Hundred chart is a great learning tool for numeracy, as it gives students a visual tool to learn the numbers and patterns within a hundred chart.
Hundred chart is an excellent tool for primary students to develop numeracy. Create a hundred chart that begins at 0 for elementary students to illustrate patterns and to highlight the ones and tens column. Hundred Chart should be taped to their desk, as it can help with an assortment of activities during the week.
Hundred Chart Activities
- Students are given two different color tokens, such as checker pieces to assist them with addition and subtraction.
- Teacher decides one color is the holder and the other color is the mover. Tokens should be able to lie flat on top of each other. Lego pieces would not be a good choice or linking cubes because students will have to remove them from the holding spot to take them apart.
- Teacher writes an addition problem on the board. (9+3=)
- Students place the checker pieces on the number nine, with the holder (black) on the bottom of the mover (red). Teacher will demonstrate with an overhead if possible or with a big hundred chart on the board and magnetic tokens.
- Teacher will ask students how many do we need to add to the number 9. Response will be 3. Teacher will move her mover (red) piece 3 boxes forward on the hundred chart and place it on the number 12.
- Teacher will tell students the answer to the problem is the number the mover (red) sits on. Students may move the mover to see the number and record the answer.
- Teacher will write an addition problem on the board and do another example with students to illustrate the purpose of the mover and holder. She will ask students if the number gets larger or smaller. Students must understand addition makes the number bigger and subtraction makes the number smaller.
- Teacher will write a third problem on the board and give all students a few minutes to find the answer on their hundred chart. Teacher will guide students who forget the process.
100 Hundred Addition/Subtraction Tips
Teacher writes the rules of the hundred chart, mover, and holder to solve addition and subtraction problems.
Once students understand the concept, teacher can use the hundred chart for 1 digit and 2 digit math problems that do not exceed 100.
Student Hundred Chart
Boxes must be bigger than the tokens being used. As well, number from 0-9 to illustrate the ones and tens column.
Laminate the hundred chart and tape to the top of the desk or make a holder for it at the side of the desk. Students should have quick access to the 100 chart.
Teacher Hundred Chart
Teacher makes a hundred chart on graph chart paper. Teacher makes it the same as the students but on a large scale. Teacher may laminate for longer use. As well, teacher uses magnets for the tokens. Dollar store has an assortment of magnets or place a magnet on the bottom of the checker pieces.
Teacher makes a hundred chart on an overhead transparency to illustrate its purpose and to solve addition and subtraction problems.
More 100 Chart Activities
- Counting by 2, 5, 10; students are able to use the mover or their finger to point to the numbers to assist with counting.
- Counting; students can count to holidays, special days, and the weekend.
- Calendar; students can learn how to write the number for the calendar and learn that calendar numbers never exceed 31.
- 100 Days of School; students place a small sticker, check mark, or color the square with a light color to record each day of school. Great opportunity to reinforce the skills of addition, subtraction, and counting.
