R.A.F.T.+for+Math

Grade Level: Grade 1 Content Area: Mathematics Text: Hundreds Chart, Comparing numbers on a hundreds chart, discussing how to go up and down the chart by using groups of ten, number relations- forward, backward, skip counting, etc.
 * RAFT: ** Role, Audience, Format, Topic


 * ==** Role **== || Any number from the Hundreds Chart ||
 * **Audience** || Another number in the same column ||
 * **Format** || Letter written with a Math Buddy in 3rd grade ||
 * **Topic** || Convince other numbers that you are the best. ||
 * **The Writing Task: 1st grade students have been learning how to use the Hundreds Chart to find numbers, write numbers in order, skip count and so on. 1st grade students will be paired with a 3rd grade student to explain what they have learned about the Hundreds Chart and it is the 3rd grade student’s job to now write a letter to another number and convince them that they are the best. 3rd grade students must include their 1st grade buddy in deciding what is special about the number they chose and how the Hundreds chart can be used to describe why their number is so special.** ||

Technology for 1st grade students: Splat Squares Game [] -this game will be used in class to practice using the Hundreds Chart to prepare students to discuss a specific number with their 3rd grade buddy. They can splat in different colors and print off a chart showing how their number relates to other numbers in the same column or that they can be counted by 2s, 5s, 10s, etc.

Technology for 3rd grade students: Students can view the following site for an example of a letter. Click here for an example of a math topic letter [] They may also choose to type their letter on the computer using a word processing program.

When students have completed their letters I will display the top 5 examples on my Math Intervention Website.