Does this 120 chart not just make you smile when you look at it? ;-) Thank you astrobrights for having so many color options!
Counting to 120 is a pretty big deal in first grade! I wanted a 120 chart that would be big enough for the class to see with ease and would also be easily accessible for students to count and touch, so I made one! I have not priced a pocket 120 chart, but I'm almost certain that this is probably wayyyyyy cheaper.
This was pretty easy to make too!
The first thing I did was pick out 10 different colors of card stock (because who doesn't love a pretty rainbow???). Then I printed out the pages, laminated them, and cut them out! I created the document so each column would be a different color to help students see patterns while counting. You could do a solid color, alternate colors, or whatever you want!
My bulletin boards are covered with fabric, so I wanted to put the numbers up in a way that was
1. Sturdy
2. Easy to remove if I needed to
3. Wouldn't damage the fabric if I were to take it down
So..... I placed a long strip of masking tape on the board and hot glued the numbers to it. Doing it this way will allow me to peel the tape away from the fabric instead of having glue spots all over it.
If I would have thought about it before I was over 1/2 way done, and if I had the patience to create it, I would somehow make this more interactive. For instance I could put each number up with velcro (yikes), so I could remove numbers and so on. I can pretty much do the same things with this and just cover up numbers with sticky notes if I want to. A magnetic one would be pretty sweet toooooo....
So, all in all, it's super cute, affordable, and I'm sure my students are going to love it!
