Kacey Spencer

Mrs. Reicks First Grade Class

Math Lesson 1.3 Stations:

[Math Facts] Students choral count by 1s, 2s, 5s, or 10s. They can make a game of it by going
around in a circle saying the next math number until they reach 5, 10, or 100 and the
person who says that number has to sit down. The students keep going around until one
student is left standing.
[At your seat] Students join teacher at a table and use mini white boards to write out the
appropriate tally representation of given numbers.
[Teacher-Time] Students join the teacher on the carpet and play the Penny-Dice Game.
Students work with a partner. The partners have 20 pennies between them. They take turns
rolling a die and taking the amount of pennies shown on the die. In order to take the last
pennies, the exact number or less must be rolled on the die. The student with the most
pennies after all have been taken is the winner.
[Hands-On] Students play “monster squeeze” in groups of two or three. One student
mentally chooses a number between 0 and 20, and the other group members try to guess
the number. If the guess is too low, the first student moves the monster on the left to the
number that was guessed. If the number is too high, the first student moves the monster on
the right to the number guessed. The monsters eventually squeeze to the right number.
Math Lesson 1.4 Stations:
[Math Facts] Students join teacher at a table and make patterns with tangram tiles. Teacher
may challenge students to create growing or shrinking patterns.
[At your seat] Students will work on page one of their math journal. It is practice writing
the numbers one and two. When finished, students may choose a STEM bin to explore.
[Teacher-Time] Students work on math assessment of writing numbers one through one
hundred. They work on this the entire time at the station. Students will not likely finish.
They will finish tomorrow.
[Hands-On] Students play the Penny-Dice Game with in groups of two or three. Students
may play “monster squeeze” if they would like.

Math Lesson 1.5 Stations:

[Math Facts] Students join teacher to play with “Rekenreks.” A rekenrek is similar to an
abacus. Students explore moving beads, adding, and taking away.
[At Your Seat] Students complete the one more/less worksheet. When students are
finished, they may explore a STEM bin.
[Teacher-Time] Students complete the assessment from the previous lesson (write
numbers 1 to 100). If students finish early, they may play “Bunny Hop.”
[Hands-On] Students play the card game “Top-It” in groups of two or three. To play “Top-It”
students divide a deck of Top-It cards evenly between players. Each round each player
draws the top card from his/her pile and places it face up. The player who drew the highest
number card collects all the cards played that round. If there is a tie, players draw the next
card from their pile and place it face up. The player with the highest card takes from the tie
and the tie-breaker. Top-It is over when all cards have been played. The player who took the
most cards wins.