If you get our newsletter you will have seen this cute panda friend in your inbox this week (it's still available - see base of this post).
Students will become fluent with numbers and work with combinations that make 8.
Panda Plays
- cover the board with dice - randomly (or use the mat that has dots printed)
- stduents take turns to remove dice that make 8 - e.g. 5-3, 4-4, 5-2-1
- the player who is last able to find a combination may be declared the winner
Use the option with printed dots with coloring pencils. Students can color the squares that make 8 on their turn.
Following on from that activity, you can have students use the More Puppies page from our Pond Coloring Club today!
Before coloring they can
- add more detail pattern to the ears
- play this making-8 review game:
Puppy Paws
- roll 2 dice on your turn
- when you make 8, find 2 circles on the page and turn them into 'paws' by drawing 4 extra circles on each
- talk about how 2 groups of 4 make 8 and that this is an equal number to the pair they rolled (eg. 5 and 3)
If you're not yet in the Pond Coloring Club, we'd love to have you!
If you're students love puppies, their pets as well as fun in math - help them review combinations to 10 with our new math craft! It's ready over in our TPT store and includes 3 different activity styles to help you make them in the time you have available.
I hope your learners have fun in math today and if you love they love teh panda game, there is more fun to be had with 19 other fun game mats:
