Skateboard Practice Reproducible
Slide and Learn Negative Number Lines
Congratulations on your purchase of these Really Good
Stuff® Slide and Learn Negative Number Lines—a set
of fun, interactive number lines to help students with
positive and negative number sense as well as addition
and subtraction skills with integers.
This Really Good Stuff® product includes:
• 12 Slide and Learn Negative Number Lines
• This Really Good Stuff® Activity Guide
Using the Slide and Learn Negative Number Lines
Before using the Number Lines, make copies of this Really
Good Stuff® Activity Guide, cut apart the reproducibles,
and file the pages for future use. Or, download another
copy of it from our Web site at www.reallygoodstuff.com.
Introducing the Slide and Learn Negative Number Lines
After using real world concepts of temperature,
money/bills, etc. to help your students form a conceptual
understanding of numbers, introduce the Slide and
Learn Negative Number Lines. Divide students into pairs
or small groups and distribute Number Lines to each
pair or group, keeping one for yourself to demonstrate
how it is used: Show students how to move the
skateboard slider from number to number up and down
the number line. Have them practice using the Number
Lines by placing the skateboard at a specific number, then
instruct them to make the skateboard slide to a second
number. For example, say, “If I start with three and I add
five more, how many will I have all together?” Try several
problems together until students understand how the
Number Line works.
Skate-to-Solve Reproducible
Introducing Number-Line Comparison
Copy the Skater and Skateboard Patterns Reproducible
and the Student Skater Patterns Reproducible. Color the
large Skater and Skateboard Patterns and cut them out.
Cut apart the student skaters, distribute them, and have
students color and cut them out.
Demonstrate how to use the Number Lines for
comparison: Draw a large -15 through 15 number line
on the board and write the following inequalities nearby,
leaving the comparison sign out: 1 __ 6, 15 __ 7, 9 __
-9, -14 __-11, -2 __ -14. Use the skateboard pattern to
designate the starting number and the skater pattern as
the marker for the destination number.
1. Point to the 1 in the first inequality and say, “The first
number in my inequality is the number 1, so I’m going
to move my skateboard to the 1 on my Number Line.”
Then, move the skateboard pattern and attach it to
the board above the 1 with poster putty. Instruct
students to move the skateboard on their Number
Lines to the 1 as well.
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2. Place your skater pattern over the number 6 on
the board and explain that the second number in
your inequality is 6. Have students do the same
with their skater pattern.
3. Ask students what the answer to the inequality is
(1 is less than 6), and write the < sign between the
1 and 6 on the board.
4. Ask students if the number 6 is to the left or the
right of the number 1 on the Number Line.
5. Explain that when comparing all numbers on a
Number Line, whether positive or negative, numbers
to the right are always greater and numbers to
the left are always less.
6. Do the remaining inequalities on the board with
students, emphasizing the position of the numbers
as you complete the problems.
Introducing Number-Line Addition
Demonstrate an addition problem using positive integers:
1. Write 5 + 5 = on the board. Students may be hesitant
to work with such a basic problem that they are
already familiar with, but explain that they are going to
use the same method to work with negative numbers.
2. Point to the 5 in the equation and say, “The first
number in my addition problem is the number 5, so I am
going move my skateboard to the 5 on my number line.”
3. Move the skateboard pattern and attach it to the
board above the 5 with poster putty. Have students
move the skateboard on their Number Lines to the 5
as you count together.
4. Stick the skater pattern over the 5 on the board, and
tell students that you are putting it there so that you
remember the number you started with. Have students
place their skater over the 5 on their Number Line, too.
5. Ask a student to come up and slide the Skateboard up
5 numbers from the skater as the whole class counts
aloud. Have students slide the skateboard marker on
their Number Line up 5 spaces, as well.
6. Ask students to share the number their skateboard
landed on.
7. Point to your original problem and tell students, “We
added the number five to the number five by moving
our skateboard up, or to the right, by five numbers.”
8. Have them say 5 + 5 = 10 as you point to each number.
9. Do the problem -10 + 5 = -5, explaining that no matter
where they start on the number line, when they add a
positive number, they will always move their skateboard
to the right.
Next, practice problems adding negative integers. Show
students that they always move to the left on the number
line when adding a negative integer. For instance, do
7 + (-3), then -2 + (-10), using the skater pattern as
the starting point and sliding the skateboard pattern
(and the students’ skateboards) to reach the answers.
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Skater and Skateboard Patterns Reproducible
Slide and Learn Negative Number Lines
Introducing Number-Line Subtraction
For positive and negative integers, introduce subtraction
as adding the opposite number. For example, show
students that 14 – 4 is the same as 14 + (-4) by placing
your skater pattern on the 14 and counting 4 to the left
with your skateboard pattern, reaching an answer of 10.
Have them follow along using their skater pattern and the
skateboard on their Number Line. Then demonstrate -1 –
5, explaining that this is the same as -1 + (-5), and so
they should move their skateboard 5 numbers to the left,
getting an answer of -6.
Line with word problems. Have students work together to
solve the problems and then share their answers with the
class. For additional practice, have students write Skateto-Solve temperature word problems for the rest of the
class to solve.
Answers:
1. Wednesday
2. February
3. 4 degrees,
4. -12 degrees C.
5. 13 degrees C.
Demonstrate subtracting negative numbers:
Skating Math Center
Create a portable math center:
1. Decorate a large envelope with skater and skateboard
patterns from the Skater and Skateboard Patterns
Reproducibles.
2. Place a Negative Number Line, a copy of a small skater
pattern, a programmed copy of the Skateboard
Practice Reproducible, and the Skate-to-Solve
Reproducible inside the envelope.
3. Instruct students during center time to take the
envelope to their desk and do the worksheets using the
Number Line and the small skater marker.
Problem 1
1. Write the problem 6 – (-5) = on your board. Explain
again that subtraction is actually adding the opposite,
and write the problem 6 + 5 = under the first problem,
explaining that the opposite of -5 is 5.
2. Place your skater over the number 6, and have
students do the same with their skater.
3. Count up (to the right) five spaces using your
skateboard pattern. Have students do the same
with their skateboard as you count up together to
the number 11.
4. Write 11 as the answer on both problems you have
written on the board.
Problem 2
1. Write -6 – (-10) = on your board. Ask students what
addition problem this would make, and when a student
answers correctly, write -6 + 10 = just below the other
problem.
2. Place your skater on -6, and have students do
the same with their skater.
3. Use your skateboard to count (to the right) 10
numbers to 4.
4. Write 4 as the answer to both problems.
Skateboard Math
Use the Skateboard Practice Reproducible to create
comparison, addition, or subtraction practice problems for
students to solve with the Number Line: Write appropriate
inequalities, addition and/or subtraction problems inside
the skateboards on a copy of the reproducible, then make
and distribute copies.
Skate-to-Solve Temperature Word Problem Challenge
One real-world math situation that involves positive and
negative numbers is measuring temperature. Explain to
students that temperatures can be both above and below
0, and that students can practice solving problems
involving temperature with the Slide and Learn Negative
Number Line. Copy and distribute the Skate-to-Solve
Reproducible for students to practice using the Number
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
Student Skater Patterns Reproducible
Number-line Madness
Ahead of time, gather two Number Lines and a pack of
addition or subtraction flash cards that includes negative
number problems.
1. Divide students into two teams and have them line up
parallel to each other in single lines.
2. Give the student at the head of each line a Number
Line.
3. Stand at the head of the lines and hold up a flash card
for the students to see.
4. Explain how to play:
A. Each student uses a Number Line to find the
solution and shouts out the answer.
B. The student who gives the first correct answer
hands the Number Line to the next person in line
and walks to the end of the line. The other
student hands the next person the Number Line
and sits down in his or her seat.
C. Play continues until one team wins with the last
person standing.
5. Play several games and tally the wins to award a grand
prize to the winning team.
Variation: Play this game to practice comparison of
positive and negative numbers:
1. Make a set of flash cards with inequalities on it, leaving
the <, >, or = out of the inequalities.
2. Students use the Number Line to determine the
correct math sign for the inequality, and the student
who states the entire correct inequality first wins.
© 2010 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in Guangzhou, China #158455
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
© 2010 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in Guangzhou, China #158455
Skateboard Practice Reproducible
Slide and Learn Negative Number Lines
Congratulations on your purchase of these Really Good
Stuff® Slide and Learn Negative Number Lines—a set
of fun, interactive number lines to help students with
positive and negative number sense as well as addition
and subtraction skills with integers.
This Really Good Stuff® product includes:
• 12 Slide and Learn Negative Number Lines
• This Really Good Stuff® Activity Guide
Using the Slide and Learn Negative Number Lines
Before using the Number Lines, make copies of this Really
Good Stuff® Activity Guide, cut apart the reproducibles,
and file the pages for future use. Or, download another
copy of it from our Web site at www.reallygoodstuff.com.
Introducing the Slide and Learn Negative Number Lines
After using real world concepts of temperature,
money/bills, etc. to help your students form a conceptual
understanding of numbers, introduce the Slide and
Learn Negative Number Lines. Divide students into pairs
or small groups and distribute Number Lines to each
pair or group, keeping one for yourself to demonstrate
how it is used: Show students how to move the
skateboard slider from number to number up and down
the number line. Have them practice using the Number
Lines by placing the skateboard at a specific number, then
instruct them to make the skateboard slide to a second
number. For example, say, “If I start with three and I add
five more, how many will I have all together?” Try several
problems together until students understand how the
Number Line works.
Skate-to-Solve Reproducible
Introducing Number-Line Comparison
Copy the Skater and Skateboard Patterns Reproducible
and the Student Skater Patterns Reproducible. Color the
large Skater and Skateboard Patterns and cut them out.
Cut apart the student skaters, distribute them, and have
students color and cut them out.
Demonstrate how to use the Number Lines for
comparison: Draw a large -15 through 15 number line
on the board and write the following inequalities nearby,
leaving the comparison sign out: 1 __ 6, 15 __ 7, 9 __
-9, -14 __-11, -2 __ -14. Use the skateboard pattern to
designate the starting number and the skater pattern as
the marker for the destination number.
1. Point to the 1 in the first inequality and say, “The first
number in my inequality is the number 1, so I’m going
to move my skateboard to the 1 on my Number Line.”
Then, move the skateboard pattern and attach it to
the board above the 1 with poster putty. Instruct
students to move the skateboard on their Number
Lines to the 1 as well.
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
© 2010 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in Guangzhou, China #158455
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
2. Place your skater pattern over the number 6 on
the board and explain that the second number in
your inequality is 6. Have students do the same
with their skater pattern.
3. Ask students what the answer to the inequality is
(1 is less than 6), and write the < sign between the
1 and 6 on the board.
4. Ask students if the number 6 is to the left or the
right of the number 1 on the Number Line.
5. Explain that when comparing all numbers on a
Number Line, whether positive or negative, numbers
to the right are always greater and numbers to
the left are always less.
6. Do the remaining inequalities on the board with
students, emphasizing the position of the numbers
as you complete the problems.
Introducing Number-Line Addition
Demonstrate an addition problem using positive integers:
1. Write 5 + 5 = on the board. Students may be hesitant
to work with such a basic problem that they are
already familiar with, but explain that they are going to
use the same method to work with negative numbers.
2. Point to the 5 in the equation and say, “The first
number in my addition problem is the number 5, so I am
going move my skateboard to the 5 on my number line.”
3. Move the skateboard pattern and attach it to the
board above the 5 with poster putty. Have students
move the skateboard on their Number Lines to the 5
as you count together.
4. Stick the skater pattern over the 5 on the board, and
tell students that you are putting it there so that you
remember the number you started with. Have students
place their skater over the 5 on their Number Line, too.
5. Ask a student to come up and slide the Skateboard up
5 numbers from the skater as the whole class counts
aloud. Have students slide the skateboard marker on
their Number Line up 5 spaces, as well.
6. Ask students to share the number their skateboard
landed on.
7. Point to your original problem and tell students, “We
added the number five to the number five by moving
our skateboard up, or to the right, by five numbers.”
8. Have them say 5 + 5 = 10 as you point to each number.
9. Do the problem -10 + 5 = -5, explaining that no matter
where they start on the number line, when they add a
positive number, they will always move their skateboard
to the right.
Next, practice problems adding negative integers. Show
students that they always move to the left on the number
line when adding a negative integer. For instance, do
7 + (-3), then -2 + (-10), using the skater pattern as
the starting point and sliding the skateboard pattern
(and the students’ skateboards) to reach the answers.
© 2010 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in Guangzhou, China #158455
Skater and Skateboard Patterns Reproducible
Slide and Learn Negative Number Lines
Introducing Number-Line Subtraction
For positive and negative integers, introduce subtraction
as adding the opposite number. For example, show
students that 14 – 4 is the same as 14 + (-4) by placing
your skater pattern on the 14 and counting 4 to the left
with your skateboard pattern, reaching an answer of 10.
Have them follow along using their skater pattern and the
skateboard on their Number Line. Then demonstrate -1 –
5, explaining that this is the same as -1 + (-5), and so
they should move their skateboard 5 numbers to the left,
getting an answer of -6.
Line with word problems. Have students work together to
solve the problems and then share their answers with the
class. For additional practice, have students write Skateto-Solve temperature word problems for the rest of the
class to solve.
Answers:
1. Wednesday
2. February
3. 4 degrees,
4. -12 degrees C.
5. 13 degrees C.
Demonstrate subtracting negative numbers:
Skating Math Center
Create a portable math center:
1. Decorate a large envelope with skater and skateboard
patterns from the Skater and Skateboard Patterns
Reproducibles.
2. Place a Negative Number Line, a copy of a small skater
pattern, a programmed copy of the Skateboard
Practice Reproducible, and the Skate-to-Solve
Reproducible inside the envelope.
3. Instruct students during center time to take the
envelope to their desk and do the worksheets using the
Number Line and the small skater marker.
Problem 1
1. Write the problem 6 – (-5) = on your board. Explain
again that subtraction is actually adding the opposite,
and write the problem 6 + 5 = under the first problem,
explaining that the opposite of -5 is 5.
2. Place your skater over the number 6, and have
students do the same with their skater.
3. Count up (to the right) five spaces using your
skateboard pattern. Have students do the same
with their skateboard as you count up together to
the number 11.
4. Write 11 as the answer on both problems you have
written on the board.
Problem 2
1. Write -6 – (-10) = on your board. Ask students what
addition problem this would make, and when a student
answers correctly, write -6 + 10 = just below the other
problem.
2. Place your skater on -6, and have students do
the same with their skater.
3. Use your skateboard to count (to the right) 10
numbers to 4.
4. Write 4 as the answer to both problems.
Skateboard Math
Use the Skateboard Practice Reproducible to create
comparison, addition, or subtraction practice problems for
students to solve with the Number Line: Write appropriate
inequalities, addition and/or subtraction problems inside
the skateboards on a copy of the reproducible, then make
and distribute copies.
Skate-to-Solve Temperature Word Problem Challenge
One real-world math situation that involves positive and
negative numbers is measuring temperature. Explain to
students that temperatures can be both above and below
0, and that students can practice solving problems
involving temperature with the Slide and Learn Negative
Number Line. Copy and distribute the Skate-to-Solve
Reproducible for students to practice using the Number
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
Student Skater Patterns Reproducible
Number-line Madness
Ahead of time, gather two Number Lines and a pack of
addition or subtraction flash cards that includes negative
number problems.
1. Divide students into two teams and have them line up
parallel to each other in single lines.
2. Give the student at the head of each line a Number
Line.
3. Stand at the head of the lines and hold up a flash card
for the students to see.
4. Explain how to play:
A. Each student uses a Number Line to find the
solution and shouts out the answer.
B. The student who gives the first correct answer
hands the Number Line to the next person in line
and walks to the end of the line. The other
student hands the next person the Number Line
and sits down in his or her seat.
C. Play continues until one team wins with the last
person standing.
5. Play several games and tally the wins to award a grand
prize to the winning team.
Variation: Play this game to practice comparison of
positive and negative numbers:
1. Make a set of flash cards with inequalities on it, leaving
the <, >, or = out of the inequalities.
2. Students use the Number Line to determine the
correct math sign for the inequality, and the student
who states the entire correct inequality first wins.
© 2010 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in Guangzhou, China #158455
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
© 2010 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in Guangzhou, China #158455