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As you get to know your new class, you want your first math lessons to be interesting and engaging! One great way to do this is to make the math all about them! Here is a great activity that is based on their names. I love the Name Values activity as not only is it about their names (and they always seem to love playing around with their names) but it also gets them adding and estimating. The best thing about this activity though is that you can challenge them and add an element of problem solving! Here is how it works. Name Values Start by writing the alphabet on the board. Then under each letter add a value - the easiest way to do this is to put 1 under a, 2 under b, 3 under c and so on! When each letter has a value ask students the following questions. What is the value of your name? What is the value of a classmate's name? Whose name in the class has the highest value? Whose name has the lowest value? And you can get even more challenging by asking them...

I am linking up with Jodi at FunInFirst.blogspot.com    This question made me think, but with math being a favorite area for me, I knew that that answer would be some fun math activities that would challenge the kids, make them think and let them enjoy math and while playing around with numbers. What's My Number? Game Students love playing the game 'What's My Number?' First I have them fill in a sheet where they list numbers that are relevent to them - Address number, birth date, number of brothers, sister, age, last 2 digits of their phone number and even shoe size. Once everyone has filled it in, one student says, 'My number is XX? What's my number?' The rest of the class has to guess which number they have shared. Is it there birth date, their shoe size or the number of pets that they have? This is a great getting to know you game but it also serves as a challenge that make students look at how likely different numbers might suit certain criteria. How Man...