Making Number Sense Make Sense: A Math Podcast for Early Elementary Teachers

The hardest part about Building Thinking Classrooms is finding the tasks when you want to spice it up a bit! In this episode, I'm walking you through how I approach coming up with ideas for tasks! Want the task I talked about? You can get the 2nd Grade Cash Out Task here! K and 1st Grade versions are below.

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Since you seemed to enjoy Math Games for Morning Meeting, this is a companion episode, not a math specific episode but helpful to create a respectful community so that all our academic work and be more successful! I'm going over packing up routines, closing circle routines, and how kids leave the classroom during dismissal.

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Truth. Kids don't need addition and subtraction symbols to do addition and subtraction symbols. But when they do, give them a little…spice.

Today we’re talking about how to give those squiggles meaning!

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Subtraction games can be tricker than addition because we don’t want students working with negative numbers in Kindergarten or First grade! This episode shares 5 print-and-play math games you can use in your classroom tomorrow!

Your students will practice math facts, writing equations, working independently and with partners, freeing you to circulate or work with small groups!

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1:06 - Spin and Subtract

2:15 - Spin, Roll, and Color

3:14 - Build, Roll, and Break

4:00 - Spin, Roll, and Remove

4:32 - Jump Around

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I love a good game to have kids learning and practicing math! The applause my students give when in math center time is music to my ears!

These addition games are pretty simple and don't include a lot of varied directions, perfect to free you up to circulate the room if you need to or pull students one one-on-one or in a small group because they're engaged in these fast-paced games that are accessible to them and easy to differentiate.

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1:14 - Spin and Add

1:46 - Roll A Two-Color Tower

2:57 - Ladybug Addition

3:41 - Add Them Up

4:46 - Sevens

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Sometimes you have the perfect lesson and crickets. Or… most of your students get it, but there are a handful who don’t. What do you do for them?

In this episode, I’m sharing tips to help your struggling mathematicians!

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As teachers, it's our job to be the ones doing the “teaching” but there is a lot we can learn from our students too! Far beyond the most recent slang or trending dance on social media!

Today I shared 4 things my students remind me of all the time!

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We know that differentiation is good for kids…but who has the time? These differentiation methods are quick and easy to implement in the classroom! You can see all of these ideas and differentiated centers on the blog!

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In this episode, I share some hands-on array math centers and a Building Thinking Classrooms Math Task involving arrays and unknown factors!

Big kids love centers too!

Get a free repeated addition task! Escaping Ants!

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Spin, Multipliy and Find the Array

Empty The Board Multiplication

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Do your 10 Frame centers need a refresh? In this episode, I share 10 plus warm-ups, math stations, and print-and-go activities involving 10 frames! If you want to know more about the benefits of 10 frames you can check out episode 30, All About 10 Frames!

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