teaching pineapples

My students are currently working on subtraction and I am always looking for fun ways for them to practice the skill. I got some shape punches from the Target dollar section recently and realized they could punch out the shape, glue them to match the number, then subtract by crossing out the matching number and write the answer. This will help them gain beneficial fine motor practice, coordination, plus good ol' count and match the number time. If you don’t have shape punches, you can always us

I have bundled my hundreds chart puzzles for you to SAVE! This is a COMPLETE bundle, with my 5 hundreds chart puzzles packs, covering back to school through summer with 90 different puzzles. My students LOVE these puzzles, they literally clap when they see them at a center, so I enjoy having plenty of options to keep them interested and challenged. At the end of last year I realized that I should have spent a little more time showing my students how to identify the patterns of hundreds charts

My students are currently working on addition and I am always looking for fun ways for them to practice the skill. I got some shape punches from the Target dollar section recently and realized they could punch out the shape, glue them to match the number, then add and write the answer. This will help them gain beneficial fine motor practice, coordination, plus good ol count and match the number time. If you don’t have shape punches, you can always use stamps or even just have them draw pictures

Spring is in the air and it is the perfect time to practice 2 skills – counting and identifying the matching number OR for those high fliers, counting and then counting on. There are 2 sets of cards and instructions, plus everything comes in color or ink saving black & white. Use number tiles, dry erase markers… I personally cut foam paper into squares, wrote numbers on them and voila! Instant hands on center, no boring worksheets. Write the answers on the back to make the center independent a