One of the things I like to focus on from the very first day of school is the hundreds chart: counting, finding patterns in it, and many other counting activities.
I wanted to share 8 of my favorite activities and resources with you for the back to school season!
Hundreds Chart Book
Each month has a new page, and they set a small goal each time.
For the first few months it is only 20 or 50 for most. However, by November most of them are well on their way!
We continue on, and at the end of the year they turn it into a book! They are able to see their progress with counting, as well as writing their numbers.
This year, I updated it to include a student book that goes up to 120. I want them to start focusing on what comes after 100 a bit earlier this year.
This resource also includes 25 scaffold hundreds charts.
There are 5 sheets for:
- 0 - 20
- 0 - 50
- 0 - 75
- 0 -100
- 0 - 120
These sheets make differentiating for your class simple!
Click here for a closer look at this resource.
Hundreds Chart Puzzles
Some of my students use dry erase hundreds charts to help them isolate the pattern on the chart for a bit of scaffolding.
Click here for a closer look at this resource.
Dry Erase 120 Charts
I like to keep our arrival activities social (and simple) and these dry erase charts are perfect for that block of time. I love that they are double sided. This allows them to use a completed side too if they are still learning the pattern.
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Pattern to 100
One of their favorite Math centers is building the hundreds chart.
I separate my cards into containers: 1-25, 26-50, 51-75, and 76-100 at the start of the year. This lets them decide if they want to focus on the whole chart, or just a portion of it.
The only downside to using a pocket chart is that it does not have enough rows to build to 120 - so they improvised last year!
The different colored rows allow them to isolate the patterns in the chart easily!
Poppable Hundreds Chart
This poppable hundreds chart is another great independent center activity, it has the numbers on it so they can read them as they count!
Rainbow Abacus
I always wanted an abacus for counting to 100, and this one by Hand2Mind is exactly what I needed!
It is the perfect tool for early counters: they do not get confused as to whether or not they already counted a bead because they slide it along as they go!
It also comes in handy for skip counting later in the year too.
Interactive Hundreds Chart Website
We use this interactive hundreds chart website a lot throughout the year, for many different skills.
In the beginning of the year we play Find My Number: I say a number and they highlight it with the colors. Then they give a number and the next person has to find it.
It also becomes a partner game activity for Math centers once they understand how to use it.
Later in the year we use it for adding coins, and adding 2 digit numbers.
Counting to 100 Songs
We listen to these songs daily from the first day of school. They really help a lot of my students with the decade switches when they are learning to count to 100.
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