Number of the Day

Here's something we use all year long.  Students use this activity for morning work two to three times a week.   You can use the actual school day number or a higher number to make it more challenging.  Students create a number web in their math journal to show all 15 ways to show the number. 
Other ideas:  Roman numerals, 10 more / 10 less, number sentences, tally marks, pictures, temperature (decide if the number would be cold, warm, hot)

Charts are from the dollar section at Target.

Number of the Day poster

Opinion / Persuasive Writing Resources

.... Our writing focus for the second nine weeks

Sentence Starters anchor chart - link

 

 

Opinion Words Vocabulary Chart    by: Janiel Wagstaff

 



 

 

Great example of giving reasons:  My dad is an alien video

 

 

 

Common Core Opinion Writing Organizers   by:  teach4real

 

 

Opinion Writing with Oreo Cookies by First Grade Fanatic! blog   

 

OREO Writing Graphic Organizer

 

Mentor text - Duck! Rabbit!    resource link

 

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Oceans of 1st Grade Fun blog

 

What If You Had Animal Teeth? resource on TpT (not free)

 

Mentor text:  Spoon

 

First Grade Buddies Blog - free resource for Spoon

 

 

 

Mentor text:  Cats vs. Dogs

 

Pitner's Potpourri blog - resource for Cats vs. Dogs

 

 

 

More Mentor Texts:

 

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Frankenstein Math Craftivity

 

 

It was a lot of fun seeing students use their creativity to create a Frankenstein, Frankie, or Frankenstein Jr.!  A few Frankensteins on Pinterest as well as a co-worker's craftivity gave me the inspiration for this project. Students added a subtraction story and wrote the related addition fact. 

Alternative ideas - Stories, poems, other math problems