Grades 1–2
Tens and Ones Memory Match
Base ten blocks on one card, the number on the other. Count the tens rods, then the ones.
Classroom activity · Matching and memory games
Clock Memory Match
Match eight clock faces to their digital times: o’clock, half past and quarter past and to.
- Grade level
- Grades 1–2
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Memory, Matching, Taking turns
What kids do
“Cut out the cards. Play memory: a match is a clock and the time it shows.”
Printed on the sheet:
- How to play: cut out the cards and mix them up face down. Take turns flipping two. A match? Keep it and go again. The player with the most pairs wins.
Teacher tip
Keep a practice clock out so kids can check their matches.
How to use it
- Print on card stock so cards do not show through.
- Teach the memory game routine: flip two, keep matches, then it is the next player’s turn.
- Let kids work with a partner so they talk through their thinking.
Watch for
Cards that show through the paper. Print on card stock or color the backs.
Talk about it
- What strategy would you use next time?
- What was the trickiest part? How did you get past it?
Take it further
Have kids make new cards for the game.
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More matching and memory games
Grades 2–3
Fraction Memory Match
Count the shaded parts and all the parts: match eight fraction bars to fractions from 1/2 to 5/6.
3rd grade
Multiplication Memory Match
Eight tricky times facts like 6 × 7 and 8 × 7 and their products, as a memory game for partners.
Grades 2–3
Abbreviations Match
Mon., Dr., Ave. and ft.: draw a line from eight abbreviations to the words they stand for.
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