Owl Things Teaching

These posters are made to include the three main thinking patterns for solving addition and subtraction story problems: some and some more, some went away, bigger smaller difference. If you want the version with owls and pennants, you can purchase it here: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thinking-Pattern-Posters-wowls-pennants. I also have a football themed version. Email if you have a request for a different clipart theme. mrsacolwell@gmail.com

This is a complete lesson that uses the the characters from The Three Bears story to teach students how numbers work together to create a fact family. It challenges students to find the "Goldilocks" out of a set of 4 numbers; the number that doesn't fit in the family. It allows for practice of writing addition and subtraction equations. Fun and colorful and engaging.

Whether it's almost summertime and you and your students are getting excited, or it's the middle of the cold, dark winter and you need to dream of a warm day on the beach, this game is a fun way to practice subtraction. Students will use interactive dice and an interactive spinner to move around the game board and practice their subtraction skills to find the difference between two numbers. A game board, directions sheet, game markers, and a recording sheet with a number line are included. This

A fun way to practice addition! This is a SMART notebook file that contains a gameboard and dice to play an addition game. Roll the two dot dice. Add the two addends together. Cover up the sum on the gameboard using the color counters shown. Students can work together as partners to try to cover "5 in a row," or they can compete with different colors and try to cover 5 in a row before their opponent. Cover all numbers for a "black out" challenge.