120s Gold Medals
Scaffolding the 120s Chart
Making 10 Go Fish/Make a Match
Just like Making 10 Go Fish, we pulled out our Making 120 playing cards. It was the perfect chance to practice skip-counting by 10s to find pairs of 120. This simple game will stay in our math-center rotations on and off for the rest of the year.
Chart to Number Line – Say What?!?
Noticing Patterns on the 120s Chart
Another great game for recognizing number patterns on the 100s chart, as well as, ‘before’ and ‘after’ is SPLAT online! We played as a class on our SMART Board. Using different paint colors, students can visualize patters on the chart. We also played that students would take turns making number puzzles, “I’m think of a number that is one more than 15.” Everyone would circle it on their 100s chart (at their desk using a dry erase marker) and then, one special friend would SPLAT a number on the board.
After highlighting patterns on our 120s chart, we turned our charts into number lines! This was a Lightbulb Moment for so many of my friends. “The 120s Chart is actually just a number line?? Say what?!?!” If you try any activity in this post with your friends, this is the ONE! I blogged about it earlier in the month; you’ll definitely want to check it out here.
Real Life Splat
A partner-version of SPLAT, 4-in-a-Row offers students practice in saying and identifying numbers on the 120s chart. Students take turns pulling a number, saying it out loud, and finding the number on the 120s chart. Students ‘win’ the game by pulling 4 numbers in a row (horizontally, vertically, diagonally).
Race to 120
100 Pathway (Addition and Subtraction)
Using some partner games, we practiced adding and subtracting to 100. The best part? I was able to copy these games and send them home for families to play together. It was a perfect home-school connection.
120s Puzzles
We’re also loving our 120 Puzzles. I snagged a 120s chart from online, quickly cut each puzzle into 10-12 pieces, and placed each puzzle in a Ziploc bag. During our whole-group time, students worked with their table to make the puzzles (each player taking a turn placing a piece before the next partner could go), and during centers, students had the choice to work individually or with a partner. If you have multiple puzzles going, make sure to print each puzzle on a different piece of cardstock so you can easily sort the sets if they get mixed up!
Music & Math
Also, a highlight of our day is always Jack Martmann’s “Count to 100 Everyday” Song. It is a blast and gets my first-grade friends up and moving. Each decade is accompanied with a different exercise (windmills, running in place, shoulder shrugs). Since Jack’s song only goes to 100, we finish the last 20 numbers acapella. 😉
What are your favorite 120s activities? We’re always looking for ideas for our RtI groups, as well as, centers, so please do share!
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Jen Bonner//Sparkling in Second says
Fantastic ! I can't wait to start these with my kids next week! Thank you 🙂
Sheri Ryan says
Love the counting to 100 video. My kids will love it 🙂
April Kreitzer Wolfe says
I am so inspired looking at your site!! Great ideas!! Your first graders are so lucky to have such an amazing teacher. I was wondering if you take grades (A, B, C, etc) in math? I have a test that I have to give for each unit of our basal book.
April
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Katherine says
We did our first 120 Olympics ceremony today and my friends LOVED IT! 8 out of my 30 first graders were able to write to 120 on their first attempt, and they received their gold medals this afternoon. I did the Olympics rings background, music, and announced the champions in a deep announcer voice. So fun. Thanks for the idea!
I have a student who can only write to 9 right now (with many reversals) but we are determined to reach 120 by the end of first grade!!
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Simon says
Good!
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