Core Rigor

This activity is a perfect example of how to use all of that stale candy corn from Halloween in a math center for building numeration skills. It can be used for composing and decomposing numbers, practicing addition skills, and as place value mats. Simply cut a long oval for the corn cob in yellow construction paper and a corn shuck pattern in green.Paste the two together and laminate, which allows you to wipe off when they become sticky. Write on them with dry erase or Vis-a-vie markers for rep

 Building proficiency in number names is the first step toward exemplary Common Core math scores . It gives students the automaticity in number value recognition and the variety of representations of that number to quickly begin the thinking process toward problem solving.  This daily practice can be done on wipe off boards, in a math journal (small amount of space), or anywhere you prefer. It depends on whether you want the exercise kept for reference for the student and/or progress journal