Fact Family Village

Sometimes when I set out centers I want my students to to have something to turn in to me.  Sometimes I just want them to practice and check it themselves.  This new Fact Family center allows you to do both!

In these Fact Family Houses you can laminate a work page, cutting a slit into the top of each square. 

 This is where you will insert your Fact Family house, leaving only the roof with 3 numbers exposed. 
 When fully inserted, only the 3 numbers of the Fact Family can be seen.

Once students write on the laminated page with a dry erase or Vis-a-Vis marker, they can pull the roof up to expose the answers, self-checking their responses!

If you would like to see evidence of their understanding, I have also included a worksheet that can be completed and turned in to the teacher!

Click the preview link below to get this Math Center!

Hope you like it!

Love Stands the "Test" of "Time"

Oh, here comes the sappy, cheezy, corniness!

Today my husband and I celebrate our 3 year wedding anniversary!  YEA!  I will not go on about how much I love him or how wonderful he is, BUT I will ask you to celebrate with me!

In honor of our 3 year anniversary I am putting my 2 best products on sale for $3!  And since "true love stands the test of time", you can get my 1st Grade Math Assessment package for $3 instead of $5 and/or my "It's Owl Time" Unit on Time for $3 instead of $8!  That's a crazy deal because I'm crazy in love with my hubs!

Haha!  So now that I've thoroughly sickened you with the puns, sappiness, and corniness . . . here are the links where you can get my Anniversary Sale Items!  Enjoy!

Geometry Ready to Go!

We've been working on Geometry - Basic 2D shapes.  Over the years I've created different activities for students to get engaged and challenge their thinking when it comes to knowing their basic shapes.  Now I've bundled them into a ready to go pack for you to use with your students in Guided Math!  The lessons and activities can be used in whole group, small group, and at centers!  It covers the basics of 2D shapes, overlapping shapes, and comparing shapes.  The contents are ready to go and can also be used in conjunction with the manipulatives you already have in your classroom!  Check it out!  I hope you enjoy!

Click the preview to get the pack!

Equivalent Equations

Another Math concept that can be tricky to get a hold of is equivalent equations.  I started introducing this concept to my kids in Guided Math small groups.  I had each child take out their red and blue linking cubes and a die.  I instruct my students to roll the die once.  Each student would then count out the number of red cubes he/she rolled.  The students then rolled the die again and counted out that number of blue cubes.  Using the cubes they counted out, the student would then write a number sentence on a white board. 

For the next step I went around the group asking the students what their sums were.  If anyone rolled the same sum, we would write their number sentence on my white board on opposing sides of the equal sign (ex.  If 2 students got the sum of 7, we would write their sentences on my board  as  4 + 3 = 2 + 5,)  We repeated these steps until the students got the hang of it.  Soon they could answer the question, "Does anyone have equivalent equations?"

Sometimes I get out the balance and have students compare their linked cubes on opposite ends of the balance to prove that they are the same value. This is also great at a center.

This week I had the students practice the same idea from small group in a center.  They rolled 2 dice, and found the sum.  Then they recorded the addition sentence on a recording sheet which is divided based on the sum.  Any equations written in the same sum box is an equivalent equation!

Click on the link below to get my recording sheet for this center's activity!  It's FREE!

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