You may choose to call on students who sit down to share their number aloud. For example, you might say, “If you have a 2 in the tens place, sit down” or “If you have a 4 in the ones place, sit down” and so on. If a student has that amount in their number, they have to sit down. Start calling out different place value amounts one at a time.It works with larger numbers for older students as well. Have students stand at their desks and write a two-digit (if doing tens and ones) or three-digit number (if doing ones, tens, and hundreds) on a sheet of paper.It’s also great to leave for a substitute teacher. This is by far my kids’ favorite game! It’s such a fun whole class activity that students will want to play again and again.
I’m so excited to share these place value games for first grade with you that are student AND teacher friendly! Last Number Standing I’ve been trying to come up with some that require little to no preparation to use. Who doesn’t love playing games, right?! But the problem with games is that they often require quite a bit of prep work for us teachers. I love incorporating games into math as much as possible.
