Math

Target Number

Grab your deck of cards and dry erase board to play Target Number with Vera and I!

Race to 100

This is a great way to practice using the place value chart for addition or use mental math skills to begin adding larger numbers.Race to 100 Video

Roll it! Make it! Expand it!

This is a how-to video for the activity in your week 9 packet!

Compare Games.mp4

Compare Games

3 similar games are in this video: Compare, Double Compare and Place Value Compare.

You need playing cards, dice, dry erase board, dry erase marker and 2 compare cards. Enjoy!

Up Chicken.mp4

Up Chicken

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Fill the Stairs.mp4

Fill the Stairs

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This game can be played alone or with a partner.

Make 10.mp4

Make 10 Game

In this Video, Vera and Mrs. Cusimano teach how to play "make 10" with a deck of playing cards.

You'll need to remove the FACE CARDS (jacks, queens and kings).
Divide the remaining cards between the two players so you each have one pile with an equal amount of cards in it.
Place 4 cards in front of you. See if you can "make 10". If you remove a combination of 10, you can place new cards in the missing spots.
If you can't make 10, you can trade in ONE CARD to the bottom of your draw pile and put a new card face up in it's place. If you can now make 10, keep going :) If you can't, it's the next player's turn
Keep playing until you can't make any more 10's. Whoever has the LEAST amount of cards left is the winner :)

Make 10 Pyramids.mp4

In this short video, I'll show you a game you can play all by yourself with a deck of cards.

You'll need to remove the FACE CARDS (jacks, queens and kings).
Put one card on the top row.
Put two cards on the next row down.
Put three cards on the next row down.
Continue until you are at the bottom row with 6 cards.
Starting with the bottom row, find cards that add up to 10 (Aces are worth 1). You cannot use a card that is covered up.
If you are stuck, draw a card from the pile. See if you can use that card to help make 10.
Keep going until you cannot make any more 10's. Whatever cards are left in your pyramid is your score. Lowest score "wins"!

Chips Math.mp4

I have no idea why this game is called Chips, it just is!

The first thing you need is to make 10 cards with the numbers 1-10 written on each, mine are written on math tiles.
You also need 2 dice and a score card to write down how many points you get each round.
You are trying to get the fewest points possible.
Roll the dice and add up your number. Remove a tile OR a combination of tiles that add up to your number. If you roll a score of 9 you could remove the 9 or the 4+5, 1+8, 2+7, 6+3, 1+ 3+5 etc. You may only pick one combination each turn.
The object is to get rid of all of your tiles, I suggest getting rid of high numbers first if possible.
Your game is over when you roll the dice, add the numbers together and cannot remove any more tiles with the combination you got.
Your total points are made by adding up the tiles you have at the end. So if you have a 7 and a 2, your total is 9.
Play a few rounds with someone and see who ends up with the lowest score!

Close to 20.mp4

Gus and I play a full game of close to 20. There are 4 rounds in each game.

First get a deck of cards and take out all of the FACE cards.
Get a piece of paper and label columns with the names of the players. Write the numbers 1-4 for 4 separate rows. These are your rounds.
Deal each player 4 cards.
Try adding different combinations of your cards to make a total as close to 20 as you can get.
If you get exactly 20, you have a perfect score-take zero points!
If you get a number lower or higher than 20, your total points are however far away from 20 your total is. For example, if add your cards together and you can only get 17, you take 3 points.
You do not need to use all 4 cards-use what you need to get close to 20.
Each round deal out 4 new cards to each player and try to get close to 20 again.
At the end add up how many points you have. The player with the fewest points is the winner!

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