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Write an Equation

Have the student throw a bean bag onto a square and then roll a dice to decide the base number and make a story problem using the equation the bean bag landed on. For example, the bag lands on x to the 3rd and the base number is 2. A problem could be Sammy has […]

Google Doc mentions worksheets and exponent cards in the appendix

Song

Have students take turns jumping down the mat as the class sings a ‘days of the week’ song.

What Do You Do?

Ask the students what they like to do on each day of the week. Relate an activity to each day. Then ask, “What day do you _______?” Have them hop to that day of the week.

The Word Hop

Have the student begin on START HERE. Have the student read the first word. Have the student hop on the word while simultaneously saying the word. Be sure that the student says the words correctly. Tell the student a word if they don’t know the word. Continue hopping and reading words until the end of […]

Trace the Word

Use the ‘Trace the Word’ worksheet found on the following pages. Have students crouch down on the mat and trace each word with two fingers. After they trace on the mat, have them trace the same word on the worksheet.

Word Match

Create word cards that match the words on the Days of the Week Hop floor mat (or print the words on the following pages). Put the words in a pile and mix up the pile. Have students match the word cards with the words on the floor mat by placing the word card on or […]

Word Clapper

Follow instructions for the ‘Word Match’ activity. Instead of shouting the word, the student hops on the word three times, saying the word and clapping simultaneously.

Bean Bag Decides

Have a student throw a bean bag on the floor mat. Be sure the bean bag lands on one word. Jump to bean bag alternating between one and two-footed hops. Pick up the bean bag and say the word underneath the bean bag.

Word Hopscotch

Have the student start on START HERE. Have the student read the first word. Have the student hop on the word with one foot while simultaneously saying the word. Have the student read the next word. Have the student jump with two feet on the mat while simultaneously saying the second word. Be sure that […]