Number Crunching {Greater Than/Less Than} Alligator


 We made a little paper alligator to help learn greater than/less than concept.
On one side, I outlined his mouth and tail to show the math symbols.
I left the other side unmarked.
 I couldn't find my number tiles, so I quickly wrote up some number cards on index cards cut in half. I shuffled them into a pile and he pick two cards for each side and arranged them to make two numbers to compare.
And our number crunching alligator always went for the greater number.
Not so hard for him to apply that picture to the traditional greater than (>) and less than (<) symbols.
One student compared numbers on a number line.
Another compared fractions.

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