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Barney Bumps

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Barney Bumps

Kindergarten, Grade 1

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Standard:

Number and Operations, Counting and Cardinality, Statistics and Probability, KNOWRE Grade 1, Chapter 2 Addition to 20, Grade 2, Chapter 1 Basic Addition Facts, Grade 6, Chapter 11 Distributions of Data, Grade 7, Chapter 13 Data Analysis

Concept(s):

Counting within 100 beginning at any number, Mean of two numbers

Activity Instructions

Have one student stand on 1 and another on 100. Have each student carefully step on each number – the first student going from 1 to 100 and the other student going from 100 to 1 – while reciting the numbers. ‘Barney Bumps’ is the number they are on when they meet mid-way. Is the number at the halfway point? 

Repeat this activity with students standing on different numbers. While the students are walking, the other students are guessing what number will be the meeting point.

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