Workstation activities don’t need to be complicated. They just need to allow students to practice their standards! My 1st grade team needed a little workstation activity for ordering numbers on a number line up to 120, and this is what we came up with. The number line mat prints on 11 x 17 paper to accommodate the number cards, but you could scale it down to print on smaller paper. There’s also a little recording sheet. The kiddos will record five “hands”, but then they can continue to practice.
The nice thing about this workstation is that it is easy to differentiate and it grows with the kiddos as they work with larger numbers. Just change up the number cards or assign a different range of numbers for different students.
Click here to download yours! If you download this activity, I hope you’ll leave a comment!
Love this activity. Looking forward to using it this week in my classroom. Thank you.
I am coaching math teachers, K-5, this year and need to deepen my knowledge with the standards for math and strategies for mastery. I will be using much of your ideas and materials.
Thank you!
Thanks. I checked out the sample pages, and this looks like a really helpful book! I’ll check out her Guided Math book, as well.
Not necessarily about this post, but am wanting to use Math Workshop format in my 3rd/4th grade classroom next year. Do you have blog posts, TPT resources, curriculum, anything else you’d recommend to help me get it going?
Thank you for all your blogs that I have read, and the activities you share. They have been really helpful.
So happy to hear that you are interested in Math Workshop! Last year I partnered with Laney Sammons, who wrote Guided Math, to publish a book on organizing, managing, and planning for Math Workshop. I hope you’ll check it out! http://bit.ly/GMWorkshopTCM
Thanks, Donna. Saw this on Twitter btw. Kathleen
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I’m excited to try this with my students. Thanks!
Thank you for this product. It is wonderful!
I have been following you lately and wanted to share how much I appreciate all the sharing and information.
Thanks for the number lines. It will help so much when teaching. I agree with the other comment about going up to 1000 & 10,000
My resource kiddos will love this
Donna, I just want to thank you for continuing to offer us such wonderful ongoing professional development. For me, this is the only place where I can receive ongoing formation in mathematics – and I greatly appreciate your posts, materials, and freebies. I cannot tell you how many of your book recommendations are currently on my Amazon wishlist (5), but two are in the mail to me this week! Thank you, thank you, thank you. Someday, I hope that I, too, may give back to our profession just as you do now. God bless, Joan B.
Thank you for sharing this! It works in perfectly with our number line activities this week! Love it!
Awesome, Cheryl! Glad it worked so well with your timing. 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks for sharing your wonderful resources!
I like simple. Thank you!
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You’re welcome, Barbara!
Thank you Donna! This workstation has been a big hit with my little Mavericks. =)
How exciting to hear from one of my own teachers! Thanks, Karla. BTW, your wedding picture is GORGEOUS!!
I love love this!! Thank you!! I so appreciate it for my firsties!
Yea! Always nice hearing that something I post is useful. 🙂
Thanks for sharing another great resource. You always have wonderful ideas…don’t you want to come work at my school? 😉
I’m keeping pretty busy at my school, Jan! Ha ha. 🙂
Do kids have to think about where they are placing the numbers in relation to the 0 and 120 on the number line?
No, they just fit between the 0 and 120. You could use smaller numbers and then they could place them more proportionately.
This so great!! And simple!!
That’s my favorite kind of workstation, Chelsea! 🙂
Love this! Up to 1000 and 10 000 would be brilliant too! You so rock. Thanks for this!
My pleasure!