I created this set of math and literacy materials to add some Common Core Valentine-themed fun to my classroom! They are appropriate for use in PreK through first grade. Each of the 4 games in this set has at least 2 levels of play, making differentiation a snap!
This product includes:
Language Arts Materials
* The game "Monster Match" is a matching game where students read CVC and CVCe words. It comes with 40 cards and 2 response sheets (one in color to laminate, another in black and white).
* There are 3 cut-and-glue activity sheets. In these activities, students add the "silent e" to CVC words, creating words with long vowel sounds. Students read and write the new words.
* I created the game "Sweet Sentences" to assist my struggling readers. There are 2 sets of sight word sentences containing 5 words or less (a few have 6 in the first grade set). There are 2 sets of 30 cards each, making a total of 60. This game comes with 2 response sheets (one in color to laminate, another in black and white) where students write sentences from the game.
* I just HAD to make another Bump game! It is such an engaging way to practice addition facts. There are versions for 2 dice and for 3. These are full-color to laminate for classroom or homework use.
* The "Candy and Cupcakes Color by Sum" game is an addition practice sheet that will be perfect for Valentine's Day.
* "Comparing Cupcakes and Candy" is a number comparison game. This game comes with 2 sets of cards: Numbers less than 10 and teens to 100 (random numbers included). There are 2 pages of number comparison worksheets to match.
* "Bunnies LOVE to Count!" is a quantity to number matching game. This game also has 2 levels of cards: 1-10 and teens to 100 (random, easily confused numbers included). This game comes with 3 cut-and-glue math worksheets that focus on quantity to number matching. There is also 1 black and white response sheet to match the game.
* There are 5 pages of cut-and-glue math. They cover counting, place value, addition, and subtraction.
These activities address the following Common Core Standards* for kindergarten and first grade math and language arts:
K.CC.A.3 Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).
K.CC.B.4 Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.
K.CC.B.5 Count to answer “how many?” questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1–20, count out that many objects.
K.CC.C.7 Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals.
K.OA.A.1 Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings1, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.
K.OA.A.5 Fluently add and subtract within 5.
K.NBT.A.1 Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (such as 18 = 10 + 8); understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.
1.OA.B.3 Apply properties of operations as strategies to add and subtract.
1.OA.C.5 Relate counting to addition and subtraction (e.g., by counting on 2 to add 2).
1.OA.C.6 Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10.
1.NBT.A.1 Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral.
1.NBT.B.2 Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones. Understand the following as special cases:
1.NBT.B.3 Compare two two-digit numbers based on meanings of the tens and ones digits, recording the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, and <.
RF.K.1b Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.
RF.K.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
RF.K.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.K.4 Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.1.1 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
RF.1.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
RF.1.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.1.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
*Common Core Standards © Copyright 2010. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved.