![]() ![]() Ask, "How many more do I need to have a greater sum than you?" It's not necessary to do this every turn, but a good discussion to have a few times in the game.įact Family Card Game WHO? 1st and 2nd graders, play alone or with partner SPECIAL NOTES? Try having your child lay down both cards and give you the sum. It also practice fact fluency (or timed math facts if your district still uses that term).ĮSSENTIAL QUESTIONS TO ASK? Who has more? How many more? Who has fewer? How many fewer? How do you know? WHY? It continues to build stronger number sense with comparing larger quantities. Have older kids in 3rd or 4th grade? Have them multiply the cards and compare the answers. This helps build their number sense and understand our number system that we use.ĮSSENTIAL QUESTIONS TO ASK? Who has more? How many more? Who has fewer? How many fewer? How do you know? ![]() They need to be fluent with and understand words like greater than, equal to, less than, etc. WHY? Kinder and firsties need to understand quantities and how they compare to each other. (Ex: 5 > 2) You can take out the face value cards for younger kids if needed! If you have a first grader, you can ask them to write the notation for the first 10 or so rounds. HOW? Just play traditional war, but reinforce comparing words. War (Game of Compare) WHO? Mostly kinder or first graders, partners Quarantined and not getting out of your house to buy materials? No problem! All of these activities require nothing more than what you already have around your house! They also can be easily extended for an on grade level 2nd grader. They can play with an adult or older sibling. Most of them I've blogged about separately and will link the detailed post at the end of the quick description. Many of these games are ones I used in my first grade classroom and are great for kindergarteners, 1st graders or struggling 2nd graders. ![]()
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