Thursday, October 19, 2017

Looking for Extension Activities for Unit 4?



If you have some students who pretest out of Unit 4 in Everyday Math, you may find some of these activities will help meet their needs.  Even if you don't have students who test out of the unit, these activities will take some of your grade level's unit skills and look at them at a higher level.

1st grade:
Game of Totals --whole day lesson from Youcubed
Snap It--great small group activity that could be used for combinations of 10
Eggs in Baskets--problem solving problem with conditions that make kids make sense
The Brown Family--problem solving activity
Make Ten blog post--this blog post from last year focuses on resources to help teach making ten
Popping Balloons--A 3-Act task that focuses on combos to 10

2nd grade:
How many Times?--problem solving activity about time
Wonky Watches--another problem solving activity about timeWhich is faster?--problem solving about place value and giving supporting evidence for your thinking
That number square--problem solving about numbers to 100
Fruit Shoot--online place value game where students match base ten blocks to numbers. FUN!
Place Values Shapes game--another fun online game for kiddos to think about place value differently.  Challenging!
Place Value Pirates--online place value game
Would you rather--scenario where students choose what they think is the better choice

3rd grade:
Area Shapes game--good review interactive game for students to practice area
Perimeter Shapes game--online review game that practices perimeter
Quadrilateral Shapes game-- interactive game that has student practice with different types of quadrilaterals
Rectangle Interactive--this interactive activity helps kids connect area to the length of the sides of the rectangle
Paper Cut--3 Act Task that explores area
Numerically Equal--problem solving that asks students to look at area and perimeter
Quadrilaterals--problem solving that looks at different attributes of quadrilaterals

4th grade:
All the Digits--problem solving involving multiplication
Shape Times Shape--multiplication problem solving with an introduction to algebra
Table Patterns Gone Wild!--looking for patterns in multiplication tables
Multiplying two-digit numbers--Open Middle activity for finding a product
Massive Mosaic--3 Act Task which focuses on multiplication of two 2-digit numbers
Would you Rather--scenario where students have to choose and defend the better choice

5th grade:
Scooter Quest--online game to practice decimal place value
Rounding Decimals--Open Middle rounding decimals problem
Meteor Coordinates--This onlinegame gives students a chance to explore coordinate pairs.
Place Value Pirates--online game to practice decimal place value
Hungry Puppies--online game where students choose decimal values to combine to make the target
Matching--this online game has students match decimals, fractions, and percentages
Round the dice--an investigation about rounding decimals
Spiralling Decimals--a game of strategy and knowledge of decimal size

If you have other resources to share, please add them in the comments below!



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