One of our favorite fluency games in the classroom is the popular "Domino Dash". I don't know if we play it like everyone else out there but my kids love it! It is kind of like "War" with dominos. 2 students pick a domino and whoever says their number first gets to keep both dominos. My students have become pretty proficient with adding quickly through this game alone.
However, I noticed something during our last round of assessments. What if they only have one number and they need to figure out what is missing? If you give a student 2 will they automatically know how to get to 5? to 10? We need some practice with this!
So here is the plan. I made some cards that look like dominos with only one number. I will hold up a card, say "Make ____" (whatever number we are working on) and students will respond with the number they need to make the number. This can be an easy 5 minute warm up to math or a game to play during morning meeting.
When I printed them out I printed them all on different colors so they will be easy to grab and know what number we are working on. I think it is important to work on one combination at a time but eventually the goal would be to be able to show a number and say ANY number for them to build to.
I also made a bunch of 5 frames and 10 frames filled and blank too for students to practice with. I think this will help a lot with their fluency and ability to quickly decompose a number to know what is missing.
You can see this in my store HERE. I included the first set of cards in the preview so if you check that out you can try the Make 5 cards for free.
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