What’s Inside?

Number Strand

1. Candy Bags - Matching Activity – 1 set

students match quantities of candies with the numeral on the trick-or-treat bags.

2. Floating Ghosts - Partner Game – 3 copies reinforce ‘subitizing’ numbers to 10

players take turns rolling a 6 sided die

player #1 moves the number of spaces indicated on the die and tells how many

more to make ten.

player must roll the exact number to make 10

the winner can float into the haunted house

3. Black Cat Jumps - Partner Game – 3 copies

use 5 as a benchmark to compare numbers to 10.

players take turns rolling a 6 sided die

the player moves the number of spaces indicated on the die and tells how many more to make ten

the player must roll the exact number to make 10 to win

4. Capture the Ghosts - Cover Them - Partner Game – 6 copies

player #1 needs to roll die, build quantity on a ten frame and cover up the numeral

players will need their own game boards

first one to cover all the numerals wins

5. Rattling Bones – Independent Activity – 1 set

skeletons have numerals from 0 – 10 on them

students used linking chains to match a quantity of ‘bones’ to the numeral on the skeleton card

6. Haunted House Memory Game - Partner Game – 1 set

reinforces subitizing and matching numerals

place numeral cards on one side of the game board and the haunted house cards on the other side

players take turns trying to match the numeral to the corresponding quantity

7. Pumpkin Patch - Matching Activity – 1 set

matching numerals with quantities modeled on ten frames

8. Pumpkin Seed Match – Individual Activity – 1 set

use pumpkin seeds to match the quantities represented by the numerals on the pumpkins

9. Skelton Bones – Individual Activity – 1 set

Set A – Five Frames

Set B – Ten Frames

students use a set of dominoes to match the quantity of dots to the five/ten frame quantity shown by the skeleton

10. Mystery Numbers – Individual Activity – 1 set

reinforce the order of numbers

student choose a card and uses plastic number to fill in the mystery missing numbers

11. Spider Webs – Partner Game – 6 copies of webs – 3 sets of web numbers

player #1 chooses a card and identify the quantity.

then the player spins the spinner to determine whether to build one more or one less than the number on the spider card

player then builds the quantity

player #2 repeats the procedure

players compare the quantity

12. Beat You to 5 (10 – 20) - Partner Game –3 copies of each game board

to reinforce 5 as a benchmark to compare numbers to 10 (20)

Players take turns spinning a number and adding the quantity to the game board

player #1 moves the number of spaces indicated on the spinner and tells how many

more to make 5 (10 or 20)

players must roll the exact number to make 5 (10 or 20) to win

13. Bat Wings – Individual Activity - 6 copies

reinforce partitioning of numbers into 2 parts.

students use 2 sided counters and sort them into 2 parts

Pattern

1. Halloween Costume Sort - 1 set

use various attributes to sort costume into 2 (or more) groups

2. Gravestone Pattern Strips – 1 set

pattern strips can be used to encourage students to represent, extend and create repeating patterns

3. Halloween Pattern Blocks – 1 set

use to develop spatial reasoning and patterning

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7 6 5

4 3 2

1 Preparation:

Materials: mat #1 and 2

Cut apart cards (run on stock)

Demo with kids in small group.

Can make many sets for practice

Memory Game:

1. This can be played with a partner.

2. Students lay cards face down on mat provided.

3. First child turns over 2 cards to make a match. He puts them in his pile if they are a match or turns

them back over if they are not.

4. The winner is the student with the most matches and no cards are remaining.

Differentiation:

Harder: Add number words for 3 way match for higher level

Easier: Just have students match dot cards if they need more counting practice

Adapted from:

kindergartencrayons.blogspot.com

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