Summer Math Reinforcement Packet Students Entering Into 3rd Grade Page 3

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Excellent websites for fun learning and reinforcement of math skills:
Select “Play the game”. Select addition or subtraction and grade. You can race to
beat your time.
Click the red box, select math, select HSPMath, select Michigan, click on the
“2” ball or “3” ball for a challenge. Select a game.
Go under “Flashcards” or “Game Room” on the left side of the screen. They can
practice adding and subtracting. Very important to know the addition facts and subtraction facts from
memorization or within a couple seconds.
Select Money then select Money Master, click on the US flag, select simple. Or you
can select numbers then Math Trainer for adding and subtracting. At the home screen select games and
pick a game to play.
Select your state – “Michigan” press submit. Select the student tab then click on
the “mathematics” rectangle. Click in the center book “Houghton Mifflin Math 2007”, Click on “Grade
2”. Select any games. Extra Help and Extra Practice is good, also eGames.
Select activities then select grade level. Click on Search.
At the top pick “Second” or “Third” for a challenge. Choose any of the activities like
adding or subtracting then select “play” option toward the top of the screen. 20 Questions and countdown
games are a good ones.
Lots of fun games to choose from.
Other games and activities you can play:
Take a deck of cards and remove the face cards (kings, queens, jacks). Aces are one. Divide the
cards evenly among the players. Keep cards face down in a pile. Each player turns over 3 cards
and tries to make their largest number they can with their 3 cards. Everyone must read their
number and the one with the largest number collects all the cards. The player with the most cards
at the end of the game is the winner. You can play smallest card version to change it up.
Using sidewalk chalk, have them count by 3’s or 4’s.
Play a game while in the car or waiting in line.
What number comes before 260?
What number comes after 529?
750 is one more than ____? (749)
339 is one less than____? (340)
Practice counting by 5’s, 10’s, or 2’s. When standing in line or driving in a car you give them a
number and have them count by 5’s or 10’s from that number. Ex. Start with 35 and count by
10’s. Start with 55 and count by 5’s.
Take a deck of cards and remove the face cards (kings, queens, jacks). Aces are one. Divide the
cards evenly among 2 players. Each player flips over a card. The first one to add the 2 numbers
correctly wins the cards. After going through the pile of cards, the player with the most cards
wins. You can do a subtraction version also. With subtraction you can change one of the cards to
add a 10 to it. For example you have the cards 4 and 2. You can add ten to any one of card to
make it 12 – 4, or 14 – 2.
Play store and practice counting change. Give allowances in change and have them count it.

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