We make math activities for kindergarten and first grade. It's at the heart of what we do. We love thinking of ways to engage your learners and help them understand and apply foundational concepts in math.
We have loads of math activities and centers over in our store and quite a few free ones.
We sequenced some of our math centers and games into packs so that you can teach concepts in order and scaffold their progress.
Today I want to give you a close up peek at Place Value Bots - a place value activity from Math Pack 25. It can be used within the 5 activity sequence of the pack or stand alone as revsion and practice in building 2 digit numbers.
This activity can be played by one student or you can have a small group of students playing in a shared space. 6 different robots are provided for variety.
Students will make 2 digit numbers with place value equipment.
To play ask them to roll 2 dice. Here you could use:
- numeral dice
- dot dice
- numbers to 6
- numbers to 9
Students build the number and record it on their worksheet. Show them how to draw tens and ones with simple dots and lines.
Encourage students to build many different numbers and to verbalize the number they have made. I have made sixty three. It has 6 tens and 3 ones.
Instead of the worksheet you could ask students to use a mini whiteboard instead.
Remediation:
If students struggle with this concept, ask them to write the numerals into the columns before they build.
Variation:
2 students can play against one another and see who has built the largest number.
We hope taking a close up look at one of our favorite games for place value has given you some ideas and encouraged you to think of creative ways to help your students engage in math.