Number sense third grade activities

This simple little place value number game is a favourite of Maddie's (aged 6) at school and at home. Use it to practice recognising numbers, writing numbers and place value, along with problem solving. You can play with two or more people and it is great as a whole class game on the whiteboard (with teacher vs students) or just in pairs (parent and child/two children). You can use this activity for practicing two digit numbers (with tens and ones), three digit numbers (hundreds, tens and…

For many of us, our kinders start the school year lacking number sense. It’s a challenge we face every year, and we feel like it’s going to take them forever to learn their numbers! These are some of the ways I have been successful in my classroom when it comes to teaching number sense. Even …

Third grade teachers, I'm SO happy to share that the second set of number sense riddles for 1 through 120 is finally completed! So, what are these riddles all about? Each of the cards in this set has two to three clues that lead to a number between 1 and 120. As your students progress through the clues, they'll narrow the options for which numbers might be the answer, until the last clue brings them down to just one number. Here's an example. Solving a riddle is great for daily spiral review…

When math is hands-on, I have found that students will engage, no matter how difficult a math concept may initially seem. I have seen this over and over during my years in the primary classroom. Building math fluency, as well as student confidence in math, is critical in the early elementary years. In order to […]

Trash Can Math is a place value game and it is so much fun, your students won't even realize they are practicing important math skills!

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Learning about rounding can be difficult for some 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students. Hands on activities help to build number sense better than any anchor chart ever could! Try these fun math games to improve number sense and make rounding easier for your struggling learners. #rounding #3rdgrade #4thgrade #math #teachersfollowteachers #TheMathSpot

5 rounding activities to help your 3rd and 4th grade students round numbers to the nearest 10 and 100. Discover hands-on rounding activities, games, number lines and independent worksheets. #rounding #roundingactivities #numberline #thirdgrademath

Ten things to do with 1,000 numbers - Here's a freebie 1,000 grid of numbers, along with several ideas to get you started building number sense with your students!

In every elementary grade level, what skill do you see show up at the beginning of the year? If you said place value, you would be correct. Place value is HUGE in all grade levels. It is the foundation of many other math skills that the child will build upon. BUUUUUTTTT, what do I see […]