If you get our newsletter you will have seen this cute panda friend in your inbox this week (it's still available here).
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:
