Number Word Chart

 

 

We are almost to 50 days of school!  The students fill out their number of the day paper four times a week.  I have the numbers 1-20 posters up on the wall that they use each day to help them correctly fill out their paper.  They began to struggle when we hit day thirty with how to correctly spell those number words.  I made the above visual for them to refer to for assistance.  The students really do a great job of looking around the room for resources to assist them before they ask me a question.  What type of resources/visuals do you have around your room to help the students gain independence in their learning?

Number of the Day



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I found this number of the day worksheet on pinterest.  It works great for having the students decompose numbers.  They are asked to write the number, number word, even or odd, tally marks to represent the number, and determine the place value of the number.  I shrunk the orginal document down so that four of them fit on one page.  Each day the students do the number of the day that corresponds to the number of days we have been in school.  As a result the students have a better understanding of even and odd numbers, how to make tally marks to represent a number, and place value.  The students have learned to use their resources around the room to correctly spell the number word.  That gets a little trick once we pass day number 10! They turn in their number of the day page for the week on Thursdays.  I grade it on Thursday and we go over each number we did that week on the SMARTboard.  This allows each of the students a chance to interact with the SMARTboard and clear up any confusion with any numbers.  

Tally Mark Chants

Last year, my first graders really struggle with making tally marks and especially groups of five.  I found this cute tally mark chant for 1-10 on pinterest. 


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It made it alot easier for the students to remember how to do their tally marks each day.  Confusion came again when the students tried to do tally marks for numbers past ten.  One day a student commented that we really needed a tally mark chant for numbers past ten.   So, using the "teachable moment"  we came up with a continuing tally mark chant that came produced a repeating pattern.  The students had a great time coming up with additional rhyming words to help them remember.  They were very proud of their new tally chart chant because they were able to come up with it on their own.  My new first graders this year think it's so cool that the second graders made up a tally chant for them!  I would like to share it with you.  Click on the image below to grab your free copy!  How do you teach your students to do tally marks?