Number Chart Clown Cart!

Number Chart Clown Cart!

 

This is my revised version of the classic battleship game!  In this game, students practice identifying numbers as opposed to coordinates.  Students put up a divider so they cannot see their opponent's number chart.  Taking their opponents clown cart, they hide it on one of the numbers.  Students then take turns asking, "Is my clown cart hidden on number ____."  My students loved!  I made different number cards so students could work within their zone of proximal development.  When students become proficient at this level, they can start practicing number sense on a higher level by looking to eliminate more than one number at a time.  This can be done by asking such questions as: "Is my clown cart hidden on an even number?", "Is my clown cart hidden on a number with 2 tens?", "Is my clown cart hidden on a number with 7 ones?", etc.

 



 

I love this activity because it allows you to differentiate among all your students! This is just one of the activities I have included in my 81 page math unit entitled "The First Grade Math Circus." You can check out my products at http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Melissa-Depriest.  Just for checking it out, you can receive a free downloadable activity!  This activity has students making fact families using juggling pins.

Halloween Writing and Art Fun!

     I am always looking for great ways to get my students engaged in the writing process.  I happened upon this wonderful book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler entitled Room on the Broom.  My students loved the story and were instantly sucked into the idea of thinking of who they would have room for on their broom.  This story is filled with rhymes and was a great way to look at word families.  The art project takes a bit of time for the teacher, but it is well worth it when you see the completed project hanging about your classroom!

     I foraged my yard for small sticks and then used rubber bands to bind craft raffia to make the broom's end.  The part that makes this project cute is taking pictures of students acting like they are riding a broom.  I had students use a yard stick for a broom when I took their picture.  I cut their pictures out and then placed it over the little brooms I made.  I glued these down to the writing paper using a hot glue gun. 

     Students are then ready to write about who they will have join them on their broom.  Students can even color in a background to add to the artwork.  Happy Hallowriting!