Math Center: Fractions Development – Number Lines and Fractions of a Group is a matching activity designed to build both a conceptual and working understanding that fractions can be represented in many ways. This resource is ideal for independent math centers or math station rotations. Instructions: Print, laminate and cut the individual cards. Mix the cards. Using the imbedded arrows, students create a match of three when they find three representations (number lines, fractions and fractions of a group) that have the same value. Cards can be divided into as few or as many sets as required. This resource contains: 61 cards / 20 matches (3 cards to a match) and one title card. PDF and PNG files. Enjoy!

Math Center Concept Development – Doubling and Equal Groups is a matching activity designed to build both a conceptual and working understanding that amounts can be represented in many ways. It promotes flexibility in counting and is an ideal resource for independent math centers or math station rotations. Instructions: Print, laminate and cut the individual cards. Mix the cards. Using the imbedded arrows, students create a match of three when a double card, a numeral and an equal groups card all have the same value. Cards can be divided into as few or as many sets as required. They are also complimentary with other sets. This resource contains: 70 cards (23 matches and one title card). PDF and PNG files. Enjoy!

Math Center Concept Development – Arrays and Halving is a matching activity designed to build both a conceptual and working understanding that amounts can be represented in many ways. It promotes flexibility in counting and is an ideal resource for independent math centers or math station rotations. Instructions: Print, laminate and cut the individual cards. Mix the cards. Using the imbedded arrows, students create a match of three when an array card, a numeral and a halving card all have the same value. Cards can be divided into as few or as many sets as required. They are also complimentary with other sets. This resource contains: 70 cards (23 matches and one title card). PDF and PNG files. Enjoy!

Math Center Concept Development – In Words and Repeated Addition is a matching activity designed to build both a conceptual and working understanding that amounts can be represented in many ways. It promotes flexibility in counting and is an ideal resource for independent math centers or math station rotations. Instructions: Print, laminate and cut the individual cards. Mix the cards. Using the imbedded arrows, students create a match of three when an ‘in words’ card, a numeral and a repeated addition card all have the same value. Cards can be divided into as few or as many sets as required. They are also complimentary with other sets. This resource contains: 70 cards (23 matches and one title card). PDF and PNG files. Enjoy!

Math Center Concept Development – Base Ten Blocks and Tally Marks is a matching activity designed to build both a conceptual and working understanding that amounts can be represented in many ways. It creates flexibility in counting and is an ideal resource for independent math centers or math station rotations. Instructions: Print, laminate and cut the individual cards. Mix the cards. Using the imbedded arrows, students create a match of three when a base ten block card, a numeral and the a tally mark card all have the same value. Cards can be divided into as few or as many sets as required. This resource contains: 70 cards (23 matches and one title card). PDF and PNG files. Enjoy!

Math Center: Number Sense Basics – Ten Frames and Tally Marks is a matching activity designed to build a conceptual understanding that amounts can be represented in many ways. The cards are specially designed so that students are required to mentally switch between different concepts as they endeavour to find a complete match. This requires a higher level of thinking than simply using the same visual representation. These cards assist in developing mental computational fluency in young learners, creates flexibility in counting and is an ideal resource for independent math centers or math station rotations. Instructions: Print, laminate and cut the individual cards. Mix the cards. Using the imbedded arrows, students create matches of three. Cards can be divided into as few or as many sets as required. This resource contains: 61 cards / 20 matches (3 cards to a match) and one title card. PDF and PNG files. Enjoy!

Math Center: Number Sense Basics – Counting Fingers and In Words is a matching activity designed to build a conceptual understanding that amounts can be represented in many ways. The cards are specially designed so that students are required to mentally switch between different concepts as they endeavour to find a complete match. This requires a higher level of thinking than simply using the same visual representation. These cards assist in developing mental computational fluency in young learners, creates flexibility in counting and is an ideal resource for independent math centers or math station rotations. Instructions: Print, laminate and cut the individual cards. Mix the cards. Using the imbedded arrows, students create a match of three when they find 3 cards that have the same value. Cards can be divided into as few or as many sets as required. This resource contains: 61 cards / 20 matches (3 cards to a match) and one title card. PDF and PNG files. Enjoy!

Math Center: Number Sense Basics – Counting Objects and Odd or Even is a matching activity designed to build a conceptual understanding that amounts can be represented in many ways. The cards are specially designed so that students are required to mentally switch between different concepts as they endeavour to find a complete match. This requires a higher level of thinking than simply using the same visual representation. These cards assist in developing mental computational fluency in young learners, creates flexibility in counting and is an ideal resource for independent math centers or math station rotations. Instructions: Print, laminate and cut the individual cards. Mix the cards. Using the imbedded arrows, students create matches of three. Cards can be divided into as few or as many sets as required. This resource contains: 61 cards / 20 matches (3 cards to a match) and one title card. PDF and PNG files. Enjoy!

Math Center: Number Sense Basics – Base Ten Blocks and Dominoes is a matching activity designed to build a conceptual understanding that amounts can be represented in many ways. The cards are specially designed so that students are required to mentally switch between different concepts as they endeavour to find a complete match. This requires a higher level of thinking than simply using the same visual representation. These cards assist in developing mental computational fluency in young learners, creates flexibility in counting and is an ideal resource for independent math centers or math station rotations. Instructions: Print, laminate and cut the individual cards. Mix the cards. Using the imbedded arrows, students create a match of three when they find 3 cards that have the same value. Cards can be divided into as few or as many sets as required. This resource contains: 61 cards / 20 matches (3 cards to a match) and one title card. PDF and PNG files. Enjoy!

Math Center: Number Sense Basics – Mixed Subtraction is a matching activity designed to build both a conceptual and working understanding that amounts can be represented in many ways. The cards are specially designed so that students are required to mentally switch between different concepts as they endeavour to find a complete match. This requires a higher level of thinking than simply using the same visual representation. These cards assist in developing mental computational fluency in young learners, creates flexibility in counting and is an ideal resource for independent math centers or math station rotations. Instructions: Print, laminate and cut the individual cards. Mix/shuffle the cards. Using the imbedded arrows, students create a match of three by finding 2 cards that have the same value as the answer card. Cards can be divided into as few or as many sets as required. This resource contains: 61 cards / 20 matches (3 cards to a match) and one title card. PDF and PNG files. Enjoy!

Math Center: Number Sense Basics – Mixed Addition 1-20 is a matching activity designed to build both a conceptual and working understanding that amounts can be represented in many ways. The cards are specially designed so that students are required to mentally switch between different concepts as they endeavour to find a complete match. This requires a higher level of thinking than simply using the same visual representation. These cards assist in developing mental computational fluency in young learners, creates flexibility in counting and is an ideal resource for independent math centers or math station rotations. Instructions: Print, laminate and cut the individual cards. Mix/shuffle the cards. Using the imbedded arrows, students create a match of three by finding 2 cards that have the same value as the answer card. Cards can be divided into as few or as many sets as required. This resource contains: 61 cards / 20 matches (3 cards to a match) and one title card. PDF and PNG files. Enjoy!

Math Center: Mixed Representations – Division is a matching activity designed to build both a conceptual and working understanding that amounts can be represented in many ways. It develops mental computational fluency, creates flexibility in counting and is an ideal resource for independent math centers or math station rotations. Instructions: Print, laminate and cut the individual cards. Mix the cards. Students create a match of three by finding 2 cards that have the same value as the answer card. Using the imbedded arrows, one of the cards is placed on the left and one on the right while the answer card is always in the middle. Cards can be divided into as few or as many sets as required. Depending on space and time, I will usually make a center/rotation that requires between 6 or 10 matches. It all depends on your own class situation. This resource contains: 61 cards / 20 matches (3 cards to a match) and one title card. PDF and PNG files. Enjoy!

Balancing Equations – Intro to Switching Concepts are task cards designed to provide students with opportunities to improve their understanding of a range of mathematical concepts. Students need to find the total of all three boxes before being able to determine the number which balances both sides. The cards are specially designed so that students are required to mentally switch between different concepts several times for every card. This requires a higher level of thinking than simply calculating totals that continuously use the same visual representation. This resource is aimed at Year 2 and 3 students but is also useful if you have purchased any of the higher levelled balancing equations resources and need something at a lower standard for differentiation. The concepts included in the cards: Multiplication arrays Multiplication equal groups Repeated addition Pictorial representations of base ten blocks (single and double-digit numbers) Doubling Halving Although these cards are commonly used as task cards, they have also been used successfully in math centers or rotations. This resources contains: A total of 25 cards (24 task cards and 1 title card) Student recording sheet Answer key Complete PDF and individual PNG files of the cards also included Instructions: Print, laminate and cut the individual cards. (p. 2-8) Print student sheet (p. 9) and provide each student with a worksheet. Distribute the cards around the room Students may start at any number and work their way through in any order Check answers Enjoy!

Geography/Math Center: Rivers, Deserts & Mountains is a fun, matching activity which can be used as a either a geography or math center. As a geography center students match the river, mountain or desert with its size and its geographical location. As a math center students create matches by sorting out the measurements from longest to shortest for the rivers, largest to smallest for deserts and highest to lowest for mountains. The Rivers 1st - 8th longest in the world: The Nile, The Amazon, The Yangtze, The Mississippi, The Yenisey, The Yellow, The Ob, La Plata The Deserts 1st - 8th largest in the world: Antarctic, Arctic, Sahara, Great Australian, Arabian, Gobi, Kalahari, Patagonian The Mountains 1st - 4th tallest in the world : Mount Everest, K2, Kangchenjunga, Lhotse This resource contains: 60 cards (20 matches). The measurement cards all contain both forms of measurement (e.g., mi and km) PDF and PNG files. Instructions: Print, laminate and cut the individual cards. Mix the cards. Using the imbedded arrows, students create matches of three. Cards can be divided into as few or as many sets as required. Enjoy!

Math Center: Mixed Representations – Multiplication is a matching activity designed to build both a conceptual and working understanding that amounts can be represented in many ways. It develops mental computational fluency, creates flexibility in counting and is an ideal resource for independent math centers or math station rotations. Instructions: Print, laminate and cut the individual cards. Mix the cards. Students create a match of three by finding 2 cards that have the same value as the answer card. Using the imbedded arrows, one of the cards is placed on the left and one on the right while the answer card is always in the middle. Cards can be divided into as few or as many sets as required. Depending on space and time, I will usually make a center/rotation that requires between 6 or 10 matches. It all depends on your own class situation. This resource contains: 61 cards / 20 matches (3 cards to a match) and one title card. PDF and PNG files. Enjoy