Five in a Row with Four Cards

The second grade has been practicing adding numbers together within 20.  We can do that in a few ways.  We practice with fact cards, work with number strings (7+3+2+8+1), and play games.

One of the games that was learned and played in the classroom and at home is called “Five in a Row with Four Cards.”

The students draw 4 cards.  They get to pick any two numbers to add so that they can put a counter/game piece onto the board.

In this example, the person added 10 and 8 to get 18.  Students continue to play the game until they get five in a row on the game board.  Some students challenged themself to fill in the whole board.  Others tried to fill in all 3 game boards!

After playing games, the class talks and discusses strategies that they used to add the number together and put them on a chart for the class to remember.

Over the course of the year, second graders will play a lot of games to reinforce math concepts!

You can ask your child how they did when they played the game!  Were they able to get five in a row?