Number Sense Archives - Just Ask Judy https://justaskjudy.net/category/number-sense/ Instructional Support for K-2 Math & Literacy Fri, 08 Mar 2024 16:04:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://justaskjudy.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/JAJSite-10-150x150.png Number Sense Archives - Just Ask Judy https://justaskjudy.net/category/number-sense/ 32 32 136392818 How to Celebrate National Candy Corn Day with Math https://justaskjudy.net/2016/10/how-to-celebrate-national-candy-corn-day-with-math/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-celebrate-national-candy-corn-day-with-math https://justaskjudy.net/2016/10/how-to-celebrate-national-candy-corn-day-with-math/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2016 15:28:00 +0000 Candy corn is one of my favorite images of fall! As I began thinking about writing this blog post, I started wondering about the history of candy corn. It turns out that a candy maker named George Renninger likely invented these sweet little yellow, orange, and white treats in the 1880’s while working at Wunderle ... Read More about How to Celebrate National Candy Corn Day with Math

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]]> Candy corn is one of my favorite images of fall! As I began thinking about writing this blog post, I started wondering about the history of candy corn.

How to Celebrate National Candy Corn Day with Math- Check out this collection of activities including a freebie!

It turns out that a candy maker named George Renninger likely invented these sweet little yellow, orange, and white treats in the 1880’s while working at Wunderle Candy Company in Philadelphia. At one point, they were named “chicken feed”. The same basic recipe is still used today. I also discovered these sugar-packed treats are fat-free.

National Candy Corn Day is celebrated on October 30th. Here are some math (and other) activities you can use to join in the celebration.

Candy Corn Collect and Sort, a free download, is a partner activity designed for preschoolers and kindergarteners.

Candy Corn Collect & Sort is a free sorting and counting activity for preschoolers and kindergarteners. Spin or roll, then collect and sort by color.

For young learners, the focus can be on color matching/ identification and fine motor skills. Older preschoolers and kindergarteners can count; write and represent numbers; and graph and compare quantities.

You will need:

  • Card stock or paper for printing selected pages, Candy Corn Collect & Sort
  • Laminator, optional
  • 25 one-half inch counters (pompoms, buttons, or M & M’s) in white, orange, and yellow for each pair of players
To prepare:
  • Choose color or black/ white.
  • Choose to use a spinner or a cube. Print and cut. Color the black and white, if using. The spinner can be made with purchased hands or a paperclip and pencil. Fold and glue the cube.
  • Print one candy corn game mat for each pair of players.
  • Print one sorting mat for each player (optional, 2 per page). Color code the black and white.
  • Choose and print one or both optional recording sheets.
Spin or roll to play Candy Corn Collect & Sort, a free, engaging activity for preschoolers and kindergarteners.
To play:
Take turns with a partner. Spin or roll. Collect one counter with your color. If all the counters with your color have been collected, you lose your turn. Play until all the counters have been collected. Count to find out how many of each color you collected. Complete one or both of the optional recording sheets. The circles can be colored to match the color word.
Candy Corn Collect & Sort is a free sorting and counting activity for preschoolers and kindergarteners. Spin or roll, then collect and sort by color.

 

Indulge a little and play Candy Corn Collect and Sort to celebrate National Candy Corn Day!

You might also be interested in these candy corn themed math resources ($) available in my TpT Store. To help you celebrate, these will be marked down through Saturday, October 22nd.

  • Candy Corn Counting Grids, perfect for preschool and kindergarten, uses dice and counters to focus on subtilizing, counting objects with a one-to-one correspondence to 20, 30, or 40, and comparing quantities.
  • Candy Corn Critters Number Sense 1-10 is a resource for preschool and kindergarten that incorporates dice patterns and ten frames with counting, writing numerals, writing number words, one less, one more, and representing a given quantity by drawing, with tally marks, and on ten frames.
  • Candy Corn Critters Number Sense 10-19 is an activity for kindergarteners and some first graders that incorporates base ten blocks or ten frames with writing numerals, writing number words, one less, one more, and representing a given quantity with tally marks, on ten frames, and by drawing base ten blocks.
  • It’s in the Bag for Autumn- A Data Collection and Graphing Activity, ideal for first, second, and third graders, has an activity using the words candy corn.
Check out these links for more candy corn themed activities for learning and enjoyment!

Candy Corn Place Value
Candy Corn Counting Cards
Popsicle Stick Candy Corn
Candy Corn Painting
Candy Corn Play Dough Recipe
Candy Corn Challenge (Easy to adapt idea)

How do you plan to celebrate National Candy Corn Day?

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]]> https://justaskjudy.net/2016/10/how-to-celebrate-national-candy-corn-day-with-math/feed/ 4 172 Watch out for the bears! https://justaskjudy.net/2016/08/watch-out-for-the-bears/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=watch-out-for-the-bears https://justaskjudy.net/2016/08/watch-out-for-the-bears/#respond Mon, 15 Aug 2016 18:01:00 +0000 https://justaskjudy.net/watch-out-for-the-bears/ There are an estimated 5,000 to 6, 000 black bears living in Virginia (American Black Bear). It is always an exhilarating experience to spy one in the wild! We live in the shadows of the Blue Ridge Mountains, close enough that it is an easy day trip to the Shenandoah National Park. We enjoy going ... Read More about Watch out for the bears!

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]]> There are an estimated 5,000 to 6, 000 black bears living in Virginia (American Black Bear). It is always an exhilarating experience to spy one in the wild!

American Black Bear sighted along the Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park

We live in the shadows of the Blue Ridge Mountains, close enough that it is an easy day trip to the Shenandoah National Park. We enjoy going for the views, a stroll through the woods, and a picnic followed by blackberry cobbler at one of the lodges, several times a year. We were lucky enough in June to spot this one on a hillside along the Skyline Drive. I did not have my camera in hand but another family member was quick enough to snap this shot, which just in case you’re wondering was taken from within the safe confines of a car!

There’s just something alluring about bears… I collected stuffed bears and figurines for years (Somehow they’ve been replaced by flamingos!) so I couldn’t resist this set of adorable school bear clipart by Marie Cole Clipart. I have created several resources with this set including these free table signs, which can be downloaded from my TpT store.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Table-Signs-1-8-School-Bears-2730085

Simply print, laminate, cut, hang, and enjoy!

These coordinating bold and simple School Bears Number Posters 0-20 keep the bear themed classroom decor going.

This is a set of number posters 0-20 with a delightful school bears theme, appropriate for displaying in preschool, kindergarten, or first grade classrooms. $

I love any activity which incorporates movement with learning. These Roam the Room number sense activities fit the bill and are perfect for Back to School or anytime.

School Bears Number Sense Activity 1-10
School Bears Number Sense Activity Teen Numbers 10-19

You might also enjoy these Table Signs for Learning.

And don’t forget to visit Big Meadows Lodge for their scrumptious blackberry cobbler. You can request it a la mode with blackberry ice cream!

Blackberry cobbler a la mode served at Big Meadows Lodge, Shenandoah National Park

Be sure to check out the Back to School ideas and resources on this Pinterest board!

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]]> https://justaskjudy.net/2016/08/watch-out-for-the-bears/feed/ 0 178 How to Stay Cool and Learn with Popsicles https://justaskjudy.net/2016/06/how-to-stay-cool-and-learn-with-popsicles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-stay-cool-and-learn-with-popsicles https://justaskjudy.net/2016/06/how-to-stay-cool-and-learn-with-popsicles/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2016 19:18:00 +0000 https://justaskjudy.net/how-to-stay-cool-and-learn-with-popsicles/ Aah! Popsicles (or ice pops), provide a refreshing way to cool down on a hot, humid summer day! Whether you’re at home with your kids or teaching summer school,  enjoy a little summery math, writing, and sweet, sticky fun with these activities. If you visit my blog often, you will discover I’m a strong proponent ... Read More about How to Stay Cool and Learn with Popsicles

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]]> Aah! Popsicles (or ice pops), provide a refreshing way to cool down on a hot, humid summer day! Whether you’re at home with your kids or teaching summer school,  enjoy a little summery math, writing, and sweet, sticky fun with these activities.

These two popsicle themed ten frame worksheets, 1-10 and 11-20, are a refreshing way to review and practice counting and subtilizing skills with preschoolers, kindergarteners, and first graders at the end of the school year, during summer, or at the beginning of the school year.

If you visit my blog often, you will discover I’m a strong proponent of teaching (practicing, reteaching, reviewing) anything and everything number sense. Ten frames are a wonderful tool for counting, subtilizing (quickly recognizing and naming how many objects without counting), and developing an understanding of the relationships between the numbers 1-20 and the important anchor numbers 5, 10, and 20. Here are two free popsicle-themed ten-frame worksheets for practice and review, one for the numbers 1-10 and another for 11-20.

 

These two popsicle themed tally mark worksheets, 1-10 and 11-20, are a perfect way to cool down while reviewing and practicing counting skills with kindergarteners and first graders at the end of the school year, during summer, or at the beginning of the school year.

Knowledge of tally marks is important for representing data. It can take multiple exposures for some children to grasp the idea that tally marks are presented in groups of fives and ones. These two free popsicle tally mark worksheets, one for the numbers 1-10 and the other for 11-20, provide counting practice with tally marks.

You might be interested in this number sense activity, Popsicle Puzzles 0-20, available in my TpT store.

Make and enjoy homemade popsicles with your kids for a refreshing summertime learning opportunity!

Of course, your kids need to savor actual frosty, sticky popsicles while they’re working! There are oodles of recipes online for making homemade popsicles or ice pops. What a fabulous summertime learning opportunity! You can easily incorporate math, vocabulary development, and procedural writing, all while having a blast. I chose this recipe, Greek Yogurt Berry Smoothie Pops from Mom On Timeout, for being kid-friendly. It is fairly healthy and requires only three ingredients. There is no peeling or cutting to do as the fruit is frozen. I used a cherry berry mix but peach sounds delicious, too! Measure, beforehand, how much your molds will hold as you might want to double the ingredients.

This is a recipe that even preschoolers can help make. Be sure to let the kids do the measuring and pouring. Use words such as measure, ingredients, blend, puree, blender, mold, freeze, and frozen while you are making the popsicles. Talk about each step. While everyone takes delight in their frozen treat, see how many adjectives you can think of to describe it.

This is a set of 3 different pages for writing about how to make popsicles. What a refreshing way for kindergarten, first, and second graders to apply procedural writing skills at the end of the school year, during the summer, or at the beginning of school.

Follow-up with How to Make Popsicles which includes three different procedural writing pages for telling about the steps. Two pages, with different sized writing lines, are open-ended, and one is structured with the topic sentence and sequence/ order words being provided.

Check out these links for more popsicle-themed activities for learning and fun.
Summer Popsicle Alphabet and Beginning Sounds
Popsicle Rhymes Printable
Missing Number Popsicles
Giant Paper Popsicle Craft
Summer Inspired Sewing Cards
Popsicle Resist Art

Popsicle Puzzles, Number Sense 0-20 is available in my TpT store.

This number sense activity with a colorful popsicle theme is perfect for teaching basic number sense 0-20 in preschool, kindergarten, and the beginning of first grade. You select the range of numbers to meet your students’ instructional needs. $

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]]> https://justaskjudy.net/2016/06/how-to-stay-cool-and-learn-with-popsicles/feed/ 2 183 How to Boost Understanding of Ten More and Ten Less https://justaskjudy.net/2016/04/how-to-develop-understanding-of-ten-less-ten-more-freebie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-develop-understanding-of-ten-less-ten-more-freebie https://justaskjudy.net/2016/04/how-to-develop-understanding-of-ten-less-ten-more-freebie/#respond Sun, 17 Apr 2016 19:24:00 +0000 https://justaskjudy.net/how-to-develop-understanding-of-ten-less-ten-more-freebie/ Get ready to learn about teaching the concept of ten more and ten less than a given number! Why Do My Students Need to Understand the Concept of Ten More and Ten Less? I have been on a number sense bandwagon for a few years now. I learned that developing number sense is critical for ... Read More about How to Boost Understanding of Ten More and Ten Less

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Why Do My Students Need to Understand the Concept of Ten More and Ten Less?

I have been on a number sense bandwagon for a few years now. I learned that developing number sense is critical for mathematical achievement. Number sense is to math as phonemic awareness is to reading. One component of number sense is understanding the relationship of numbers to one another. 

Understanding the concept of ten more and ten less than a given number is also one of the most valuable mental math strategies. By mentally adding and subtracting multiples of ten, your students will be able to quickly estimate and solve math problems. 

How Can I Teach the Concept?

I’ve sometimes been astounded (and honestly, frustrated) by what appears to me to be a simple, right-there concept, only to find students who have difficulty grasping it. This always got me thinking about how I could change my teaching methods to reach and teach my students in a more effective way.

While driving down the highway, I found myself brainstorming more compelling ways to teach this concept.

Try this free frog themed first and second-grade math resource designed to help develop conceptual understanding of one less/ more and ten less/ more for numbers 0-120 using base ten blocks. #1More1Less #10More10Less #MathActivity #frogs

Previously, I’d emphasized the pattern on a hundred chart and spent considerable time modeling and practicing counting varied concrete materials by tens off a decade number (ex. 3, 13, 23, 33, etc.).

I’d also seen worksheets using base ten model representations. 

I decided it would be worthwhile to back up a step, be more concrete and more explicit, and actually use base ten blocks to develop an understanding of the concept to reach more learners. Of course, linking real quantities to counting numbers helps to develop number sense. 

So, I created an adorable free frog-themed activity to share with you.

Need a resource to help you teach the concepts of 10 more 10 less and 1 more 1 less? You’ll love having this free hands-on activity as you introduce the concept to your first and second-graders.

This freebie includes:

  • a tens and ones place value mat
  • 12 number cards
  • 2 recording sheets

This is a hands-on, concrete activity. Therefore, you will need to have base ten blocks handy.           

The second recording sheet helps to reinforce the relationship or pattern of these numbers to each other on a one hundred-twenty chart.

How Do I Use This Activity?

Try this activity:

  • with your whole class
  • in your small instructional groups
  • as an independent math center

Your students will:

  • pick a number card
  • build the number with base ten blocks 
  • draw lines and dots to represent the tens and ones
  • show one less than the given number with base ten blocks
  • draw to show one less than the given number 
  • repeat the steps to show and draw one more, ten less, and ten more than the given number

One More One Less Ten More Ten Less Developing Understanding with Base Ten Blocks can be downloaded for free from my TPT Store. 

Engaging Ways For Your Students to Practice and Review Ten More and Ten Less

Use this frog themed resource for first and second-grade math to provide practice or review for the concept of one less/ more and ten less/ more for numbers 0-120. #frogs #mathcenters #onemoreoneless #tenmoretenless

Need more ways for your learners to master the concepts of one more, one less, ten more, and ten less? Then, you’ll want to check these out!

1. 10 More 10 Less 1 More 1 Less Numbers to 120 Place Value Frog Puzzles and More

Give your students more hands-on practice with these frog-themed puzzles!

You’ll have on hand:

  • 20 ten more ten less and one more one less puzzles
  • 24 number cards
  • an open-ended recording sheet
  • 2 worksheets

Click to find out more about these ten more ten less and one more one less frog-themed place value puzzles. They are the perfect way for your 1st and 2nd graders to get more practice with this important math concept.

Use these practice and review activities for your:

  • small instructional or intervention groups
  • math centers
  • morning work
  • seatwork
  • homework

Try this open-ended place value activity to give your first and second grade students the practice they need to master the concepts of 10 more 10 less and 1 more 1 less.

2. Ten More and Ten Less It’s a Party Task Card Activity

Here’s a unique way to give your students the practice and review they need! This small group task card math activity with a twist comes with built-in instructional supports in order to help you reach all your learners.

Use this activity in your:

  • small instructional groups
  • math centers

Your students will:

  • pick a card
  • say the number
  • then, find the matching image on their recording sheet
  • write the numbers that are ten more and/ or ten less
  • and finally, color the matching image

Who will be the first to color all eight images?

Let your first and second-graders have a little fun while they solidify their learning with this unique 10 more and 10 less task card activity. The camping theme makes it perfect to use at the end of the school year or during summer school.

Instructional supports include:

  • a tens and ones mat
  • highlighted one hundred chart and one hundred twenty chart
  • a quick draw sheet

3. Ten More Ten Less Summer Camp Task Card Activity

Enjoy the same activity as above with a different theme- perfect for the end of school or summer school!

Let your first and second-graders have a little fun while they solidify their learning with this unique 10 more and 10 less task card activity. The camping theme makes it perfect to use at the end of the school year or during summer school.

Click on the highlighted words to purchase these products from my TPT store. 

Interested in More…

Start by finding out more about my “collect them all” task card activities in this blog post.

Then go ahead and celebrate National S’Mores Day (or any day) with this product for two-digit numbers that includes ten more and ten less!

Let me know in the comments below how these resources work for you and your learners. There is always tweaking to be done!

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