Hungry Hungry Alligators

Introduction

These alligators are hungry. They only like to eat the bigger number so they get full faster. Please help them decide what numbers to eat!

Task

The alligators said groups of 4 are the smartest, so you can work together with your pod on this one!

With your pod you will:

  • Take turns answering the 12 greater than or less than comparisons provided on the board

Whichever group turns their paper in with the most correct answers gets to eat lunch with the teacher who'll bring ice pops on Friday!

If all groups tie or get all problems right, there will be an extra recess instead of math lesson on Friday after the ice pop lunch.

Process

After getting into your pods, the shortest person in the group will go and get a piece of paper and writing utensil before passing them off to the oldest group member to then continue in a clockwise rotation. The oldest member will then fold the paper in half to make two columns titled "Work" and "Answers".

What you'll record in the "Work" section:

  • Write the comparison problem
  • Fill in the missing less than < or greater than > symbol

What you'll record in the "Answer" section:

  •  The number of the problem
  • The larger number
  • Your initials

 

Evaluation

                                                          Excellent                               OK                                      POOR

Group Participation:                 All group members             Group struggled                   Group could

                                            participated and answered         with working together        not work together

                                              questions to complete              but still completed              or complete the

                                                  the assignment                     the assignment                  assignment

 

Ability to Compare                The group was able            The group somewhat              The group failed

Numbers by Greater              to correctly identify            struggled with determining      to determine

Than or Less Than:                what number is greater     what number was greater        what numbers

                                                 than the other                    than the other                          were greater

                                                                                                                                           than the others

Individual Participation:        Individual actively                 Individual struggled             Individual did not

                                                  participated in the               keeping focus on the           participate

                                                  group work                          group task                           actively with the

                                                                                                                                          group

 

Conclusion

Great job feeding these hungry hungry alligators!

Teacher Page

Lesson Objectives:

Child will have better understanding of greater than and less than.

CPalms Standard:

MAFS.1.NBT.2.3 :Compare two two-digit numbers based on meanings of the tens and ones digits, recording the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, and <.

Belongs to: Understand place value. (Major Cluster)

 

Materials:

  • Have students in pods of 4
  • Have a scrap paper bin
  • Have class utensils
  • 12 sets of numbers to compare ready on the board
  • Ice pops for winners!