Jessica Perkins & Anne Berland
I Have, Who Has_ Grade 3 Version
I Have, Who Has_ Grade 4 Version
Introduction/Explanation
For this learning object we have created two “I Have, Who Has?” card decks. These decks are a way
to practice math facts as a class, or in small groups, once students develop a conceptual
understanding of the included mathematical operations and numerical representations.
How the “I Have, Who Has?” deck works:
1. Distribute the cards to the students in the class. If there are any extra cards these can be
given as extra cards to students who are confident in math. On repeated playing with the
cards more children will likely become comfortable to be chosen to have an extra card.
2. Choose any student, who begins by saying “I have (number on top part of card), who has
(math question on bottom part of card)?”.
3. The student with the corresponding answer card responds, and then asks the question from
their own card. The game continues until it comes back to the first student with the original
starting number.
Teaching Strategies:
1. While handing out cards, suggest that the students think about different ways their
numbers could be represented. They will need to identify their number from a question the
incorporates math operations they are familiar with.
2. This could be used as a ticket out the door activity for the class to complete as a group. Or,
as individual tickets that students can complete (see example at the end).
3. In small groups, students can deal the cards out themselves, with each student getting
multiple cards. They can try to guess who will be able to flip all their completed cards over
first (which will be completely random!).
4. Classroom community building should be emphasized, i.e. the teacher should discourage
calling out answers or expressing frustration if some students are slower to respond.
5. One option is to use a stopwatch and record how long it takes to go through the deck. The
class could then try to beat their record on subsequent attempts. However, this should be
avoided if the teacher believes it will cause anxiety in any students.
Inspiration
We used an “I Have, Who Has?” deck for vocabulary words in our assessment class with Pam Quigg
last term. This was the inspiration for these math decks, as we thought they are a fun way to
practice math facts as a group activity.
Grade Levels
We decided to do two different card decks for our learning object. One is at a grade 4 level (at the
end of the year) and the other is for grade 3 throughout the school year. However, a lot of the
curriculum overlaps so if students are proving to be strong they in grade 3, they could do the grade
4 deck. Both decks provide practice for math concepts and facts that are included in the curriculum.
Curricular Objectives
With our learning object, we found both the grade 3 and grade 4 curriculums have many
similar/identical outcomes. We found our activity address and supports curricular objectives in all
three areas: big ideas, curricular competencies, and content. Below are the parts of the BC
mathematics curriculum for grade 3 and 4 that directly relate to our game.
Big Ideas:
● Development of computational fluency in addition, subtraction,multiplication and division
of whole numbers requires flexible decomposing and composing (grade 3)
● Development of computational fluency and multiplicative thinking requires analysis of
patterns and relations in multiplication and division (grade 4)
Curricular Competencies:
● Develop mental math strategies and abilities (grade 3 and 4)
● Visualize to explore mathematical concepts (grade 3 and 4)
● Use mathematical vocabulary and language to contribute to mathematical discussions
(grade 3 and 4)
Content:
● Addition and subtraction facts to 20 with emerging computational fluency (grade 3) and
developing computational fluency (grade 4)
● One step addition and subtraction equations with an unknown number (grade 3) and using
all operations (grade 4)
● Financial literacy – fluency with coins and bills to 100 dollars, and earning and payment
(grade 3 and 4)
Special Features
The grade 3 deck includes addition, subtraction and dot representations of numbers. This deck
should be introduced once the class is comfortable with these concepts.
The grade 4 deck includes all four basic mathematical operations (addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division), and uses coins and dots as numerical representations. This deck
should not be used until all students are familiar if not comfortable with these concepts.
Alternatively, another deck could be created with only one type of operation or representation in
order to provide practice for a single math fact.
Interested students could create their own deck using the template we created for this project. This
type of deck is adaptable for any subject, not just math!
Assessment
The “I Have, Who Has?” deck can be used as a type of formative assessment. While playing the
game, the teacher is able to see who is able who is confident and who is struggling. The game gives
the teacher insight into how students are able to use mathematical operations and understand
numerical representations, while observing students’ collaboration and communication skills.
Students could also be asked to complete a self assessment on their participation in the game as
another option for a ticket out the door. A ticket out the door is an example of one way to extend
this game and create a product for assessment.