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In this routine, students compare similarities and differences in numbers through several clues.  Students will experience that there may be more than one correct answer for a clue. It comes from Daily Routines to Jumpstart Math Class (Corwin, 2019).

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In this routine, students mentally compute and use estimation skills to determine if the sum, difference, product or quotient is over OR under a specified amount.

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A missing number routine that's used to figure out an unknown quantity.

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This routine provides the opportunity for students to represent numbers through visual representations, descriptions, expressions, and equations, and supports flexible thinking and fluency with computation.

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This routine helps students to understand the relationships between numbers and the relative magnitude of numbers. Students will use a number line to explore these concepts.

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A routine that helps students think flexibly with numbers. Students will reason about the attributes of numbers while determining if their number meets the condition

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Use images and a question(s) to enable students to think mathematically about the world around them.

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In this routine, students estimate and compare expressions.  They determine if they would want one thing (this) over another (that). They reason about number and operation as well as reason about properties and relationships between expressions.  This routine comes from Daily Routines to Jumpstart Math Class (Corwin, 2019).

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Math Practice Standards Journal Prompts.pdf

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Number Sense Strategy

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Steve Wyborney's Blog: I'm on a Learning Mission.

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Welcome to Splat! You are only moments away from a VERY POWERFUL, highly interactive number sense strategy that can be used at any grade level!

This post includes 50 (fifty!) free, downloadable PowerPoint math lessons!

Watch the video, download some (or all) of the lessons, and experience what happens when you unleash this resource in your classroom!

I've been excited to click the Publish button on this post for several weeks! It's time!
UPDATE: The Fraction Splat! Series (with 20 more downloadable lessons) is now available!
After reading this blog post, take a look at THE 12 MOST POPULAR MATH STRATEGIES AND DOWNLOADS ON THIS BLOG.

Splat Through 10
How many dots are under the Splat?

Splat Through 20
How many dots are under the Splat?

Multiple Splats
(Note: Splats that are the same color must cover the same number.)
Splat 3.1 - multiple splats Splat 3.2 - multiple splats Splat 3.3 - multiple splats Splat 3.4 - multiple splats Splat 3.5 - multiple splats
Instant Multiple Splat
(Note: An additional feature of this level is the opportunity to ask, "What could the total be?")

Splat 4.1 - Instant Multiple Splats Splat 4.2 - Instant Multiple Splats Splat 4.3 - Instant Multiple Splats Splat 4.4 - Instant Multiple Splats Splat 4.5 - Instant Multiple Splats
2-Color Splat
(Splats of different colors must have different values.)

Splat 5.1 2-color Splat Splat 5.2 2-color Splat Splat 5.3 2-color Splat Splat 5.4 2-color Splat Splat 5.5 2-color Splat Splat 6.2 Instant 2-color Splat Splat 6.3 Instant 2-color Splat Splat 6.4 Instant 2-color Splat Splat 6.5 Instant 2-color Splat
Instant 2-Variable Splat
(Splats of different colors must have different values. Splats of the same color must have the same value.)
Splat 7.1 Instant 2-variable Splat Splat 7.2 Instant 2-variable Splat Splat 7.3 Instant 2-variable Splat Splat 7.4 Instant 2-variable Splat Splat 7.5 Instant 2-variable Splat
Number Splat
(Note: Only the numbers circled on the screen may be used.)
Splat 8.1 - Number Splat Splat 8.2 - Number Splat Splat 8.3 - Number Splat Splat 8.4 - Number Splat Splat 8.5 - Number Splat Splat 9.1 - Instant Number Splat Splat 9.2 - Instant Number Splat Splat 9.3 - Instant Number Splat Splat 9.4 - Instant Number Splat Splat 9.5 - Instant Number Splat
Instant Number Splat with 2 Variables
(Note: Only the numbers circled on the screen may be used, and Splats of different colors must have different values.)
Splat 10.1 - Instant 2-Variable Number Splat Splat 10.2 - Instant 2-Variable Number Splat Splat 10.3 - Instant 2-Variable Number Splat Splat 10.4 - Instant 2-Variable Number Splat Splat 10.5 - Instant 2-Variable Number Splat
NOTE: I wrote each of these lessons using PowerPoint, so I recommend playing them in PowerPoint. If you do not have PowerPoint, you may want to download the PowerPoint viewer so that you can play the lessons.

UPDATE: The Fraction Splat! Series (with 20 more downloadable lessons) is now available!
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Introducing Cube Connectors
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3 Powerful Tile Strategies (and 40 new downloadable pages)
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I would treasure hearing about your experiences using Splat! to promote number sense in your classroom!

All my best,
Steve

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Welcome to Splat! You are only moments away from a VERY POWERFUL, highly interactive number sense strategy that can be used at any grade level!

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Welcome! Explore these patterns with your students and watch their natural tendencies to see patterns morph into powerful algebraic thinking and reasoning. It's an ideal routine to foster mathematical practice #7 - look for and make use of structure.

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Explore these patterns with your students and watch their natural tendencies to see patterns morph into powerful algebraic thinking and reasoning. It's an ideal routine to foster mathematical practice #7 - look for and make use of structure.

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Want an easy multiplication dice game that kids can play at home or in the classroom? This fun math practice game requires neither specialty dice, nor complicated game boards and printable worksheets.

All you need is one die and a pen and paper to keep score! I do have a free printable score card if you want, but it's not strictly necessary.

And to make learning multiplication even more fun, pair this multiplication game with drawing spirolaterals, a snazzy math art project to practice times tables!

I've seen this game called "game of six" or " Sechser-Spiel" but whatever you call it, players will need to use their recall of the times tables to play. Plus, at the end, kids exercise their addition skills, too!

Note: this post contains affiliate links that may earn commission.

How to Play Multiplication Dice Game
Objective:
To be the player with the highest total score after six rolls of the die.
What you need:

One die. I won't lie, we love it when each player has their own colored die, which is why we own a gazillion dice and why we own these awesome vintage colors dice.

Pen and paper, or our printable score card. (Get it below)

At least 2 enthusiastic players

Multiplication Dice Game rules

1. Gather your materials!
See above for the list.

2. Who goes first?
Everyone rolls a die. The player with the highest roll starts the game. Play moves clockwise.

3. Start off!
Player one throws the die. She records her score for that roll by multiplying the number on the die by one of the numbers on the score card (1-6). Play passes to the next player.

4. Recording scores
For each turn, the player multiplies the number on the die by a number from 1-6. Each number from 1-6 can only be used once. For example, if a player rolls a 6, she will probably want to multiply it by 6 (36) and enter it in the appropriate box.

However, if she already filled the 6 box on a previous turn, she must choose a number from a vacant box and multiply 6 by that number.

5. Winning
At the end of 6 turns per player, all the boxes will be filled in. Players then total the results of all 6 rounds. Highest score wins

Dice Game Variation

Included in the printable score card is an extended version of this multiplication dice game in which players roll the die a total of 12 times. It's a longer game but kids will practice higher number equations.

Thoughts on Game Play

Players not only practice multiplication tables, they must strategize as to the best way to accrue points. Do they multiply their 3 by 6 or hold out for a higher roll of 6 in the hopes of scoring 36?

No matter where or how long you play, this multiplication dice game is a great addition to your math learning!
More math dice games:

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A free-to-use collection of mathematics activities, lessons and problems designed to nurture curious, resourceful and confident learners of mathematics. Produced by The University of Cambridge.

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The Nrich Maths Project Cambridge,England. Mathematics resources for children,parents and teachers to enrich learning. Problems,children's solutions,interactivities,games,articles.

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Same But Different is a powerful routine for use in math classrooms. The images can be used for teaching a way of thinking: grayscale thinking, categorical thinking; helping students to build a network of ideas and an approach for learning and thinking about mathematics.

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Numeracy Project Tasks and Activities by Stage.pdf

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Numberless Word Problems

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Take out the numbers to make word problems make sense Learn More Try one tomorrow Primary (K-2) Older Students Explore ready-made problems Problem Banks More Problems This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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Would You Rather Math – ASKING STUDENTS TO CHOOSE A PATH AND JUSTIFY IT WITH MATH

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Teachers, sign up for my mini-workshop to learn about how to implement Would You Rather Math into your classroom routines. We will explore some sentence frames, what happens when things don’t go as planned, how to use the prompts in a remote learning setting, and much more. See you there!

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with special thanks to Christopher Danielson and his Which One Doesn’t Belong - A Shapes Book.

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Click on the image below to download your own FREE copy of optional recording paper for Place Value Pickle.

Free Download: student recording sheet

Click on the image below to download your own FREE copy of this optional recording sheet.

Free download: Mind Reader slide show

Click on the image below to download your own FREE copy of this student template, so your students can begin making their own Mind Reader slides.

"Thinking of a Number"

A quick and easy game to develop number sense and confidence with greater and less than. Can be played whole class as a warm up or sponge activity.

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Our favorite games that help develop a strong understanding of place value.

Free Download: Mindreader slideshow

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Boy Mama Teacher Mama _ Directions for Bump.pdf

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CUBES Math Strategy Jamboard Template - Google Jamboard

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Copy of Test Taking Strategies - Math CUBES

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Problem Solving Framework by Robert Kaplinsky

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Hands-on Second Grade Learning Stations by Standard

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The easiest most fun way to practice math facts in a classroom! Instantly engaging and perfect for all-class activities. No students' accounts required.

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