show how many and then what "friendly number" it is closest to.

Knowing about those friendly number estimates will help these little ones understand reasonableness when we delve into addition and subtraction strategies. So stay tuned!!

For your own complete unit on number sense and using friendly numbers, CLICK HERE!! :)

We had a blast on our annual Story Book Character Day. We had our first graders dress up as Fairy Tale Characters because that is what we were studying.  They looked amazing!! Here are a few pics.  I wish I would have gotten everyone!!

Peter X 3

Princesses- from several countries!!

Witch, Dorothy, Little Red, and More!

Jack!

The Wolf!

Puss in Boots :)

And of course my fabulous team got into the spirit by dressing as characters from Cinderella!

The Not so Ugly Stepsisters, Cinderella (Pre-Princess), and The Fairly Fairy Godmother! :)

I have the best team!!!  Thanks for giving your all, Sistas!

I'll be back soon with pics from our Pumpkin Math and Science Day!! OH MY! Such fun!

Thanks for stopping by for a peek!!  I love to read your comments!! Let me know how you teach estimating!

Stay tuned for more fun!

Joyfully!

Nancy

Veterans Day mini unit

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Oh My! What a week!!  We packed so much in, my head is spinning!! I'll be back in a bit to give you a peek into our amazing week.  But for now I just wanted to share a quick mini. Veterans Day is coming up on the 11th, so we'll be doing some work to prepare for our celebration. (We invite all the Veterans from the area to be honored.)
Along with learning about the history (a light version for first graders), we also want our kids to know why and for whom we set this day aside in honor. 

For your free printable, click here! :)

Mini unit includes information mini poster, thinking map, poetry, a book for kids to read and illustrate, and a quick hands on visual. 

Thanks for stopping by! I'll be back in a bit.  I muuuuuust get caught up on the homefront!!

Till then, have a great day!!

Joyfully!

Nancy

  

Math in the Patch!

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This coming week in math we will be introducing estimating using "friendly numbers." Introducing our little learners to this concept helps them make sense of the different things they will be doing in math in the next few weeks.  It will help them make sense of quantities and will help them decide if computations (composing, decomposing, partitioning) are reasonable and accurate. In first grade we work on friendly numbers  0, 5, 10, 15, and 20. I have posted about this important skill before but have beefed up the unit a bit.  
I have also included an activity for kids to practice the difference in the teen numbers and the numbers that are often mixed up with teens. More number sense!! :) 
Here are a few pics from the 47 page printable download.

Hope you can use a few of these ideas. I'll be back later this week with some visuals for you!

CLICK HERE for your very own printable unit!! :)

Now, off to get my "fairy tale day" costume ready!! I can't wait to see the kids' costumes on Thursday as well!!

As always, thanks for stopping by!  I love reading your comments, the positives as well as the constructive ones, so don't just read and run! :)  

Hope you have a wonderful week!

Joyfully!

Nancy 

Reader's Theater and that Little Old Lady noun verb pack

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As promised I am back with a couple of little videos showing our mini reader's theater. Oh so fun, simple and sweet! Parents, I took video of all the kids, so stay tuned for future reveals!! :)

These little mini reader's theater scripts are in the Cinderella unit.  Scroll down for the link posted earlier this week.  Reader's Theater is great for building that confidence, fluency, teamwork, risk taking, stepping outside of the comfort zone, and so much more!!!

This coming week we will enjoy a discovery about nouns and verbs.  I've shared two packs before using the book The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything. I bundled them together and added a bit of extra practice on nouns and verbs.  Here are a few pics from the bundle.

For your free 20 page bundle, don't be afraid, chick HERE!!

Have a great weekend!!  As always, thanks for stopping by for a peek!!  And don't forget to leave a comment!!  

Joyfully!

Nancy