Transcript 2nd Grade Choice Boards

Think Dot Choice Board M2N1abc
Put number cards 0-9 in
a bag. Pull out four
cards and put them in
order from least to
greatest to make a four
digit number. Represent
the 4 digit number with
pictures, numbers, and
words. Repeat.
Using pictures,
numbers and words,
write/illustrate an
explanation to a first
grader about the
difference between
the numbers, 10,100,
and 1000.
Put number cards 0-9 in a
bag. Pull out two cards and
create a two digit number
with the cards. Put cards
back and make a three digit
number. Using pictures,
numbers, and words,
explain how these
numbers differ in value.
Pretend you have ten
dollars to spend on a
book order. Pick out two
books and using
pictures, numbers, and
words, show how much
you spent and how
much change you have
left.
Put number cards 0-9 in a
bag. Pull out four cards and
put them in order from
greatest to least and make
a four digit number.
Represent the 4 digit
number with pictures,
numbers, and words.
Look at a grocery ad. Buy
ten different items. Using
pictures, numbers, and
words show how much you
spent and how much
change you will get from a
hundred dollar bill.
Think Dot Choice Board M2N2abcde
Make a set of two digit
cards from 40-60. Put in
a bag and choose two
cards. Make an addition
and subtraction problem
using the two cards.
Write about what you
noticed about the
numbers.
Make a set of I have/ Who
has cards for two digit
number addition using
benchmark numbers.
(For example, Who has 3
tens and 4 ones plus 6
tens and 5 ones? Answer:
I have 9 ten and 9 ones.)
Using pictures,
numbers, and words,
draw a web to explain
the commutative
property.
Using pictures,
numbers, and words,
draw a web to explain
the associative
property.
Make a list of addition
and subtraction tricks
you could use to
teach a first grader
addition and
subtraction facts.
Using pictures, numbers
and words, make a tree
diagram to explain the
commutative, associative,
and identity property for a
number between 100 and
1000.
Think Dot Choice Board M2N3abcd
Make two sets of array
cards to teach someone
one of the multiplication
tables. Write the
multiplication facts on the
back of one set and on the
other set write the repeated
addition fact. Write about
how it felt to teach
multiplication to someone.
Make a multiplication
table for 0-9 and teach
someone how to use
it. Write about at least
one thing that you
found easy to teach
and one thing that
was hard to teach.
Make two sets of cards:
one with repeated addition
and another set with
matching multiplication
facts. Shuffle the cards and
and lay them down so you
can’t see the numbers. Play
Match Game with a buddy.
The player with the most
matches wins.
Pretend you found 100
pennies. Make a tree
diagram to show how
many ways you can
share the pennies using
addition and
multiplication.
Create a shopping list for
five different items. Select
multiples of each item to
buy, tally the cost for each
item, and show the total
money needed to make the
purchase using, pictures,
numbers, and words.
Create a division table
for a factor. Explain
how to use the table
using pictures,
numbers, and words.
Think Dot Choice Board M2N4ab
Using pictures, numbers,
and/or words, make a set of
cards showing these
fractional parts: thirds,
sixths, eighths, and tenths.
Shuffle cards and the player
with the biggest fractional
part wins the round. The
person with the greatest
number of matches wins.
Cut out six circles and
cut each circle into
different fractional parts.
Glue the circle pieces
back together. Write a
math sentence for each
circle using pictures,
numbers, and words.
Write a word problem about
a pizza you would like to
make and share with at
least six friends. Use at
least three different
ingredients and explain
what fractional part each
friend would get and what
topping they would get on
their slice of pizza.
Using a variety of
shapes, cut apart into
fractional pieces
showing thirds, sixths,
eighths, and tenths.
Label each section.
Create a picture using
these fraction pieces.
Write an acrostic using
the word “Fraction”
listing words that
describe fractions or
fractional parts.
Illustrate your acrostic.
Pretend you found twentyfour dollars. Explain how
you might spend some of it
using fractional part terms.
If you have any money left,
explain the change in
fractional parts.
Think Dot Choice Board M2N5ab
Write ten addition and
subtraction sentences, on
cards using boxes to represent
the missing values and use the
equal, greater than, and less
than signs to indicate
relationships. Show cards to a
buddy to see if he/she can
guess a number that could go
in the box that makes the math
statement true.
Using pictures,
numbers, and words,
write and solve a
multi-step word
problem that includes
addition and
subtraction.
Write ten multiplication and
division sentences, on cards
using boxes to represent the
missing values and the equal,
greater than, and less than
signs to indicate relationships.
Show cards to a buddy to see if
he/she can guess a number that
could go in the box that makes
the math statement true.
Using pictures,
numbers, and words,
write and solve a
multi-step word
problem that includes
multiplication and
division.
Make a tree diagram that
shows how the equal sign,
greater than sign, and less
than sign can be used in
addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division.
Write a story, poem, or
song to help someone learn
the difference between the
signs used in math
sentences.
Think Dot Choice Board M2M1abc
Measure five items in
your desk using a ruler.
Make a three way T chart
showing the name of
item, measurement in
inches and
measurement in
centimeters. Write a
statement about your
findings.
Measure five items longer
than your desk, using a
yard stick and metric
tape. Make a three way Tchart showing name of
the item, measurement in
feet or yards, and metric
measurement.
Find five items. Make a Tchart. Write your estimate
in the first column and the
actual measurement in the
second column. Self-reflect
and write a statement about
your estimation skills.
Pick one object to
measure. Measure the
object using at least
three different
measuring tools. Using
pictures, numbers, and
words, explain what you
found out.
Pretend you are a carpenter
and have to make a
bookcase. Using pictures,
numbers, and words, write
the order of the steps you
would take in order to make
the bookcase.
Make a math
glossary/picture dictionary
for a first grader showing
the different tools that can
be used to measure things.
Think Dot Choice Board M2M2
Make an analog clock.
Set a timer and record
how long it takes to
teach someone how to
tell time using five
minute intervals.
Set a timer for five
minutes. Start writing
your multiplication facts.
When the timer goes off,
count how many facts
you wrote. Try it again.
Did you beat your first
score? Explain.
Make a time chart to show
what you do during the
school day. Write a number
sentence to show how
many hours each day has,
how any hours you spend
at school, and how many
hours you spend at
home/other places.
Using pictures, numbers,
and words, make a math
sentence. Start with the
time you got up from bed
this morning and predict
the time you will go to bed.
Figure out how many hours
and minutes you will be
awake and how many hours
you will sleep.
If days were longer than 24
hours, write about what you
would like to do with your
extra time. If days were less
than 24 hours write about
what you would cut out
from your schedule.
Research different ways
that time has been kept in
the past and is tracked
now. Make a web using
pictures, numbers, and
words to share some of
these ways.
Think Dot Choice Board M2M3
Make a thermometer
from paper showing the
Fahrenheit scale in five
degree intervals.
Compare it to a real
thermometer. Make a
Venn diagram to
compare the two
thermometers.
Write a cinquain (five line
poem: title, two
describing words, three
“ing” words, sentence
about subject, and
title/subject) describing
thermometers and
explaining how they are
used.
Fill a clear cup and red cup
with water. Let it stand in the
sun for 4-6 hours. Estimate
the temperature of the water
in each cup. Measure the
temperature using a
thermometer. Using
pictures, numbers, and
words, write about what you
learned.
Pretend a thermometer
can talk. Write about
what a thermometer
might say and how it
might feel when the
temperature outside is
over 100 degrees
Fahrenheit.
Make a bar graph to
show how the
temperature changes in a
day or a week. Write
about what you
observed.
Make a 4 corner word diagram
to define “temperature” by
identifying seasons, seasonal
temperatures, and illustrating
how you should dress for
each season, based on the
range of temperatures for
each season.
Think Dot Choice Board M2G1
Make two sets of cards:
one with pictures and the
other with words for
triangles, squares,
rectangles, trapezoids,
quadrilaterals, pentagons,
hexagons, and irregular
polygonal shapes. Shuffle
and match pictures with
words.
Make a four way
chart. Write down the
names of five plane
figures, record the
number of edges,
vertices, and size of
angle for each plane
figure.
Using a protractor,
create five irregular
polygonal shapes and
record the number of
edges, the number of
vertices, and the size of
angle for each irregular
polygonal.
Using pictures,
numbers, and words,
explain the difference
between an irregular
polygonal shape and
one that is not
considered irregular.
Draw three angles as
comic strip characters.
Using speech bubbles,
write what each angle
might say to each other
in a comic strip.
If you were building
something, using pictures,
numbers, and words,
explain why it would be
important to know how to
measure, recognize shapes,
and identify angles.
Think Dot Choice Board M2G2ab
Make a pop up riddle
book by writing a riddle
about a geometric figure.
List the number of edges,
vertices, shapes of faces,
and angles on the front of
the book. The figure will
pop up when the riddle
book is opened.
Using clay, make an
assortment of
geometric figures for
a class museum. Be
sure to label each
figure and mount it
with the figure in
decorated shoebox.
Illustrate and write a
cinquain (five line poem:
title, two describing
words, three “ing”
words, sentence about
subject, and
title/subject) describing
a geometric figure.
Go on a scavenger hunt
looking for at least five
plane and five geometric
shapes. Make a bar
graph to show your
findings.
Cut out samples of
prisms, cylinders, cones,
and spheres in a
magazine or newspaper.
Create a chart and list the
number of faces and how
many of each types of
faces each figure has.
Make a Venn Diagram to
compare and contrast one
plane figure and one
geometric figure. Be sure
to include number of
faces and shapes of the
angles in each.
Think Dot Choice Board M2G3
Select two attribute
blocks to compare
and contrast. List
similarities and
differences on a Venn
diagram.
Select one two
dimensional shape
and one three
dimensional shape.
Compare attributes
using t-chart format
Design a word
map/model for a two
or three dimensional
shape emphasizing
attributes of the
shape chosen.
Make a bar graph using
attributes of two and
three dimensional
figures. Look at five
different shapes and
graph how many
attributes each figure
has and show your
findings on your graph.
Select a three
dimensional shape. List
and illustrate at least six
objects in the world that
have the same attributes
as the three dimensional
object you chose.
Create a pattern using two
and three dimensional
shapes. Give the pattern to a
friend and ask them to repeat
and extend the pattern.
Challenge your friend to
name the figures as he/she
draws each one.