Games to Go - Operation
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Cookie Monster 25 cookies in the jar makes you the ‘Cookie Monster’! |
multiplication as repeated
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Students will explore multiplication ideas (repeated addition) by making equal groups and skip counting. |
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Skip It! Skip away, but no bumping! |
multiplication as repeated
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Students will use a 100 chart to explore multiplication ideas (repeated addition) through skip counting and number patterns. |
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Cookie, Cookie Share the raisins fairly. No leftovers gets you a bigger treat! |
division as fair shares
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Students will explore division ideas by dividing groups evenly (fair shares) in real life situations and using skip counting to determine the total. |
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Dazzling Divider Model 1 way, 2 ways, 3 ways, more ways |
division as fair shares
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Students will explore dividing groups evenly (fair shares) in more than one way, and using skip counting to determine the total. |
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Park In My Lot How many more cars to fill the lot? |
solving subtraction by adding
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Students will use addition to solve subtraction problems in real life situations, including take away and missing addend. |
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Card Collection ‘Buy’ the whole deck and clean up! |
solve subtraction by adding
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Students will use addition to solve subtraction problems in real life situations, including take away and missing addend. They will describe the situations using both addition and subtraction. |
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What’s Your Problem? Can you solve it more than way? |
2-digit addition & subtraction
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Students will create and solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers, and explore real life take- away and missing addend problems. |
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Surprise Bag Start counting your cash and earn prizes! |
money
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Students will use money to model and solve real life addition and subtraction situations. They will count in different ways, and model take-away and missing addend problems. |
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Secret Strategies Use strategies to solve the facts. Be the first to fill a column. |
addition & subtraction facts
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Students will decide which addition & subtraction fact strategies (doubles, make 10, think addition, etc.) are best in various situations, and then use those strategies to solve addition & subtraction facts. They will explore the inverse relationship of addition & subtraction. |
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Strategy Draw Win the “draw” by telling what you’re thinking! It’s that easy! |
addition & subtraction facts
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After randomly choosing a strategy (doubles, make 10, think addition, etc.), students will decide if it is the best for their addition or subtraction situation, and if so, use it to solve their fact. They will explore the inverse relationship of addition & subtraction. |
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Add a Row Three in a row is the way to go! |
addition facts
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Students will recall addition facts, apply strategies and properties used to learn facts, and explore patterns on the addition table. |
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Subtraction Action Race your way to 100 by taking away! |
subtraction facts
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Using a 100 chart as the game board, students will recall subtraction facts and related addition facts, and apply strategies and properties used to learn facts. |
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Hundred Toss Race to 100 by tens and ones! |
addition
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Students will use a 100 chart to investigate the properties of addition when adding ones or tens and explore place value patterns. |
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Reverse Rally Show it, say it, reverse it! Show it, say it, keep it! |
addition
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Students will recall addition facts by building models of (counters), and using the commutative property. |
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Five and Ten The more groups of 10 or 5 you make, the more counters, you’ll earn! |
addition - multiple addends
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Students will explore the associative property of addition (add in any order) by looking for 5s and 10s and deciding which sequence is best when adding 3 single-digit numbers. |
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Shop & Shake Find shortcuts and earn some cash! |
addition - multiple addends
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Students will explore the associative property of addition by adding 3 one-digit numbers in real life situations. They will find sums of 5 and 10, and decide what sequence is best when adding 3 one-digit numbers. |
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Pathways Take the right ‘addition path’ on your way past 100! |
2-digit addition
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Students will use a 100 chart to explore 2-digit number addition and place value patterns. They will rename numbers in different ways, such as 25 = 20 + 5 or 10 + 10 + 5. |
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Building Bonanza Estimate and add your way to the winner’s circle! |
2-digit addition
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Students will model with base ten materials and use the models to explain adding 2-digit numbers with or without regrouping. Explanations will include language of properties. |
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Daring Differences Greatest difference? Keep all the cards!! |
2-digit subtraction
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Students will model subtraction of 2-digit numbers with and without regrouping with base ten materials. |
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Leftovers Subtracting 2-digit numbers can mean a lot of leftovers! |
2-digit subtraction
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Using pennies and dimes, students will model and perform subtraction of 2-digit numbers with and without regrouping. |
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