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One of my yard sale scores this summer was a box of little bats that you stick in the freezer to freeze and then use as ice cubes.
But I had other plans for these jet beauties.
After spying the $1.00 price tag, I offered the yard sale host .25. We met at .50. Which was still a bit high I thought, but I knew I’d use them.
Today I printed off one of these touch dot cards from here.
(To tell you the truth, I really hate touch dot math for typical kids. There is nothing worse than a 4th grader who can’t add unless he counts each spot with his finger. Touch dot can become a crutch that is hard to break. Trust me. It happens. )
Here I’ve taken the cheapie paper plates, placed a black circle of construction paper in the center and topped it off with the touch dot cards.
The object is to place a bat on each touch dot to visually represent it’s value.
After taking these pictures I realized that the black bats needed to be set off better from the black construction paper circle, and so I switched it out with red.
That visual contrast is very important.
Want to take it to the next level? These Numbers-In-A-Jar worksheets will do the trick!
And don’t forget to put that Halloween candy to work by using it to sort, match and graph!
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Great activity! You gave me a flash back with those touch math cards. Touch math was all the rage back when I was still teaching public school. I never really cared for it either.
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Thanks for stopping by! I think the TM will work okay for Parker now, it helps cement the concept of ’1′ for him. My goal is to use these for now……and then move past them!
Hi Tammy, I’m popping back over from NurtureStore to say hi. I’ve been reading your blog for quite a while now so it was a lovely surprise to get a comment from you today. Thanks for stopping by.