A few posts ago I talked about Number Sense and shared a few ideas on how to reinforce this skill with your students. As I have been visiting classrooms lately I have been excited to see many of you using the Number Of The Day activity. Understanding exactly what a number is and how to compose and decompose that number is a foundational skill. If we can teach our kindergarteners and first graders that a number is so much more than just a digit we make the job of computation in the upper grades more meaningful. It is great to see these young mathematicians complete their number of the day by demonstrating expanded notation, place value, tally marks, arrays, even and odd, 10 more, 10 less,…..etc.  Our fantastic Intervention team has even introduced Number of the Day to their students.

Here is an example from Mrs. Hutchinson’s 3rd grade classroom.

These students even have to figure out elapsed time! You can create your own or check out Pinterest or just google Number of the Day. Mrs. Hutchinson has seen good progress and increased confidence with this simple daily activity.

Another example of this activity comes from Mrs. Chidester’s 4th grade classroom. She uses a large dry erase poster so that she can change tasks as her students progress and learn new concepts. 

Mrs. Chidester challenges her students with decimals! Her students record their work in their math journals.

The great thing about this activity is that you pick the number and then allow the class time to use THEIR own strategies to complete the task! A great warm-up to lead into math or fluency practice!

A BIG THANKS to these teachers for sharing!

If you have a great Number Sense activity let us know about it. We love to share!