Candy Corn Addition Math Station or Center
About This Product
This candy corn addition math station or center makes the perfect hands on math activity for kindergartners and first graders to practice addition facts for sums up to 20 using number bonds, tens frames, number lines or number sentences to solve each addition equation using objects as counters.
What is Included:
Addition Task Cards for sums up to 20
Number Bond Addition Mat
Number Sentence Addition Mat
Tens Frames Addition Mat
Addition Mat with Tens and Ones
Number Line Addition Mat up to 10
Number Line Addition Mat up to 20
Optional recording sheet
How to Use:
To use this candy corn addition math station, the teacher will choose an addition mat for students to use while solving each addition problem. With the wide variety of addition mats available, the teacher can easily choose one that aligns with the math lesson they are teaching or pair mats for students who need help with various addition strategies. Counters should be provided to assist those students who need extra help with solving each addition equation. Students will take one math fact card at a time and solve it using the counters on their math mat. If the teacher wishes for a written assignment to grade, there is an optional recording sheet for students to record the addition facts they solved.
There are a variety of counters that can be used to solve these problems. The teacher can add candy corn candies, mini erasers, or other small manipulatives to use as counters. The cards and counters can be easily stored in the same box for an easy to set up, clean up and store math station.
When to Use:
Math Center - The cards and counters can be placed inside a math center for students to complete.
Morning Tub or Baskets - This activity can be added to a morning bin for students to work on while classmates arrive to class.
Small Group Activity - The teacher can target addition strategies to select students in small group settings to better assist each child in learning to add.
Skills Assessed:
Addition using number bonds, tens frames, and number lines.
Addition facts up to 20
Addition with objects