Wednesday Math Game

Dear Families,

Captain John Palliser has been working on improving our student’s fluency in math. We believe that playing math games help students to develop stronger fundamental number concepts, such as counting, one to one correspondence, and computation strategies. Games can be used both in the classroom and at home. Each Wednesday, your child’s teacher will be sending home a math game for you to enjoy throughout the week. The game will also be posted on your child’s blog. We encourage you to continue to play the games throughout the year. Most of the games will require minimal supplies such as: dice, a deck of cards, pencil/paper, or counters/tokens. These items can be purchased at most dollar stores. If you require assistance obtaining required materials please let your child’s teacher know and they will be able to assist you.

Students have been working hard learning addition strategies.  Currently, we have been working on “making 10”.  Finding all the ways to make 10 and getting proficient at knowing number partners that make 10.  This week we are sending home a fun game to get kids even quicker at knowing their 10 partners to in fun way!  We hope you enjoy your first family math game!

Yours in learning,

Ms. Anderson, Mrs. Halsall, Mrs. Holman, Mrs. Hoogers, Ms. Lamboo, Ms. McCullough,

Mrs. Patel, Mrs. Ross, Mrs. Taylor-Schryvers, & Mrs. Wacker

Making 10

Materials: One deck of cards

Objective: To makes sums of 10

Instructions:

Take out the face cards (kings, queens, jacks and jokers).

Aces count as 1.
Place 9 cards face up in 3 rows with 3 cards in each row.

How to play:

Player 1 finds cards with the sum of 10, saying the number sentence each time.

For example, pick up the cards 8 and 2 and say “8+2=10”

Player 1’s turn continue until they cannot find anymore sets.

Player 2 looks to see if player one missed any sets.

Place new cards face up in the missing spots.

Player 2 tries to make their set of 10.

Variations: 

·      Try using 3 or more cards to make 10.

·      Add in the face cards and make a larger number as the target i.e. 15