Number Sense Activities

Number sense knowledge is a fundamental component to developing other math skills. Number sense routines and number of the day activities can engage students in thinking about numbers in multiple ways and deepen their understanding of math concepts.

Number Sense Routines Vision Accommodations Resource

Shawna Veit's Accessible Routines and Resources document provides direct access to a variety of engaging and ready-to-use number sense activities (click on the image for the link).

Shawna Veit's Accessible Math for All Students document provides direct access to a variety of engaging and ready-to-use math activities (click on the image for the link).

Karen Erickson and Claire Greer's Early Counting Routine is a research-based number sense routine that is appropriate for students who are working on developing number sense for numbers 1-10 (click on the image for the link).

Shawna Veit's Number of the Day templates provide a variety of activities for students who are working on developing number sense for single-digit numbers, double-digit numbers, triple digit numbers, fractions, and multiplication facts (click on the image for the link).

Calvert County's Number Sense Routines for PreK-5th grade consist of 180 days per grade level of ready to use number sense routines that promote engagement and communication while working on crucial number sense skills. They are in Powerpoint format with prompts provided to run each routine. (click on the image for the link).