Katie Killen

This page is created to go along with the book "Pete The Cat And His 4 Groovy Buttons". My students love this story because it's silly - Pete keeps losing his buttons! It's a great story to use when teaching subtraction because Pete loses 1 button at a time. We read the story and then the kids get to make up their own Pete the cat and a number sentence about his buttons popping off! This page makes a great class book page, too.

This is a Valentine's Day add the room activity. Children add candy hearts on each card that total up to 10 or less. It contains 12 colorful cards to print, laminate, cut out, and tape around the room, as well as the worksheet children fill out to go along with it. On the cards are candy hearts in two different colors. The children must count how many of each color and then write down the corresponding addition sentence on their worksheet. This would be perfect for a math center as children be

This packet is meant to be used with a simple scale in a center. It includes simple weight-related vocabulary cards to laminate, and 4 different writing pages to give variation and differentiation. Have your students experiment with the scale weighing different things, and introduce them to the vocabulary words beforehand. When they have experimented with weighing various objects, have them complete one of the writing pages and draw a picture to match.

This is a versatile game that children can play to practice adding and subtracting! -Print and laminate Dinosaur Domino Dash game board & game pieces (the baby dinosaurs on this page) - To play: Children can play this game in groups of 2-4. Each child picks a baby dino to be his/her game piece. Children take turns pulling one domino at a time out of a bag, and adding or subtracting (according to the teacher’s instructions) the two numbers of dots on the domino. Whatever the sum or difference is

This is a printable pocket chart activity where children must put numbers 1-20 in order, and then match the number words to the number symbols. Simply print, laminate, and cut!