Recommended for Grades 1-3
Children often find it difficult to count past 100 as many
counting charts produced stop at 100. If they continue past 100
they often get to 109 and then say 200. Using these 1-120 jigsaw
puzzles provides students with a fun interactive way to overcome
these conceptual misunderstandings and assist them to develop:
- An understanding of
numbers from 1-120
- Place value understandings
- Patterning knowledge
Each set contains four jigsaw
puzzles that increase in difficulty. Students can complete the
jigsaw puzzles independently or in small groups. A master copy
of the 120's chart and a blank grid is included with each set
Teaching Suggestions
Whole Class Activities
- Attach a 120's chart to
the board or use the Turn & Learn Number Board. Give each
student a jigsaw puzzle piece and ask them to locate their
piece on the chart. They can then take turns to give clues
to classmates about their piece until they guess the numbers
on their piece. For example: "The largest number on my piece
is 10 less than 30."; "My piece has 4 numbers in a horizontal
line."; The smallest number in this line is 2 more than
15".
- Trace some of the jigsaw
pieces onto the board and fill in one, two or three numbers;
ask the students to complete the other numbers in that
piece.
Independent or Small Group
Activities
- Give each student a jigsaw
piece and ask them to place it on a 4 x 4 grid and trace
around it. Copy the numbers from the puzzle piece and fill
in the numbers surrounding it. Master Grid included with
each set.
- Give each student a blue
jigsaw puzzle piece and ask them to draw the piece they have
been given and fill in one number. They then ask another
student to fill in the missing numbers.
- Working in pairs, give
each student either a green, red or orange puzzle piece.
They can then take turns to give their partner clues to
guess the missing number/s.
