The 100th Day of School

Here are a few ideas for the 100th day of school.  This one came from the blog First Grade a la Carte.  The next idea has bounced around the Internet but my pal Kristen modified it.  It is an extension of the activity of hiding 100 Hershey Kisses around the room.

NumberFix

Have you seen the website NumberFix? Go check it out. Scroll down to the winners of the Digital Math Contest. These would be great problem solving activities.

Tic Tac Ten

I love this activity from Michelle Flaming.  It is a great way to have kids practice adding and subtracting by 10's. 

Super Cool Calculator Activity

I just learned a super cool calculator activity!  Maybe you already know about this, but I was so excited to learn it!  I am in the middle of reading Teaching Student Centered Mathematics by John Van de Walle.  In one of his chapters he talked about turning the calculator into a fact practice machine.

 Let's say you want your kids to practice their +5 facts.  They should punch in +5= into the calculator.  Then the child enters any number and says the sum of that number plus five before pressing = sign.  They can try out other numbers and the +5 = DOES NOT need to be repeated.  It will automatically add 5 to whichever number they push.   Try it out.  It is very cool.  Subtraction also works with this nifty trick.

Liebster Blog Award

Liebster Blog Award

We've been nominated for the Liebster Blog award by Mrs. T at  Mrs. T's First Grade Website. I am so excited! 

The goal of this award is to spotlight up-and-coming blogs with less than 200 followers.

The rules are:

{1} Copy and paste the award on your blog.

{2} Thank the giver and link back to them.

3} Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.

My Favorites:

Organized Chaos

CCSS Links

Getting Math

Mrs. Kathy Spruiell

Miss Toffee's Class 

Math Fact Cootie Catcher

This would be a fun way to have kids practice their facts-have them make cootie catchers.

Box Cars and One Eyed Jacks

Here is a link to Box Cars and One Eyed Jacks. I was lucky enough to attend one of their math and language arts workshops last Friday .  I had my first experience with this organization when I attended a dice/card games workshop run by owner, Jane Felling at NCTM St. Louis. Both workshops were incredible!  There are handouts on their website, but if you can attend a workshop in person...it is worth it!  They even do family math nights!