First Grade End of the Year Review Math Centers

The year is coming to a close, and it’s time to review the math concepts you taught since the beginning of the year. It seems daunting, but I have a list of interactive activities that you can use to keep your students engaged and require little to low prep time. These activities are a win-win for students and teachers.   

Here are some summer-themed activities to review math and still foster math talk and collaboration. 

2D and 3D Shapes Attribute Match Up

In Kindergarten, we want students to know the attributes of 2D and 3D shapes using vocabulary words like sides, corners, faces, vertices, and edges. For these activities, students spin and cover the shape that matches the attribute described. 

Double Plus One

Students learn how to use doubles to solve addition and subtraction number sentences. For example, if they know 5+5=10, they should see 5+6=11 because it’s the double plus one. This activity will help them master this skill. 

Put It In Order

Knowing the order of numbers will help students compare numbers using greater than and less than, but it also will help them gain proficiency in understanding how place value works. Students put four numbers in order from least to greatest for this activity. 

Roll and Show The Time 

This is a partner activity. Students roll the die and move that many spaces. They will read and show the time using a watch!

Measure Up

Students will compare the length of beach objects. To get students discussion math, have them compare which objects are longer or shorter than others. 

Count and Graph

Students will count, graph, and analyze the data. 

Balancing Equations

Students will balance the equations by figuring out the missing number.

 Add Them Up

Students roll a die three times for this activity and add the numbers up to write the sum. They can draw a picture or pick a strategy to show how they solved it. For students that still need it, they can use ten frames. 

Fact Families

Students will use three numbers to show four ways to make number sentences. 

Sum Match-Up

Students will match the number sentence to the correct sum. 

Spin and Compare

Spin and the spinner and compare the numbers. This is an engaging activity to compare numbers using greater than and less than. 

Show it Three Ways

Remember the phrase, “Show me the money?” Students will show the number three ways using coins. 

Halves and Fourths

Students roll the die. If it lands on two, then they will partition a shape into halves. If it lands on a four, then they will partition the shape into fourths.

Here’s an activity you can try today: Add Them Up

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This math center packet will provide 14 summer themed hands-on, engaging activities to review first-grade math concepts. These activities include: identifying the attributes of 2D and 3D shapes, addition, subtraction, fact families, comparing two numbers using greater than and less than, telling time, counting coins, fractions, and much more.

You can use these activities during math centers, small group instruction, morning work, homework, sub work, or RTI. You can supplement any curriculum with this resource. 

Here’s the link to grab all the fun activities above.

How do you review math concepts at the end of the year? Let me know in the comments section below. 

Happy teaching!

Tee