Building the Benchmarks of 5 and 10

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My favorite topic is number sense and my favorite number relationship that builds number sense is the Benchmarks of 5 & 10.  Now, I know you really shouldn’t have a favorite, they all are essential (just like all of my kids…but depending upon the day,...

Evergreen Subitizing Games

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https://vimeo.com/192701365 Subitizing is the ability to instantly recognize how many in a set without counting.  This video describes 5 Evergreen games that you can use to help build your students’ subitizing abilities.  Watch the video and then complete the...

5 Ways to Build Math Minds

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Last summer I left the job that I had for 7 years and have slowly been transitioning out of it (they kept bringing me back in :).  With that job I was always busy during the summers doing trainings for teachers, but this summer and most of last summer I’ve...

Savvy Subitizing Activity

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Here are links to products/activities mentioned in this vlog. (Some may be affiliate links which just means that if you do purchase using my link, the company you purchased from sends me some money. Find more info HERE about that.) Ratuki: https://amzn.to/2LX6qMr...

What is the Proper Way to Show Numbers in a Ten Frame?

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Ten Frames are amazing!  But after I presented today at my State’s Math Academy, I was thinking more about how you fill a ten frame and what reasoning each builds for kids.  For instance here are four different ways to show the amount 7 using ten frames:  ...

Card Games to Develop Number Sense

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I think almost everyone who teaches early elementary has heard about Make 10 Go Fish to help develop number sense around the benchmark number of 10.  But have you heard of Make Teen Go Fish?  Towards the end of the school year I got to attend a 2 day workshop by...