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Identify the digits students will use by handing demo digit cards to selected students (e.g. 3, 5, 8). Students at desks should take these same digits from their card decks. Give directions for students to form a number to meet specific criteria. Students in front rearrange themselves to build a number. Students at desks arrange digit cards to build a number to satisfy the conditions. Build the largest number you can. Build the smallest number you can. Build a number less than 800. Build a number greater than 800. Build a number that is between 300 and 500. Build a different number that is between 300 and 500. Repeat with different digits and different directions. 2.NBT.3 Read and write numbers to 1000 using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form. Sticky Note: This could be enriched by having students call out directions and do as group table activities as a review game before a test

CCS: 5.NBT.3 Really fun game where kids have to think about and follow the rules of the game, review how to add decimals, and then think logically about how to win the game. Really fun and competitive way to work on decimals.

In this activity students will practice multiplying decimals.  Students will cut out dominoes and use each domino to create a decimal number  (ie 2 dots on one side and three on the other equals 2.3 or 3.2).  Next students will draw another domino and multiply the two numbers.

Many parents use the Sunday paper to look for coupons and cost savings on household items. Instead of doing all the work yourself, why not ask for help from your fifth grader? "Cash for Coupons" is a simple, fun activity which will save you time and reinforce your child's math skills along the way. Plus, it will give your child an opportunity to experience practical application of the math he's learning in the classroom.

CCS: 2.NBT.5 Great game for reviewing and practicing addition skills, but incorporates some reasoning and logical thinking skills as well.

This activity allows students to practice identifying multiplication facts with flashcards without the boring "drill and kill" method.

Students work in pairs, battling against one another for this card game. Each person turns over one card at a time. Red cards represent negative numbers, and black cards represent positive numbers. The person with the highest valued card is the winner for that round. The student that accumulates the most cards (when each player is out of cards) is the winner!

6 different activités in one!

Students use rainbow-colored "o" cereal to create a necklace that counts by 10 to 100.

Students are put into pairs. One of the students has a calculator the other has a pencil and paper. They race to figure out the answer first using either a calculator or pencil and paper.