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Enhance 1st graders' addition and subtraction skills with Target Number Task Cards! Designed for number talks, these cards help build math fluency and number sense through engaging, interactive activities. Perfect for elementary math practice and developing effective math strategies in the classroom.
Enhance 1st graders’ addition and subtraction skills with Target Number Task Cards! Designed for number talks, these cards help build math fluency and number sense through engaging, interactive activities. Perfect for elementary math practice and developing effective math strategies in the classroom.
Flexibility in number thinking is a critical skills in beginning mathematicians. Students must understand that 7 can be made from 4 and 3, 2 and 5, 6 and 1, or 7 and 0. The prompts in this resource, provide students a “Target Number” and ask students to use some of the provided numbers to hit the target. Students then have to decide how many numbers to use, which operation to use (addition or subtraction), and then, decide if number order matters.
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There are 32 prompt cards included in this resource that offer 3 weeks of powerful number conversations, as well as, a variety of recording sheet options for math centers and assessment. Number conversations can be built into your daily schedule as short, daily exercises aimed at building number sense. Number sense is the ability to understand numbers and quantities, to use numbers flexibly, and to perform calculations mentally.
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polina M. –
Thank you so much for this resource!
Tori M. –
Great resource for my first graders! Thank you!! 🙂
Karolina M. –
Love teaching math concepts through games! Thank you!
Sarah R. –
I use these target numbers everyday! They are a great resource to get students thinking about math and my students always get so excited to participate. Sometimes I cover up the bottom numbers and have them focus on getting to the target using any numbers they want- so much fun!! Thanks for an awesome resource!
Rebecca L. –
Used as a warm-up daily with students that are working on decomposing numbers in different ways.
Brenda E. –
Thank you!
Monika Mak –
These resources are very engaging to use with students as a whole group for Number Talks, during small group work as well as individual work. Highly recommended.
Mckinnon Magic –
I purchased these number talks after noticing my new school’s math curriculum doesn’t provide good opportunities for students to talk about math. I love that these are easy for me to use and implement and spark good conversation among students. Thanks for creating an amazing product!
Jmilligen –
My students enjoyed this and I found it challenged my higher thinkers.
That Infants’ Classroom –
My students loved the challenge of using the numbers to reach the target. They enjoyed using different number combinations and operations to reach the number.
MEGAN H. –
Thank you!
Round the Clock Teacher –
Super quick and easy warm ups!
Anna Watkins –
Love the open ended thinking!
Amy W. –
These have been good activities to help stretch my 1st grader’s understanding. Great resource!
Fran mitt klassrum till ditt –
So exciting to listen to my students discuss and share their mathematical thinking!
Amy B. –
This was so fun and wonderfully easy for differentiation!