User Manual

Using the Cards with the Hot Dots Power Pen
Hot Dots Flash Cards
Hot Dots
™
Flash Cards are two cards in one! Use the
cards with the Hot Dots Power Pen
™
(sold separately)
for independent review and practice of math facts, or
use the cards by themselves as traditional math facts
flash cars.
Motivate independent practice of math facts with Hot
Dots Flash Cards and the Power Pen. Read a problem
and then use the Power Pen to select an answer dot
from the sides of the card. The pen gives instant
feedback each time. When a correct answer is selected,
the pen lights up and makes one of four happy,
congratulatory sounds. When an incorrect answer is
What's on Each Card?
Self-sort
corner
Hot Dot
answer
choices
Answer to
problem on
the other side
of the card
Hot Dot
answer
choices
selected, the pen makes a simple “boing” sound.
(Sorry, no lights!)
Demonstrate how the Hot Dots Flash Cards and the
Power Pen work before letting learners work
independently. Show how to position the pen on a
Hot Dot answer choice. Make sure the tip of the Power
Pen touches the center of the dot below the answer
and that it sits flat on the surface of the Hot Dot.
Hold up a card with the problem facing the learner.
Have the learner read the problem and answer it out
loud. Check the answer. The correct answer appears in
the small box in the top center of the side facing you.
Additional Activities: Sort cards into groups of facts
that have the same answer, or into groups of the
same fact family.
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Tips:•Make sure the cards rest on a hard surface
when using the Power Pen on them.
• Never laminate the cards.
Using the Cards as Traditional Flash Cards