ZABINGA! Telling Time Game with 5 Levels

Zabinga!  It's a new twist that I've put on an old game.  And I'm using telling time as the skill for this super easy-to-play and super fun game.  Your students can play this game in pairs or in small groups.  All they need is a set of leveled playing cards with some ZABINGA cards sprinkled in.  (Teacher directions for what to put in each game bag is included in download.)

Everything fits nicely inside a sandwich-size Ziploc bag.  So easy!

I've designed five levels:

• Level 1: to the hour
• Level 2: to the hour and half-hour
• Level 3: to the hour, half hour, and quarter hour
• Level 4: five-minute intervals
• Level 5: one-minute intervals 

These are available individually in black and white clocks as well as colored clocks.  Just click on the images above to hop on over to my TpT store.  If you'd like to grab all five sets, just click below.  You'll get a lot more and have some more flexibility too.

In this PDF file, each level has different printable versions because everyone has different capabilities.  Some of us have access to color printers, and others of us don't.  So each level is provided in a black and white version as well as a color version.  I usually print in black and white onto bright card stock, and I use a different color of card stock for each of my sets.  It really helps keeps my sets together.

I've also created each set in business card format using Avery Business Cards (2" x 3.5").  Can you say EASY?  You can grab a set of these business cards at the store for $11-$13 for 250 cards.  They are durable and so stinkin' easy to pop out.  NO MORE CUTTING ON THE PAPER CUTTER!!!  For those of us who don't have the means to get business cards, then each set is provided in a regular format.  Just print, laminate and cut out.

ALL of this (actually 26 documents) is included in your download.  Woo hoo!

So how do you play ZABINGA?  Cards (leveled playing cards with 4 ZABINGA cards mixed in) are placed in the middle of the group.  On each player’s turn, she or he will take a card from the top of the pile and answer the question on the card.  If the answer given is correct (answer keys are included in sets), the player gets to keep the card.  If the answer given is incorrect, the card is placed at the bottom of the pile.  If a ZABINGA card is drawn, the player must put all of the playing cards she or he has collected so far back to the bottom of the pile.  The ZABINGA card is then put aside in a different stack.  It is the next player’s turn.  Students will continue playing until all of the playing cards from the pile are gone.  The player with the most playing cards is the ZABINGA winner. Woo hoo!  I've made an instructions card that fits nicely inside a sandwich-size Ziploc bag along with the playing cards.  So, all your kids will need to do is grab a bag, pop a squat on the floor, and play!  Yes!

Here's what the cards look like:

This is the business card format provided in color as well as black & white formats.

This version is the regular format (not for business cards).  It's available with color clocks or black & white.

For each game, just use 4 ZABINGA cards.  Don't worry!  The teacher directions tell you how to make game sets.

Visit my TpT store to scoop up a copy of this telling time version of ZABINGA!

But wait...there's more!  As I was making this game, I thought these cards would be PERFECT for a game of Scoot!  So, I've included some instructions for how you can play this whole class review game along with a game board.  Consider this your GIFT WITH PURCHASE.  If you have not played Scoot with your class, I cannot encourage you enough to give it a try!  It is so much fun!

Enjoy!

Money Match Game {Freebie}

It's a Manic Monday at Classroom Freebies which means you can grab a ton of freebies!!  Go on, head on over and see what you can scoop up.  But first, snag a quick and easy game that helps your kiddos practice counting money.  This game can be played individually, in pairs or trios.  The only materials you will need are contained in my free (as always) document.

Instructions for your students

This is a concentration/memory type of game, and I've designed it so that once your students think they have found all of their matches, they can self-check using the answer key.

This {Money Match Game} contains 24 total cards.  I've found that 12 matches is just the right amount of cards to work with for my kiddos.  More cards = too much time working in the station + higher chance of losing cards.

You will need to cut the answer keys apart, and I suggest laminating them for durability.  (There are 12 keys on a page, so you'll only need to print this page once.  And surely you'll have extra answer keys just in case any get "lost.")

Enjoy!

Place Value Monster Game {FREEBIE}

Here's a fun game that helps your students practice building numbers.  This game is flexible so that you can differentiate to meet the needs of your students.  If you have kiddos who are working on building 6-digit numbers, then they can play this game together.  For kids who are needing practice with 2-digit numbers, they can play this game too!

The materials you will need are:

• one game board (first page below) per group of kids (Partners work best, but a trio of kids will work too.)
• one number cube (A regular 1-6 number cube will work.  If you want to make a number cube from a blank cube by writing the numbers 4-9 on the faces, you can do that for a game variation.)
• paper and pencil or white board and dry erase marker for each student

Best of all, it's FREE as usual here at I Love 2 Teach!  Enjoy!

Place Value Monster Game

Double Bingo {FREEBIE}

My cute, little chimichangas LOVE to play Bingo together.  Here's one that can be used to practice addition facts ~ doubles +1 to +12.

What you need:

• Double Bingo game board
• Double spinner
• paper clip and pencil for spinner (see picture below)
• two colors of game markers

 Double Bingo Game Board

 

 Double Bingo Spinner

The directions for how to play are at the bottom of the game board, but once your students start playing bingo games, they will quickly get the hang of it and will be successful without needing instructions.  On the spinner, I've included some before, during and after thinking prompts.


This bingo game can also be played with number cards (#s1-12 and two or three cards for each number) instead of using a spinner.  Just cut off the bottom of the game board and verbally tell your students how to play.  They just shuffle a stack of cards, place them face down and take turns selecting a card to double.

Enjoy!

Today's Number {freebie}

One of the math routines in 2nd grade is Today's Number where our kiddos compose and decompose numbers in various ways.  At the beginning of the year, we spend a lot of time doing this routine together and working through the different ways that we can show Today's Number.

About this time of year, my students are getting really good with this routine and can apply many ways to show Today's Number on their own.  It's so exciting and makes me such a proud math mama!

This handy dandy little card can be included in an interactive math notebook so that when your students are doing this math routine, they can easily reference the different ways they can show Today's Number.  (There are two on a page so you can save a tree.)  :)

If you need something to show parents or to take a grade on, here are a couple of options for something to use outside of a notebook:

This one has two boxes labeled "equation" allowing students to use any operation.

This one has one box labeled "equation using addition" and one box labeled "equation using subtraction." 

I hope your little math monkeys enjoy doing Today's Number as much as mine do.  I allow my kiddos to choose their own two-digit numbers, and for some students, I encourage them to use three-digit numbers.  (For any that do three-digit numbers, I tell them to show only the tens and ones for the tally marks.)

Enjoy!

Pegs to Hang Ideas On...freebies!

"All words are pegs to hang ideas on."  This was said by Henry Ward Beecher, a 19th Century minister, author, and lecturer.  His older sister just so happened to be Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.  I heard his wise words about a month ago at a science conference, and they've been ruminating in my mind ever since.

With my lack of blogging this fall...winter...ok, first semester, I decided to compile a mega blog post of vocabulary resources that you can customize.  I tried to make them self-explanatory and easy to use in Word or PowerPoint.  You can use them by opening the document, adding whatever text you need/want in whichever areas you deem necessary, then print.  Yes, many times we ask our students to create their own foldables from start to finish.  I have found especially with my little second graders, that sometimes with just a little bit of it already filled in, they are more focused on what I want them to remember...THE MEANING!!!  (It is also less intimidating to them if I don't hand them a blank piece of paper and say, "OK, make a foldable with these 6 new words.  Good luck!")

You may have to play around with your printer for any that require printing on both sides.  For my printers at home and school (both HP), I print one side, turn the printed side over so that the blank side then faces up, place that stack in the bypass tray (blank side up), and then print the second side.  Voila...it works!  Play around with yours, and I hope it works for you on the first try!  [fingers crossed]

So, here are some free goodies for you, and I hope you are able to use them and adjust them for your students.  Many of these foldables can be glued into your students' interactive notebooks so they can be used as resources later on.

Oh, one more thing...what you see below are screen shots, but I've hyperlinked everything for you because I love you.  They are all editable documents that you can download for free...again, because I love you.  :)

WARNING:  Sometimes, when you see these documents in Google docs, they look like a hot mess!  In the top right corner, look for DOWNLOAD ORIGINAL.  When you open them in their respective programs, they are totally fine and normal and calm like your students moments after your principal leaves your classroom from doing an observation or walk-through.  If you have any problems, just email me and I'll hook you up...because I love you. :)

Vocabulary Flip Flap Book Title on Top
*print page one first; then print page two on the back of page one
*fold the page in half and cut along each line to create flaps that open up revealing definitions
*you can do without the title
*I made this one with my kiddos, and I scanned a finished product into my computer which I don't have access to right now.  As soon as I get access to it, I'll upload it.   

 Vocabulary Flip Flap Book Title on Side

*Print page one first; then print page two on the back of page one.
*Fold the page in half and cut along each line to create flaps that open up revealing definitions.

Vocabulary 3 Door Flip Flap Book
*Cut on dotted lines and fold flaps in towards middle.
*The solid lines in the middle do not really serve a purpose since anything that is written would be written on the reverse side of the text you see.  However, they would be faintly seen and could serve as a guide for students.  You can also have students fold on those lines so that fold lines are created which would then create more evident boxes for students to write in.
*Definitions can be written (by students) on the inside "flaps" or areas.
*There are two different page orientations for you to choose from.

 
Vocabulary 4 Door Flip Flap Book
*Cut on dotted lines and fold flaps in towards middle.
*The solid lines in the middle do not really serve a purpose since anything that is written would be written on the reverse side of the text you see.  However, they would be faintly seen and could serve as a guide for students.  You can also have students fold on those lines so that fold lines are created which would then create more evident boxes for students to write in. 
*Definitions can be written (by students) on the inside "flaps" or areas.
*There are two different page orientations for you to choose from.

Four Corner Mini Book
*This is so versatile!
*This is another one where you will print on page one, flip it and print on page two.
*Or you can add text to the corner triangles (on page one) and have your students add their ideas to the inside squares/diamonds (on page two).
*Just fold in half and half again first; open up.
*Then just fold your corners down.
*The orientation of this flip book can be more like a diamond...just rotate it so that the corners are at the top and sides.

 Word Family Foldable
* I just love word families especially for primary students, struggling readers/spellers and ELLs

Four-Square Foldable
*I've used this type of foldable for many things.  The Frayer Model is how I've used it mainly, but it can be used in many ways.

Well, I hope I've shared something that you can use to help your kiddos hang ideas on!