Techie Turtle Teacher

Make practicing math facts fun with this double down dice game for the near doubles addition strategy.  Click on the image below to receive your copy of the game for free! This math game helps students practice their near doubles facts. An example of a near doubles fact is 5+6.  They need to use 5+5=10 so 5+5+1=11.  That needs to translate to 5+6=11.   When we played, I had 16 students in class.  This worked out perfectly for rotating partners. I had 4 tables of 4 students.  I paired them up with a partner and let them play for 5 minutes.   After 5 minutes, the students added their sums.  The partner with the highest total was the winner.  He/she became partners with the winner of the other pair at the table.   The non-winners (I didn't call them losers) paired up and played another round.  I continued this until math was over.   We had a short math period this day, so the students really only played for about 25 minutes or so.  They were engaged the whole time and were so sad when

Updated 2/13/2023 - This product has received a makeover with easier to read times. The game still works the same but I don't have updated student pictures yet. Click here to get a free sample of the game or scroll to the bottom of this post. The other day, I wrote about one of my new products, Quarter Hour Bingo .  I got to use the game with my second graders on Thursday.  We went back to school after winter break for one day and then got a snow day.  I'm glad I didn't start anything new! I was so excited to have my students play the game.  Math is in the afternoon, so I had to contain my excitement for awhile!  I started off reviewing time by showing the students a time on the clock and they had to tell me what time it was.  They did a really great job remembering how to tell time after 12 days off of school! After we reviewed, I passed out the bingo chips and game boards.  I use plastic counters and keep them in bowls.  The bowls are shared between 2 and 3 students.

Happy 2014!  It is hard to believe it is January!  2013 flew by but I'm excited for the new year! I go back to work tomorrow and it is very difficult to get in the mindset to plan language arts for Thursday and Friday.  I picked up some great New Year's activities and can't wait to use them!  I thought I'd share my ideas with you in case you are struggling to figure out what to do when you go back. Some of the links are paid products, but there are a few that are freebies. I'm going to start by letting my kiddos talk about their breaks, especially what they did on New Year's Eve.  I'll make a list on the board of words that they mention that will help them later with their writing.  Then we'll read an article in Time For Kids about New Years.  We will discuss this after we read.  I'll go over the word list on the board from earlier and add additional words.  The students will then have a chance to write about their New Year's Eve by using t