Do you have a hundred chart on display in your classroom? Despite being a great reference for students you can also implement lots of fun counting and number activities with minimal prep to encourage foundations skills in math.
We have some chart printables to help you:
- number house 120
- number house 200
- number house 101 to 200
- plain 100 and 120 chart
- free student page size charts
- skip counting chart
Here are some no-prep activity ideas for using a hundred chart (or similar):
- count forwards and backwards, pointing to each number
- count starting from various starting positions
- cover a number with a sticky note and tell students to provide a clue for the number without saying the number (e.g. it comes after 9)
- cover multiple numbers with sticky notes and ask students to write down the missing numbers
- read a sequence of numbers to students (they may record on their own student chart), ask them to discover the pattern and tell you the next number - e.g. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 ...
- provide clues for a number and students guess the number, using the chart as reference
- ask students to investigate the difference between numbers along a diagonal
- ask how many numbers in each row
- ask how many numbers in each column
- find the total of each row
- find the total of each column
- ask students to write down every second number
- Ask students to record any block of 4 numbers and find the total - e.g. 4, 5, 6, 7. After doing this several times what can they discover?
- Ask students to add 3 adjoining numbers from any row - e.g. 11, 12, 13. Multiply the middle number by 3. What do they notice?
I'd love you to tell me your favorite games or activities for a number chart and include them in the next blog post to share with other teachers.
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