Telephone Numbers

Objective

Students use the Numbers and Mosaics Set to identify and memorize important telephone numbers.

Description

Telephones are great, but they’re not all fun and games. Using a telephone number, you can call almost anyone in the world. Do you know your family’s telephone number? Do you know any others?

Procedures

During class activity:

1. The teacher gives each team of students a building plate and a set of the numbered tiles (0-9).
2. Instruct the students to make a telephone number from tiles – perhaps their own, or that of a friend or relative. Students who do not know their number may need some assistance.
3. After the students have completed the number sequence, instruct them to show the number to the class or their partner, and read it aloud.
4. When the students have finished sharing their telephone numbers have them play “Telephone Number Search”. To do this, instruct the students to work as a team to find and use the tiles to make the telephone numbers for your local police station, hospital, school, etc. Read these numbers aloud.
5. It is possible to make photocopies of each of the boards and hang these important numbers in the classroom. Students can also use the photocopied boards to make a booklet entitled “Emergency Numbers”.

Discussion

1. How many numbers are there in your telephone number?
2. Does every telephone in the world have its own unique number?
3. What kinds of telephone numbers are important to learn and remember?
4. When might you use these important numbers?

Continuation

How are the numbers arranged on a telephone? Instruct the students to make a copy using the tiles and a building plate. Afterwards have them practice their basic math skills by adding up the numbers in rows, columns, and maybe even diagonals.