First Grade Math Activity Packs

Math Pack 28 - Time to Half Hour

1. Time to Match

   match digital time clocks with analog clocks, for hour time

2. Time for Ice Cream

   match digital time clocks with analog clocks, for hour time

3. Time Frog

   explore elapsed time (duration) by adding 1, 2 or 3 hours to an analog time and recording it as a digital time

4. Half-Timebot

   explore time to the half hour by matching analog clocks with words and digital times

5. Owl Time

   position hands on the owl clocks to make half-hour times

Math Pack 29 - Partitioning Tens and Ones

1. Robot Tens and Ones

   group objects into tens and partition tens and ones

2. Expander

   make groups of tens and ones

   partition tens and ones

   record a 2 digit number as tens and ones

3. Tens and Ones Train

   make groups of tens and ones

   partition tens and ones

   record a 2 digit number as tens and ones

4. Frame It

   make numbers by partitioning with ten frame pictures

5. Tens and Ones Bingo

   recognize and identify pictures of partitioned numbers (place value blocks)

Math Pack 30 - Subtraction Problems

1. Snow Buttons

   take groups of objects away to model 'take away' in subtraction

2. Bye Bye Bears

   interpret pictures of subtraction situations

   identify 2 parts and a total in subtraction

3. In and Out

   learn that subtraction situations have 2 related subtraction facts.

4. Inside Outside

   learn that subtraction situations can have 2 related subtraction facts and 2 related addition facts

5. Fact Cuties

6. identify and write the 2 addition and 2 subtraction facts for a fact family of 3 numbers

Math Pack 31 - Reading & Writing Numbers to 100

1. Number House

   trace numbers to 100

2. Match It

   match number words with numerals

3. Read and Write It

   read number words and write the matching numeral

4. Number Street

   write numbers in counting order, starting at random positions between 31 and 100

5. Number Words

   trace or write number words to match numerals

Math Pack 32 - Doubles Strategy

1. Butterfly Doubles

   recognize, solve and write double facts for facts up to 12+12

2. Near Double Bug

   double numbers 1-9 and add 1 to find the total (double plus one strategy). Dot formation and numeral options provided

3. Double Towers

   find and compare arrangements of squares (towers) that show doubles and near-doubles (doubles plus one). Students will build towers with blocks to match

4. Big Doubles

   double multiples of ten (10-50) to find a total

5. Doubles Plus 2 Train

   double numbers 1-9 and add 2 to find a total (double plus 2 strategy)

Math Pack 33 - Counting on Strategy (addition) with 2 Digit Numbers

1. Count on by 2

   count on by 2 with 2 digit numbers on a number track

2. Count on 10

   use a hundreds chart to 'count on 10'

3. Count on Corners

   count on by 1, 2, 10 and 20 with sections of a hundreds chart

4. Count on House

   count on by 1 and 2 in both the ones and tens column of 2 digit number addition

5. Add it Up

   count on by 1 and 2 in 2 digit addition algorithms

Math Pack 34 - Subtraction (Missing Addend)

1. Addend Hair

   draw more hair on each kid to show the missing addend

2. Addend House

   identify the missing addend by looking at a known quantity and total

3. Missing Part

   identify the missing addend by comparing a known quantity and total

4. Solve It

   identify the missing subtrahends in a subtraction problem

5. Subtraction Bus

   identify the missing subtrahends in a subtraction problem by reading a written subtraction story, interpreting it and modelling with plastic math bears

Math Pack 35 - Skip Counting

1. Frogs in Twos

   count by 2s to find a total. Students will discover how many repeated counts of 2 will make a total

2. Beehive Five

   count by 5s to find a total. Students will discover how many repeated counts of 5 will make a total

3. Fleas in Threes

   count by 3s to find a total. Students will discover how many repeated counts of 3 will make a total

4. Apple Tens

   count by 10s to find a total. Students will discover how many repeated counts of 10 will make a total

5. Skip Strips

   skip count by 2, 3, 5 and/or 10 and start at different places in the sequence

6. Skip Count Snail

   skip count by 2, 3, 5 and/or 10, start at different places in the sequence and use their knowledge of skip counting to position numbers in the sequence

Math Pack 36 - Subtraction (Comparison & Difference)

1. Let's Compare

   compare 2 numbers (overlay areas) to find the difference

2. Difference

   compare 2 numbers (side by side) to find the difference

3. Compare Frame

   use ten/twenty/thirty frame comparison to solve subtraction

4. Apple Snacks

   compare 2 numbers (side by side) to find the difference

   interpret a simple subtraction story to write a subtraction problem with numbers and symbols

5. Find the Difference

   compare 2 numbers (side by side) to find the difference

   interpret a simple subtraction story to write a subtraction problem with numbers and symbols

Math Pack 37 - Bridge to Ten Addition Strategy

1. Making Ten

   review the combinations that make ten - 5 and 5, 6 and 4, 3 and 7, 8 and 2, 9 and 1

2. Train Add up

   find two numbers that easily make 10 or 20 and put them first in an equation

3. Fill a Ten

   fill a ten frame before adding the rest to learn naturally, that bridging to ten is efficient and numbers 'near to ten' should be added first

4. Domino Dots

   visualise sliding dots on a domino to make a ten before finding the total

5. Fact Cards

   memorize some addition facts that relate to 'bridge to ten' strategy

Math Pack 38 - Early Division

1. Robot Split

   split an array in 2 to divide

2. Equal Bus

   make equal groups to divide

3. Apple Barrels

   divide numbers into equal groups

4. Happy Steps

   use a number line and equal units to skip count and divide

5. House of 4

   divide by 4 and show a remainder

Math Pack 39 - Comparing and Sequencing Numbers to 100

1. Biggest Number Bus

   compare and identify the greatest 2 digit number in a selection of 3 numbers

2. Robot Place

   make a 2 digit number and locate its position on a blank 100 chart

3. Skip Pattern

   make a pattern of numbers on a hundreds chart by counting by 2, 5 or 10

4. Sequence Kids

   sequence numbers in a 1 more, 1 less, 10 more, 10 less arrangement

5. Count Back Cats

   count backwards by 2, 5 or 10 from a variety of starting positions

Math Pack 40 - Count Back Strategy for Subtraction with 2 Digit Numbers

1. Count on by 2

   count back by 2 with 2 digit numbers on a number track

2. Count Back 10

   use a hundreds chart to 'count back 10'

3. Count Back Corners

   count back by 1, 2 and 10 with sections of a hundreds chart

4. Count Back House

   count back by 1 and 2 in both the ones and tens column of 2 digit number subtraction

5. Add it Up

   count back by 1 and 2 in 2 digit subtraction algorithms

Math Pack 41 - Doubling Strategies for 2 Digit Addition

1. Equal Parts

   Students will identify and sort 2D shape pictures that have equal and unequal parts.

   Blackline shapes available too so you can allow students to cut and fold from paper if desired.

2. One Half

   Students will identify and sort 2D shape pictures that show one half.

3. Half for Dinner

   Students will spin a number, build a collection and then divide it into 2 equal groups to find one half.

4. Half the Cookies

   Students will find half of a collection by drawing a circle around half of the cookie sheet/tray.

5. Halfway Cards

   styles of cards provided (trains, buses, number track). Students will write numbers in to show half on the number track.