Our printable card game Catching Cats can help students explore addition to 20. They will model different addition sums with the cat cards.
This is perfect for students who:
- need the support of counting-out groups of objects
- will benefit from modeling the combining of 2 groups to find a total
- are just starting the journey to a more abstract understanding of addition
- are becoming aware of the + symbol
Children will have so much fun helping to make groups of colorful cats to model the addition problems.
You will simply:
- print the pages
- laminate if desired
- quickly snip down the easy-cut lines
- store it in a file or pouch with the cover page for fast access
Model Addition to 20
- students can play this as an individual - take a card, make the addition, record on their worksheet
- play as pairs - each flip a card and race to solve
- as a group game - one student builds, the others watch for accuracy - then take turns
Make it more advanced
- students model addition of 4 numbers - using 2 cards instead of 1
Use with other equipment
- use the addition cards with alternative counters - or equipment - a day or week later
- help children understand that we genralize in math
Patterns
- students can make color patterns with the cat cards
- ask students to record their pattern in their math journal
This resource file contains everything you need to get your math lesson underway:
- a detailed instruction sheet
- addition cards
- cat cards
- a recording worksheet and
- cover page
