Math Tubs: Numbers

 

Spin a Number
Race to 100
Spin and Show
Gel Pouch Numbers
Felt Board Numbers
Geoboard Numbers
Play Dough Numbers
Number Writing Practice
Roll Say Keep Numbers
1:1 Correspondence Game
Connect 4 Numbers
Cube Toss Numbers
Number Puzzles
Floor Puzzles
Roll and Tally

Spin a Number

Students spin the spinner, identify the number, say its name, then color/cover one of the numbers they spun on the number coloring sheet.   Instead of having to copy - - you could laminate and have students cover numbers with some sort of manipulative.  I prefer to have them cover the numbers rather than have to spend time and resources on copying.

Materials:

• Number Spinner

• Number Sheet

• Pink, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Brown, and Black Crayons/Manipulatives

Race to 100

Students roll their dice, read the number, and color squares on a 100s grid to represent the number they rolled.  First to reach 100 wins!  

Materials:

• Dice

• Crayons

• 100s Chart Grids

Spin and Show

Students place the top in the center of the number grid and spin.  Once the top has stopped, students then read the number and create it using counters. 

Materials:

• Toy Top

• Number Grid

• Counters

• Work Mat: (1-10)   (1-20)  (1-100)

Gel Pouch Numbers

Students place the top in the center of the number grid and spin.  Once the top has stopped, students then read the number and create it using counters. 

Materials:

• Food Saver
• Colored Hair Gel
• Food Saver Bags
• Number Cards (0-9)

or

• Ziploc Freezer Bags
• Duct Tape
• Colored Hair Gel
• Number Cards (0-9)

Play Dough Numbers

Students roll the play dough or clay in to thin snakes to form numbers.  Number cards can be made and laminated for durability. 

Materials:

• Play Dough
• Laminated Number Cards (solid)  (outline)

Geoboard Numbers

Students form numbers on the Geoboard with rubber bands. 

Materials:

• Geoboards
• Rubber Bands
• Geoboard Number Templates (Math Their Way Geoboard Numbers) (Blank Geoboard Paper - 2 Kinds)

  

Number Writing Practice #1

Students practice writing numbers.  These could be printed, laminated, and then used with wipe off crayons.

Materials:

• wipe off crayons

• laminated number sheets

Number Writing Practice #2

Students practice writing numbers. 

Materials:

• thin markers

• Math their Way Numbers Writing Paper

• blank paper

1:1 Correspondence & Counting Math Game

Students take turns rolling a die and moving their game piece towards the finish line.

Materials:

• game boards

• die

• game pieces

Number Puzzles: Number Recognition, Counting and Matching

Students assemble puzzles while practicing their number recognition, counting, and matching skills.  I have four math bins that contain the puzzles.  One bin holds the easier "foam" type puzzles.  A second bin holds our peg board number boards.  The third bin houses four different count and match number puzzles.  Our final bin, the fourth one, has our "hands on learning" 5-piece number puzzles that feature numbers 0-20.

Materials:

• Peg Board Number Puzzle by Lakeshore Learning

• Number Match Ups by Lakeshore Learning

• Numbers Count Game by Educational Insights

• Hands-On-Learning Number Puzzles by Scholastic

• Number Train Puzzle
• Counting Bugs Puzzle

   

Cube Toss Numbers

Students toss a cube, identify the number that they rolled, and then record their toss on the recording sheet.

Materials:

• 6-, 8-, 9-, and/or 12-sided Dice

• Recording Sheets

       

     

Roll-N-Tally

Students toss a cube, identify the number that they rolled, and then record their toss on the recording sheet.

Materials:

• 6-, 8-, 9-, and/or 12-sided Dice

• Recording Sheets

Connect 4 Numbers

Played just like the "real" version of the game Connect 4.  Students partner up, select a chip (distinguishable from their partner's chip), and play begins when one player selects a "cell" from the bottom row.  The player must read the cell's contents correctly before placing their chip/counter (or coloring the cell).  Players should try to block their opponent.  Play ends when a player "connects" four cells in a row (diagonally, horizontally, vertically).

Materials:

• Counters or Crayons

• Recording Sheets

Literature Tie-Ins
Cover	Title	Author	Online Resources	Math Focus
	Two Ways to Count to Ten	Dee	1	Prime Numbers
	One..., Two..., Three...Sassafras!	Murphy, S.	MathStart1	Number Order
	A Three Hat Day	Geringher	1	Ordinal Numbers
	Henry the Fourth	Murphy, S.	MathStart1	Ordinal Numbers
	Handa’s Surprise	Browne	1	Ordinal Numbers
	The April Rabbits	Cleveland	1	Ordinal Numbers
	The Thirteen Days of Halloween	Greene	1	Ordinal Numbers
	The Tiger Who Came to Tea	Kerr	1	Ordinal Numbers
	On The Staris	Larois	1	Ordinal Numbers
	Missing Mittens	Murphy, S.	MathStart1	Even, Odd
	A Pair of Socks	Murphy, S.	MathStart3	Even, Odd
	Even Steven and Odd Todd	Cristaldi	Hello Math Reader  #1	Even, Odd
	The Odds Get Even:  The Day the Odds Went on Strike	Chapman	1	Even, Odd
	One Odd Day	Fisher	#1	Even, Odd
	Among the Odds and Evens: A Tale of Adventure	Turner	#1	Even, Odd
	Mr. Magnolia	Blake	1	Even, Odd
	Ocean Counting: Odd Numbers	Pallotta	1	Even, Odd
	Underwater Counting: Even Numbers	Pallotta	1	Even, Odd
1	I Can Count the Petals of a Flower	Wahl	1	Even, Odd
	Odds and Evens	Goennel	1	Even, Odd to 13
	I Spy Little Numbers	Marzollow	1	Numbers