The Pond Game

We started another great Math Work Place today! This one is called The Pond Game. To play students place 5 frogs on the game board, which has lillypads, each with a number from 1 to 10. They then spin the Add & Subtract spinner, add or subtract that many frogs from his/her board, and report how many frogs are in the pond. As with previous Work Places there are many skills associated including:

• count objects using one-to-one correspondence
• read the symbols for addition and subtraction, and numerals to 10
• model addition by joining sets of objects and model subtraction by removing objects from sets for numbers less than 10
• verbally describe mathematical relationships involving addition and subtraction situations