Double the Fun.. Double Compare!

Today, we ended our Math Diagnostic and began our journey together in Number Sense with the game of Double Compare! Double Compare is a game to help increase student strategies when comparing amounts. Students are paired and given a deck of cards. The students split their deck of cards as if they were going to play the card game, "War". "One for you, one for me" we say :).

The students will each turn over two cards at the same time. Each student will total their own two cards and compare the total with their partner's. The student with the greater total, "wins"! Our First Graders were all winners today with this game. They worked quietly with their partners and even tried out the strategy, "Count On". Look for this game in your student's Communication Folder for extra homework. Your student will be happy to teach you how to play :)!