Working on a number of the day gives kids practice with place value, expanded notation, odd and even numbers… so many math skills in one simple activity. They are such an easy way to differentiate for a variety of learners during morning work or math rotations. Just hit “print” and you’re ready to go!
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Getting Ready
I’m a bit of a font geek so I made the number of the day sheets editable in case you wanted to make the number written in the box at the top of the page match the rest of the paper.
This first round, I wanted Big Brother (age 6.5) to work on a number that had three digits so I typed in 124 and hit print.
Note: There are two versions of the sheet – one has labels written above the expanded notation boxes so that kids know to write the hundreds, tens and ones; and a second option does not include those labels so you can use it with students who are ready for a little challenge.
I grabbed our crayons and a pencil and invited Big Brother to join me.
Working Through the Number of the Day
The number of the day page was super self explanatory. Big Brother worked his way through the page – separating out the hundreds, tens and ones digits; coloring the base ten blocks; marking whether the number was odd or even…
I loved that he was practicing so many math skills on one sheet.
And the best part was that I could simply type in a new number at the top of the page and the activity would be brand new again!
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I am trying to print out the free Number of the Day sheet. Your website is very difficult to get free sheets from. Can you send me a PDF of the Number of the Day sheet so I can print it out?
Thank you,
Karen
Hi Karen,
I apologize you’re having problems downloading. Unfortunately, we don’t typically email pdfs to users.
Please check out our troubleshooting video HERE for help.
Warmly,
Ashley // Happiness Ambassador
Thank you for this great sheet! I am trying to edit my number of the day. I downloaded the Hello Fonts. Do you know what the name of the font was you used?
Thank you so much
Hi Veronica,
Yes, the font that we used was Hello Best Day. However, in the editable PDF it should automatically convert to that font once you have it downloaded.
Hope that helps!
Warmly,
Ashley // Happiness Ambassador
HELP! I am trying to download the number of the day worksheet and when I go to the blue download button I get the Place Value concentration game, which, by the way, I love! What am I doing wrong?
Hi Alyce,
Thanks for reaching out. I’m sorry you’re having trouble downloading. We never want that. Please make sure you are clicking on the blue download button at the very bottom of the post (not the picture). If you still can’t get it to work, you can email me at hello@www.playdoughtoplato.com
Warmly,
Ashley // Happiness Ambassador
Hi, I can not get the number of the day to come up so I can print it. I keep getting the concentration game or takes me to the same page that shows number of the day.
Hi Sherru,
Thanks for reaching out. I’m sorry you’re having trouble downloading and printing. Please make sure you are clicking on the blue download button at the very bottom of the post (not the picture). You may want to try a different browser. We recommend Chrome. If you still can’t get it to work, you can email me at hello@www.playdoughtoplato.com
Warmly,
Ashley // Happiness Ambassador
I really like these. Do you have a version for numbers greater tan 199?
Thanks
Hi Gretchen!
So glad you like these!
We currently do not have a page for numbers greater than 199.
Warmly,
Ashley // Happiness Ambassador
I was trying to downlaod your number of the day freebie also. The blue download button does not show up. I am on the mailing list. How will I be able to download this freebie? Thank You!
Hi Brynn,
Thanks for reaching out. I’m sorry you’re having trouble downloading. We never want that. Please check out our troubleshooting video HERE for help. You’ll also want to make sure you have the most recent version of Adobe Reader Other and that you’re allowing pop ups from our site. If you still can’t get it to work, you can email me at hello@www.playdoughtoplato.com
Warmly,
Ashley // Happiness Ambassador
It is very good for effective learning and teaching.
Lovely.
Thanks
Thank you so much!
Hope you enjoy!
Warmly,
Ashley // Happiness Ambassador
Thank you this is such a time saver. I’m just moving up to year 3 with my class and this is going to be a great number starter.