What's up for Spring Games?

I am so ready for Spring!  Here in New Hampshire, the temperature seems to have trouble getting past the 40s, and there are still patches of snow everywhere, including my garden!

But Spring is in my heart, as well as my classroom.  

Games make up a big part of my centers, and I have several spring activities in my classroom!

Come on over to Elementary Matters to see some of my Spring Activities!

Super Bowl Activities

Can you believe the Super Bowl is next weekend? 

I have a couple of freebies that are perfect for the week leading up to the Super Bowl!

Here's a math freebie for primary grades.  Children work their way around the football themed game board, telling 3 digit numbers that come directly after the one given.

Here's a map to help the children find the 3 key places involved in the Super Bowl:  the cities of the two teams playing, and the host city!

Come on over to Elementary Matters to download these two freebies!

Adding and Subtracting without Regrouping Freebie!

We have been hard work practicing adding and subtracting without regrouping.  We are about ready to move into regrouping, but wanted to give students a refresher since we have been off for the Thanksgiving Break (yahoo! ).

Sometimes practicing adding and subtracting can get rote...and boring so I put a little fresh spin on practice with the game below.  The kids LOVE it!

Hop in over to get your free copy of the game!

Don't Be A Turkey!

It's me, Sally from Elementary Matters!

One of the Common Core Standards for second grade math is:

CCSS.Math.2.OA.2 Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies.

Once they have a good understanding of the 9 more trick, they're ready to play Turkey Nines!  It works like "Old Maid", so they pair off all the addends and sums with nines, and one of your little turkeys will end up being the "Thanksgiving Turkey".  This is one of those games that "even the losers are winners" because there's something about cooking a turkey that makes the little ones giggle.  Plus, they're getting better at that mental math!

When they've mastered the plus nines up through 20, there's a more challenging version of the game to work this standard:

CCSS.Math.Content.2.NBT.B.8 Mentally add 10 or 100 to a given number 100–900, and mentally subtract 10 or 100 from a given number 100–900.

Have fun practicing mental math, and don't be a turkey!  (At least, don't be a cooked turkey!)

You can download these items at my blog, Elementary Matters!

Rounding Bump

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My kids love playing bump and we have been practicing rounding. This is such a hard skill!!! I thought I'd give them a little extra practice with a bump game which you can grab for free in the preview file. The mini packet also includes a scoot game and I love having the kids play scoot. They are having so much fun that they don't know they're being assessed!! It's win, win :) Any who, hop on over to my blog to snag your free rounding to the nearest 10 game!


                                                      

Fern Smith's Common Core New Christmas Items & a Freebie!

  Fern Smith's Thirteen Christmas Multiplication & Division Mixed Center Games Bundled! 

Common Core Standards ~ Math - Operations & Algebraic Thinking for Third Grade: 3.OA.3 3.OA.7

This 206 Paged Christmas Themed Center Game is a mix of Multiplication and Division.
1. Christmas Multiplication & Division Mixed Center Games The Easy Ones!
2. Christmas Multiplication & Division Center Games The Not So Hard Ones!
3. Christmas Multiplication & Division Center Games The Tricky Ones!

27 Different Christmas themes in full color with student directions included. Includes a variety of different ways to play the game! Everything also comes in Black and White if you want to save on color printer ink!

 Don't Forget To Pick Up My Christmas Freebie!

FREE! Christmas Multiply By One Multiplication Center Game
 Common Core Standards ~ Math - Operations & Algebraic Thinking for Third Grade: 3.OA.3 3.OA.7

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Comparing Numbers - Halloween Style

Hi friends, it's me, Heather from Kickin' it With Class! I am super excited to be a part of this awesome blog!

Just a little bit about me... I am a third grade teacher with a kindergarten aged daughter, a 3-year old son, and a basketball coaching, economics teaching husband.

 I love teaching and I love being creative so blogging seemed like a logical next step for me.

I have taught third grade for the last 9 years and I love every almost every minute of it! I am self-contained this year after teaching math and science only for the last 4 years which means I have been BUSY trying to keep my head above water! I keep trying to get ahead but I am having to settle for not falling behind!

To go with that theme, I have created this comparing numbers freebie to help us continue practicing "all things place value" Click on the picture below to head over to my blog and get your copy!

Happy "almost" Halloween y'all!
Heather

A Spooky Family~ Math Fact Family Center Freebie

Hey there sweet friends!

This is Alisha from 

I am sooo excited to be finally contributing to my FIRST collaboration board! I'm not too sure what my classroom would be like  without all of my sweet friends in Top Teacher. Are your kiddos working on fact families or could use some review? If so, this fun ghost theme center is for you! And it is free! Just head on over to my TPT store to download!

Golfing for Tens

I'm so excited to be making my first post on the brand new blog!  

What type of things do Top Teachers do?  Well, they think of fun new math activities when they have time to kill between doctor's appointments and they stop by the local Dollar Store.  Come on over to Elementary Matters to find out more about how my "Golfing for Tens" freebie came to be!

I think this new blog is going to be awesome... have you seen the incredible list of contributors?