Expanded Form Matching Game: Christmas Theme
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Type of Resource: PDF
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Coordinating Activities
Expanded Form Matching Game: Christmas Theme
- Christmas expanded form matching cards: three-digit numbers and their expanded form
- Card backs so kids can play it face down
Kids match each number to its expanded form, like 125 and 100 + 20 + 5.
Required Materials:
- Paper, printer and ink (cardstock works well)
- Laminator
- Paper cutter or scissors
Standards for Expanded Form
This matching game supports second grade place value standards connected to standard form and expanded form.
Common Core State Standards
- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.NBT.A.3: Read and write numbers to 1000 using base-ten numerals, number names and expanded form. Kids match each number to its expanded form.
- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.NBT.A.1: Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens and ones. Kids tell the value of each digit.
TEKS for Mathematics
- TEKS 2.2(B): Use standard, word and expanded forms to represent numbers up to 1,200. Kids match each number to its expanded form.
Virginia Mathematics Standards of Learning
- 2.NS.2.b: Read, write and represent three-digit numbers in standard form, expanded form and word form, using concrete or pictorial representations. Kids match each number to its expanded form.
- 2.NS.2.c: Apply patterns within the base 10 system to determine and communicate, orally and in written form, the place (ones, tens, hundreds) and value of each digit in a three-digit whole number. Kids say the value of each digit.
Expanded Form Matching Game: Christmas Theme gives second and third grade kids a fun way to practice reading three-digit numbers in standard form and expanded form.
Each number card has a match that shows the same number in expanded form, like 125 and 100 + 20 + 5. Kids flip two cards at a time and look for a match.
Play it face up as a matching activity first, then face down as a matching game once kids know the routine.
How to Use Expanded Form Matching Game: Christmas Theme
- Print, laminate and cut apart the cards.
- Mix the cards and place them face down.
- Kids flip two cards and read them out loud.
- If the number and expanded form match, kids keep the pair.
- Play until all the cards are matched.
Partner Game: Take turns and count pairs at the end.
Small Group: Build each number with base ten blocks before matching.
Easy Ways to Differentiate This Expanded Form Game
Every group has a mix of place value skills. These simple changes keep the activity familiar while meeting each child where they are.
For Children Who Need More Support:
- Play face up.
- Start with 4 pairs.
- Use base ten blocks.
- Use a place value chart.
For On-Level Practice:
- Play the full game.
- Read each number out loud.
- Say the value of each digit.
- Play with a partner.
For an Extra Challenge:
- Write each number in word form.
- Make new cards for a friend.
- Order the numbers from least to greatest.
- Add 10 or 100 to each number.
For Speech, OT, ELL or Special Education Support:
- Talk through each step together and give plenty of wait time.
- Accept pointing, gestures, AAC or any communication method the child already uses.
- Build each number with base ten blocks.
- Color code the hundreds, tens and ones.
Expanded Form Matching Game: Christmas Theme Is Perfect For:
- Second grade
- Third grade
- Christmas themes
- Math centers
- Small-group instruction
- Intervention
- Special education
- ELL and multilingual learners
- Homeschool
