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This week's teaching trick/tip is:
Music and movement are a powerful tool for our students to remember and understand concepts! I use them all the time in my classroom! So in order to help my students understand how to use the hundreds chart to find numbers that are 1 less, 1 more, 10 less, or 10 more I created the Hundreds Chart More or Less Shuffle song.
If you are a visual person and would like to see the dance moves and song, I recorded it one day while the class and I were singing it. Please don't judge--I truly have very little dancing skills! Ha!
You may have noticed that I use different voices when singing--no I don't have singing schizophrenia! While it may seem a little crazy, trust me--it's intentional! While singing or even talking about the words "less" or "more", I use a high/small voice for “less” and a low/big voice for “more”. This is just another way to help my students remember the difference between more or less. They not only have the motions/movement, song, but also the varying voices to help them remember 1 less, 1 more, 10 less, 10 more. I want to use anything I can to help all my students be successful and I have found all of these techniques to help! But no pressure to use the different voices--the song will still be effective with normal singing too!
After teaching the song and dance/movements, we played the hundreds chart shuffle on our hundreds chart. We sang the song and did the dance/movements with our finger on the hundreds chart after learning the song. I'm all about ease of use and making things reusable! If you don't have a class set of hundreds charts laminated, I highly recommend that you laminate a hundreds chart for each of your students! I have a class set of laminated hundreds charts that I reuse year after year! This not only makes it reusable, but students can also write on them with dry erase markers.
I modeled how to use the hundreds chart to find 1 less, 1 more, 10 less, or 10 more. Then we practiced as a whole class with our laminated 100s charts by using the knowledge of our song and dance moves. I would call out a number and students would find and circle the number on the hundreds chart. Then I would say 1 less, or 1 more, or 10 less, or 10 more and they would put a square around the number. We would repeat this for multiple numbers. For independent practice I made up some task cards with a recording sheet. I called it the hundreds chart More or Less Mystery Shuffle. I put a task card on each students desk and students would shuffle or scoot around the room to each desk/mystery card. I really had students doing the shuffle as they went to each desk/mystery card! So much fun! Students would use their hundreds chart and dry erase marker to find the answer and record it on the correct letter of the recording sheet.
Teacher reflection--the pictures show my original/first draft with numbers on the cards and recording sheet. It was a little confusing for the students, so I have changed them to letters for you and for my future use--yes I have made this is a FREEBIE for you!!
When students finished they came to me and I would check their answers with an answer key sheet. When students solved all of the answers correctly I wrote “Case Solved!” on their sheet.
This activity was such a fun way to learn and practice 1 less, 1 more, 10 less, and 10 more! Plus it was a great assessment to see which students understood the concept and which students needed more practice and support in small group instruction.The task cards could also be used for small group instruction or centers!I have put the Song Poster, 100 Chart, 120 Chart, Task Cards, Recording Sheet, and Answer Key all in a FREEBIE for you! Just click HERE or on any of the pictures in this post to grab your copy!
I hope you'll join in for this week's link up!! I love reading your tips--it is so fun to learn and grow together!
Music and movement are a powerful tool for our students to remember and understand concepts! I use them all the time in my classroom! So in order to help my students understand how to use the hundreds chart to find numbers that are 1 less, 1 more, 10 less, or 10 more I created the Hundreds Chart More or Less Shuffle song.
You may have noticed that I use different voices when singing--no I don't have singing schizophrenia! While it may seem a little crazy, trust me--it's intentional! While singing or even talking about the words "less" or "more", I use a high/small voice for “less” and a low/big voice for “more”. This is just another way to help my students remember the difference between more or less. They not only have the motions/movement, song, but also the varying voices to help them remember 1 less, 1 more, 10 less, 10 more. I want to use anything I can to help all my students be successful and I have found all of these techniques to help! But no pressure to use the different voices--the song will still be effective with normal singing too!
After teaching the song and dance/movements, we played the hundreds chart shuffle on our hundreds chart. We sang the song and did the dance/movements with our finger on the hundreds chart after learning the song. I'm all about ease of use and making things reusable! If you don't have a class set of hundreds charts laminated, I highly recommend that you laminate a hundreds chart for each of your students! I have a class set of laminated hundreds charts that I reuse year after year! This not only makes it reusable, but students can also write on them with dry erase markers.
I modeled how to use the hundreds chart to find 1 less, 1 more, 10 less, or 10 more. Then we practiced as a whole class with our laminated 100s charts by using the knowledge of our song and dance moves. I would call out a number and students would find and circle the number on the hundreds chart. Then I would say 1 less, or 1 more, or 10 less, or 10 more and they would put a square around the number. We would repeat this for multiple numbers. For independent practice I made up some task cards with a recording sheet. I called it the hundreds chart More or Less Mystery Shuffle. I put a task card on each students desk and students would shuffle or scoot around the room to each desk/mystery card. I really had students doing the shuffle as they went to each desk/mystery card! So much fun! Students would use their hundreds chart and dry erase marker to find the answer and record it on the correct letter of the recording sheet.
Teacher reflection--the pictures show my original/first draft with numbers on the cards and recording sheet. It was a little confusing for the students, so I have changed them to letters for you and for my future use--yes I have made this is a FREEBIE for you!!
When students finished they came to me and I would check their answers with an answer key sheet. When students solved all of the answers correctly I wrote “Case Solved!” on their sheet.
This activity was such a fun way to learn and practice 1 less, 1 more, 10 less, and 10 more! Plus it was a great assessment to see which students understood the concept and which students needed more practice and support in small group instruction.The task cards could also be used for small group instruction or centers!I have put the Song Poster, 100 Chart, 120 Chart, Task Cards, Recording Sheet, and Answer Key all in a FREEBIE for you! Just click HERE or on any of the pictures in this post to grab your copy!
I hope you'll join in for this week's link up!! I love reading your tips--it is so fun to learn and grow together!
OHMYGOODNESS!!! Mind blown. We have already learn this, but I cannot wait to review this week with your resources. I am such a visual person, THANK YOU for the video. I love, love, love this. So perfect, Becca!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this Becca!! Brilliant! Thank you so much. :)
ReplyDeleteDefinitely going to use this in my class! Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteI am so excited to find this!!! I am teaching this concept this week. My students will love this. Thank you so much for sharing this!
ReplyDeleteI have been looking for some hundreds chart ideas for my higher students who have already mastered teen numbers. I am in love with this post! Thank you so much for the ideas AND freebie!! I am your newest follower :)!
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