Every teacher loves free printable math worksheets for 1st graders as kiddos need lots of practice to be proficient in math. I know you are excited, so, at the beginning of the post, I will tell you the details of the freebie.
Continue to read on as I will share with you the 3 unique and easy ways to make use of these worksheets. After that, you can also apply this knowledge to other worksheets you have on hand!
Don’t worry, you can grab the freebie right at the end of this article too.
Here’s the goodie:
Free Printable Math Worksheets For 1st Graders: Add and Subtract Within 20 Worksheet
You can download this freebie at Teachers Pay Teachers for free as long as you have an account.
This No Prep addition and subtraction math drills have 4 worksheets that are perfect for reinforcing addition and subtraction skills. You can also use this for remote learning by using Easel by TpT.
These free math worksheets for first grade are SAMPLE of the Full Version: Addition And Subtraction Math Drills.
1) Math Relay Competition
I mentioned how to play math relay activity using online resources (Boom decks) in Play These 3 Astoundingly Fun Math Activities On Pi Day! Do check it out if you are interested.
For worksheets with drills questions, we can play it differently. You can use Addition Within 10 (I), Addition Within 20 (II), and Subtraction Within 10 (III) to play this game.
How To Play
Firstly, split your students into teams. Each team has a maximum of 5 students.
Secondly, each team forms its own queue in front of a different table. Each member needs to be 1 m away from the person in front. This is to prevent students from helping the person who is answering the questions.
Thirdly, place the worksheets in front of each queue. The worksheets need to be placed with the questions facing down on the table.
Now, you can countdown to the start of the game. The first student will flip over the worksheet and start to do 1 question. Once the student has completed the question, he or she has to walk to the back of the queue.
The 2nd student in the queue will answer the next question. This will continue until the last question is answered. Each student will answer more than once.
Note: Each member can hold their own writing materials. My suggestion is each member hold a different color pencil so that it is easily identified who did which questions. However, you can also place 1 pencil on the table to be used by all.
Finally, the first team who answered all the questions will earn 20 points. The second team will earn 19 points and the third team will earn 18 points. You get the pattern.
However, each incorrect answer will deduct 1 point. This means that for a 10 questions worksheet, each question is worth 2 points and they will earn some points as long as they complete it.
Let your students calculate the points themselves and that’s another way to practice their subtraction within 20.
Extension Ideas
To prolong the activity and let students have more practice, the game continues even when all the questions are answered. The students have to check the answers written and put a tick if it is correct. For example, the 11th player will mark the 1st question.
If it is wrong, the student needs to write the correct answer and will be deemed as the final answer.
Students should be marking other students’ work. So, for it to work each team should have 3 to 4 people for a 10 questions worksheet.
However, it could also work if there are 2 or 5 people in a team. For pairs, just mark the partner work. For 5 people, it will be a bit more complicated. The 1st player will need to start marking from the 2nd question. You will need to make this clear before the start of the lesson for it to work seamlessly.
So, if you want to save yourself some breath, simply grouping them in groups of 3 or 4 will be easier.
2) Math Representation
This activity can be completed individually.
You can use Addition Within 10 (I), Addition Within 20 (II), and Subtraction Within 10 (III) in the 1st grade free math worksheets.
Ask students to use different methods to show or restate the questions on another piece of blank paper or on their notebook. For instance, drawing of models, number lines, ten frames, number bonds, and pictorial representation.
There are also many strategies to solve addition and subtraction. You can also ask students to use different strategies on different questions.
You can brainstorm with them, create an anchor chart with them, or guide them in their recollection before this activity. Alternatively, you can just show them the anchor chart to your students.
For instance, for the grade 1 addition worksheet. You can use the below anchor chart for addition strategies.
You can choose to ask students to use the 5 different ways within 1 worksheet (2 questions per 1 strategy) or ask them to pick 1 strategy to use throughout the worksheet.
3) Flip The Cards
For this activity, you can use all the worksheets in the free math worksheets for 1st grade printable.
This activity requires students to complete the worksheet individually but play as a group. You will need to prepare a pack of cards and place them face down on the table or ground.
Students need to answer the question on their worksheet correctly to gain the chance to flip open the cards.
Every time a student wants to have a chance to flip open the cards, he or she needs to get the worksheet marked.
If this is a small group activity, you can be the marker. However, if there are many people who are playing this activity, you can split the class into 2. This way, each player will be paired up with a marker.
Every time the marker marked, draw a line or any indication below the question to indicate it is marked to that question. This way it is easier to track.
After that, the marker will accompany and monitor the player to flip the corresponding cards.
Students can choose to answer a few questions first before playing. However, this game is a first come, first serve basis. In other words, students who have the chance to play get the priority to choose which cards to flip first. If students were to wait till the end, the high points may get taken by other students.
Furthermore, students don’t have to wait to flip open the cards. This means if students used up too much time on thinking which to flip, students who started later may flip first.
In the end, the marker has to count the total points the player gets and write on the board. The winner is the player who got the highest points.
Conclusion
I hope you are inspired by the 3 unique games I came up with. Do try it out with your class and let me know how it goes. If you are a blogger, feel free to blog about your experiences and link back to this post! Thank you!
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