Number of the Day | Exploring Numbers with Building Bricks

Description

Use a high-interest manipulative like building bricks in combination with math skills to explore numbers every day!

Included in this resource:

• 20 unique building block pictures (February themed)
• 3 ‘Exploring Numbers’ number of the day pages – first second & third grade
• 3 optional challenge tasks
• Teacher directions

How to use this resource:

1. Print a copy of the ‘Exploring Numbers’ page (A, B or C) for each student and place in a dry erase sleeve. Optional: Copy one of the challenge pages to make it double sided.
2. Decide which picture your students will build and explore today.
3. Set out building bricks for students.
4. Print enough pictures so that students can look and build – one per small group is enough.
5. Your students will build the picture. Then, they will count the number of bricks they used and that number will be their number of the day.
6. Students will complete the tasks on their Exploring Numbers page.
7. Students can go over answers together as a group, or with you whole-class.

This activity is great to use as morning work or math warm-up!

You will need to model this routine for your students for a few days until they understand the routine… after that, they can complete independently!

Format A – Best for first grade students.

• Ten more, ten less
• One more, one less
• Adding multiples of ten
• Even or odd
• Comparing numbers
• Place value
• Tally marks
• Subtracting multiples of ten
• Hundreds chart
• Single digit addition

Format B – Best for second grade students.

• Comparing numbers
• Making equations
• 2-digit addition
• Even or odd
• Representing numbers in coins
• Place Value
• Expanded form
• Ten more, Ten less
• 100 more
• Hundreds chart

Format C – Best for 3rd grade students.

• Elapsed time
• Multiplication (1-digit x 1-digit)
• Multiplication (1-digit x multiple of ten)
• Rounding to the nearest 10 and 100
• Hundreds chart
• 100 more / 101 more
• Expanded form

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A LITTLE ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Hey there! I’m Jennifer, an experienced first, third, and fourth grade general education classroom teacher, I also have experience as a special education teacher’s assistant and interventionist. I earned my Bachelors’ degree in Family & Child Studies, and my Masters’ degree in Elementary Education.

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