Wishlist Wednesday (& Freebies)

Happy Wishlist Wednesday!

I've already decided that I'm going to schedule all these fabulous linky parties when my new Erin Condren life planner arrives. 

I don't want to miss a single one!

I'm joining this linky for the very first time, but I've been reading all of your posts for a few weeks. I just did a quick search for the party host and couldn't find it?

I just perused my TPT store stats 

and here's the current top wish-listed item:

It's my Place Value Activity Pack!

I've been using these activities for 2+ years now, so they are have actually been student-tested and approved for 3+ years (I only feature products I use with my own students!!). I updated last year to accommodate my new group of learners and I expect to do the same this year. Right now it's 110 pages and is priced at $6.00. But it will be on sale (as well as everything else in my store!) for 20% July 10th-11th. 

Can't wait until tomorrow? 

Here's a coordinating freebie that goes with the set, plus there's another place value freebie tucked in this throwback post (which also has a throwback in it, lol). Sorry to send you on a wild goose chase, but it's all worth it for our little place value mathematicians!

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Place Value Freebies!

Happy Throwback Thursday!

We started place value this week!! I adore teaching place value because 1) my students ♥ it and 2) it's where I see SO many lightbulb moments for my firsties.

My questions for everyone is WHEN do you teach place value? Before Common Core, I've taught it in fall which was super helpful for learning the teen numbers, however the delay before addition/subtraction felt long. I've also taught it in spring, when it was easy-breezy for my students to grasp, but I think the gained knowledge could have really helped earlier. Do you have a preference? Please leave a comment - thanks!

I will be getting to the "throwback" part, because I'd like to share an old place value freebie, 

BUT I also wanted to offer something new! 

 (let's pretend it's Wednesday)

I'm linking up this post with Curious Firsties "Wow!" linky because we're trying something different this year and I. ♥. IT!  

Take a look:

We are using rods of snap cubes instead of base ten blocks! I realize that may not sound revolutionary, but it really feels that way to me! I've painfully observed my students who receive OT services struggle with those teeny tiny "ones" cubes year after year! And then the "ping ping" as they hit the floor...

my inventory shrinks every school year :(

The snap cubes are easy to handle, colorful, and my students think they are the bomb. That's really all I need! We started with decade numbers and then built numbers with cubes representing both the tens and ones. 

BTW, do you like the sticky notes? That's where most  of my TPT creations are born. I try it out, create it, and then try it out a few more times before it goes into my TPT store.

Please click here to download 36 place value cards 

we used with the blocks!

As always, my students can earn 2-3 minutes of free time when we use awesome manipulatives like the snap cubes. They were just such rockstars during the entire lesson, they earned 3 whole minutes! I swear I reached down to set the timer on my phone and when I looked up, I saw this:

Now that's talent!

The freebie cards also coordinate (same size & style) as the flashcards in my Place Value Activity Pack:

And here's the throwback post with a link to pick up 

these freebie HTO cards:

The above picture is from last school year. 

There are 30 HTO in the set!

Enjoy & please leave a comment 

if you have any fabulous ideas for place value!

Please visit Curious Firsties to read more "Wow" ideas.
I'm going to try out the nonsense word activity (genius!)!