Leprechaun Gold Subtraction

Leprechaun Gold Subtraction

 

 



To prepare:

Print off work mat (page 1) onto cardstock.  You can have one per student or one per small group.  (I did one per small group.)  Print off the pot of gold patten (page 2) onto regular copy paper.  Cut out and tape inside plastic cup (cup is upside down).  Cut a slit in the top of the plastic cup. 

Print booklets onto copy paper and cut apart.  I created my booklets with 3 recording pages.

Each student (or small group) will need a workmat, a pot of gold cup, and ten pennies.

Each student will need a Leprechaun gold subtraction booklet.

 

To play:

We did subtraction from 10.  We took turns rolling a dice to determine the number we were taking away.  The leprechaun had 10 pieces of gold (pennies). He hid 5 pieces of gold under the rainbow (the number we rolled on the dice).  (Take 5 pennies from the leprechaun and place it in the slit in the cup - like a piggy bank.) How much gold does he have left?  (Count the number of pennies on the leprechaun.)

Tooth Trouble

Tooth Trouble

After reading, "Tooth Trouble" by Jane Clarke we created a walrus subtraction craftivity.

 

 

Click on the walrus above for your pattern.

Dr. Suess Fun

Dr. Seuss Fun

We created Thing 1 and Thing 2 with our handprints.

 

 

We had fun with fish subtraction after reading "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish."

Click here for the recording sheet and here for the fishbowl pattern.

 

 

 

 



100 Gumpdrops

100 Gumballs for the 100th Day

I got this cute idea from Little Miss Glamorous Goes to Kindergarten blogspot and wanted to let my kinders try it out.  They loved it! 

Baby Penguin

Baby Penguin

 

After reading "Baby Penguin" by Aubrey Lang we completed a tree map of facts of a baby king penguin.

 

After we completed the tree map, we created a penguin craft and writing activity.

 

The Mitten

The Mitten

After reading "The Mitten" by Jan Brett and "The Mitten" by  Jim Aylesworth we did a character comparison Venn diagram and completed our own with a cut and paste activity.

Learning with Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty Teen Numbers Card game

 To play, one student at a time turns over a card.  If the student gets a number card, he will read the number correctly and keep the card.  If the student gets a ten frame card, she will count using the ten frame, say the number correctly, and keep the card.  If the student gets a Humpty Dumpty card, everyone will sing the Humpty Dumpty rhyme and that student will have to put any cards earned back in the draw pile.  Play continues until all cards are earned.

 

 

Humpty Dumpty Craftivity

The students had fun replacing the rhyming words in the Humpty Dumpty rhyme and completing this Humpty Dumpty craft and writing activity.



The Missing Mitten Mystery

After reading "The Missing Mitten Mystery" by Steven Kellogg

 

we completed a craft and writing activity.

 

Grinch Day

Grinch Headbands and Craftivity

We made Grinch headbands from a Grinch mask activity at seussville.com.

We made the Grinch craftivity, "To make the Grinch grin I would...."

 

 

The 100 chart and hi lo game below came from firstgradewow.blogspot.com. Click here for the unit.

 

100 Chart Grinch

We identified numbers and colored them in on a 100 chart to reveal a picture of the Grinch.

 

Grinch and Max Hi Lo Number Game

Students guessed numbers on a number line.

 

Grinch Cupcakes

 We had delicious Grinch cupcakes. (Thank you Miss Brook!)

 

Grinch Card Game

We played a Grinch site word card game (similar to "Crash!")

 

 

 

 



Christmas Syllables

We sorted picture cards by the number of syllables.  We placed the picture cards in labeled stockings.

After sorting the picture cards, we completed a star syllable sheet.  We said the name of our kindergarten friend, clapped to see how many syllables are in the name, and placed star stickers under the picture to show how many syllables are in the name.

If You Take a Mouse to the Movies

Before reading the book, "If You Take a Mouse to the Movies" by Laura Numeroff, we generated ideas and created an anchor chart to list what the mouse would ask for at the movies.

 

After reading the story we created this cute craftivity.

Want a pattern?  Click here.  Merry Christmas!

Mooseltoe

Mooseltoe

After reading the book, "Mooseltoe" by Margie Palatini, we created our own Mooseltoe problem and solution craftivity.  Found the wonderful idea at Mrs. T's First Grade Class blog.

Oh! Christmas Tree

Christmas tree addition stories

You Can't Catch Me, I'm The Gingerbread Man!

Word Families

 we sorted gingerbread men by word families and created a gingerbread man sort book

 Catch that Gingerbread Man!

 

We read maps of our school to locate the missing gingerbread men!

 

 

Could the gingerbread man swim away from the fox?

We did a science experiment to find out that the gingerbread man wouldn't be able to swim away.

 

 

Comparing Gingerbread Man stories

 We compared the characters in the books, "The Gingerbread Man" retold by Eric Kimmel and "The Gingerbread Man" pictures by Karen Schmidt.

 

 

Teen Numbers and Ten Frames

we use mini m&m's to show numbers on ten frames

 

 

 

 

Tying Shoes with The Jingle Bell Club

The Jingle Bell Club

During the month of December the students get to wear a jingle bell necklace if they can tie their shoes.

Turkey Addition

Turkey Addition

 

just some Thanksgiving addition fun.....

 

Turkey Feather Addition

roll the dice.

show that many yellow feathers

count on to find out how many green feathers to add to make 5

 

 

Gobblers on the Gate Addition

roll the dice

show that many red feathers

count on to find out how many yellow feathers are needed to make 10



Manicure Math

Manicure Math Addition

We learned about addition by playing "Manicure Math."

The kids loved it!

 

Click here for your copy of Manicure Math!

(to prepare the dice, cover the six with a zero.)

 

How to play:

1. roll the dice

2. color the fingernails on the left hand, write the addend.

3. roll the dice

4. color the fingernails on the right hand, write the addend

5. Count the colored fingernails and write the sum!

Fish Fossils

 Mix up a batch of dough and create a fossil imprint.

What You'll Need:

• 4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 cup of salt
• 1 ½ cups water
• Bowl
• Measuring cup
• Small fish object for fossil making

How to Make Fun Fossil Imprints:

Step 1: Measure and mix together the flour, salt, and water to make a salt dough. Knead the dough for five minutes, and form it into small balls. Flatten the balls to prepare them for a fossil print.

Step 2: Make impressions in the dough with the fish toy.

Step 3: Make one print in each flattened ball. Place the fossils on a rack, and let them dry for several days.

Space Shapes

How We Learned Our Space Shapes

a poem sung to the tune of "This Old Man"

Space Shapes

There are shapes

That take up space.

You can see them in any place.

A cone, cylinder,

cube, and sphere-

Space shapes are 3-D so let's give a cheer!

 

Shape-O

a space shape game from Mailbox Magazine

 

 Building with Space Shapes

after reading, "Jack the Builder" by Stuart Murphy, we learned that space shapes can stack.

 

My Space Shape Book

We learned about the attributes of space shapes by completing a space shape book.

 

Space Shape Movement

We learned which space shapes could stack, slide, and/or roll and sorted them. After we recorded our results on a Space Shape Movement sheet.

 

Where is the Witch's Brook

Hide the broom behind a witch.  To see if the broom is hiding there, the student has to say the color and the space shape name.

 

Space Shapes Guessing Bags

Students will guess which space shape is in the bag by feeling it, record responses on sheet, and draw a real-life object that is the same shape.

 

 

Watch and listen to a video, "3D Shapes I Know" at WatchKnowLearn.

 

Watch a free Brainpopjr video about solid shapes. Click here.

 

Play online games from Harcourt Publishers about shapes:

"Solid Figures and Plane Shapes"

"Loading Shapes"

 

 

Sorting plane and space shapes

After reading, "Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes," by Stuart Murphy, sort the picture cards by plane shapes or space shapes.

 

Sort the Real-Life Space Shapes

After reading the books, "Cone," "Cylinder," "Sphere," and "Cube" by Boothroyd, sort real life picture cards by their solid shape.