March Break

I am in awe of those who post every day on their teacher blogs.  I'm on my March Break and today is the first day to actually post something on my blog in a really long time.  I've been sick for most of my March Break which is not fun but at least I can rest when I need to.  Before March Break, my students were working on combining numbers and we had gotten to combinations of 9 and I found they were struggling a bit.  So I thought I would make a concentration game for them and they loved it and I really saw how they had to think about what card they needed to make nine.  For example, if they turned over a 7, they had to stop first and think what card did they need to make 9 and they knew right away that if they turned anything but a 2 over, they did make a match.  It was really neat to watch. 


I also had them make a booklet where I provided 2 different pictures - orange bears and pink robots and they had to make combinations of 9 with them.  I gave them a strip of paper that had 9 rectangles on it where they could manipulate the teddy bears and robots first before they glued them into their booklets.








The kids really enjoyed playing the concentration card game and now they can play it whenever they have some free time.  
You can find my Combination Concentration Card Game and Booklets in my TPT store at the following link:
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Combination-Concentration-Card-Game-Booklets-1159761
or

my TeachersNotebook shop at the following link:
http://www.teachersnotebook.com/product/kemble_flynn/combination-concentration-card-game-amp-booklet

So I know I need to get back to my Friday desk project and start blogging at least once a week.

Enjoy!

Kemble :-)

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