Math Games

This week in math, our mathematicians continued to build their fluency and automacticity in adding and subtracting. They learned a new math game called Bunny Hop. Partners take turn to draw a card from the stack that gives direction of which way (forward or backward)and how many steps to take on a hundreds chart. Based on the direction given (ex. Start at 100. Hop back 5 spaces. Hope ahead 1 space. Where are you?), players have to move their counters on the hundreds chart accordingly to land on the right number. If the player lands on the correct number, the player keeps his/her card. Partners continue the game until all the cards are drawn. Player with the most cards wins.
This game helps children to count-on or count-down from any numbers and skip count by 10's using the hundreds chart, which is another math manipulative that we encourage students to use to help them add and subtract. Other manipulatives we use are: unifix cubes, counters, and base-ten blocks. If you want to practice adding and subtracting with your child using a hundreds chart, go to http://www.abcya.com/interactive_100_number_chart.htm.