Snails Trails

About this game:

A colorful mountain, basic math facts and racing snails combine to create a fun way for young children to develop fluency in addition & subtraction. Each snail races on its own trail to the top of mountain. Snail wranglers calculate the sum or difference on the card drawn to determine which snail gets to move up one step on its own trail.

Skills:

Uses: Addition, Subtraction

NCTM Standards:

Pre-K - 2

1.2.1 Understand meanings of addition and subtraction and relationship between the two operations.

1.2.2 Understand effects of adding and subtracting whole numbers.

1.3.2 Develop fluency with basic number combinations for addition and subtraction.

Grades 3 - 5

N/A

Grades 6 - 9

N/A

Tips & Tricks:

The cards with a single number on them can be used for very basic play (number recognition) or advanced play (create a number sentence equal to). Players of different skill levels can use different rules in the same game. More cards equal 3 than 12 because there are more steps on the 3X staircase.

Response to Intervention Tier:

1,2,3