Description
Looking for a NEW way to engage your students in learning math? Creating an Addition Math Cafe or Math “Salad Bar” is an engaging way to hit target skills, ignite the students learning, and free you up to monitor learning or remediate. You can use these Counting Sets to 20 “recipe” cards as task cards, set up a cafe in your room for easy clean up, or just use the printables in small or whole group.
Focus: Counting Sets to 20
What’s Included
- Page 1: Cover
- Page 2: Table of Contents
- Page 3: Standards
- Pages 4-6: Unit 5 Counting Sets to 20 Suggestions, and Links
- Page 7: Materials List Needed for Activities
- Pages 8-12: Task Cards (“Recipe Cards”) 1 Blank, 1 Teacher Station, 1 Computer Station, 1 ipad Station and the first Count Sets card to go with pg. 13
- Page 13: Count Sets Worksheet
- Page 14: Answer Key (for pg. 13)
- Pages 15-17: Comparing Numbers (Task Cards, Printables & Answer Key)
- Pages 18-20: Fish Match Up (Task Cards, Printables)
- Pages 21-23: Bug Match Up (Task Cards, Addition Printables)
- Pages 24-26: Counting Apples (Task Cards, printable & Answer Key)
- Pages 27-29: Match It (Task cards, printable (these need to but cut and placed in plastic bags to match.))
- Pages 30-32: Count and Write (Task Cards, Printable & Answer Key)
- Pages 33-34: Apple Tree (Task cards & every student needs a printable for this.)
- Pages 35-36: Counting Sets (Task Cards, Printable)
- Pages 37-38: Counting Sets to 20 using Ten Frames
- Pages 39-42: FLIP it! (8 flipping # cards, task cards and printable game)
- Pages 43-47: Write the ROOM (Finding Sets)
- Pages 48-49: Counting Groups
- Pages 50-53: Clip the SET (Clip Cards, task card and Recording Sheet)
- Pages 54-55: Counter Match Up (Keep Number Cards in bags)
- Pages 56-57: Animal Stack it Up (need cubes to stack on top of the number)
- Pages 58-59: BEANS (Task cards, worksheet *need dried beans or coffee beans)
- Pages 60-61: Dab it! (Use paint daubers to “dab” the number)
- Pages 62-64: Counting Sets ASSESSMENT & Answer Key
- Page 65: Recording Sheet
- Page 66: Optional Task Card to use with Dominos and Snap Cubes
- Pages 67-70: Flower Craft (to show sets)
- Pages 71-92: Number Posters with an optional Activity
- Pages 93-97: Subitizing Cards
- Pages 98-106: Rules, Signs for Set Up
- Pages 107-117: PHOTOS of Set Up
- Page 118: Credits
What is a Math Café?
I like to keep all of my math manipulatives in one place, and hold students responsible for cleaning up after their activity. You can make your Math Café (or Buffet or Salad Bar) out of a bookcase or a rolling cart. A student pulls out the manipulative cart (Café). Students choose a recipe card (task card – with the material list, number of people who can participate in the math activity, picture cues, and directions), choose their partners if required, fill their tray with materials, do the activity anywhere in the room, and easily clean up by using a tray to hold their materials. You float around and take notes. One task card is labeled “Teacher’s Group.” This can be used when you see a student needs extra help with a concept. They will sit with you to review the concept, if you give them the card. There are also iPad, computer and blank recipe cards.
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