Productive struggle in math is important in helping students develop as mathematicians. Check out this blog post to grab some FREEBIES and see some productive struggle examples you can use in your classroom. Weave productive struggle math problems into your lessons and help your students become mathematical thinkers. #productivestruggle #pamsplace
2nd Grade Math Worksheets can help your little thinkers build their math skills. Love for math is a joy that not every child understands. Math is in everything that we do. Build their confidence and fire their passion with our fun and free worksheets. Today’s learners are tomorrow’s world. You can help build a brighter […]
Want to learn how you can stretch your kids and deepen their number sense? Try reading "The Grapes of Math" along with these fun problem solving challenges!
Kids need lots of practice with mental math activities. With that in mind I have created a free center/group activity to help with mental math practice. It includes 12 task cards, an answer sheet and answer key. Hope you and your students enjoy it! Click Here for Your Freebie! Click Here Have a great week!
This week we have been learning about capacity! The students rotated through stations, choosing the appropriate tool to measure the capacity of a given container. It was a lot of fun but really wet! After mastering the skills needed for metric and customary capacity, they made ice cream with a partner! They had to measure the ingredients in milliliters. We discussed the different tools we had to choose from. Some containers measured in milliliters but weren't precise enough for us to measure accurately. The kids had a lot of fun with this. We started running out of time at the end of the day and it made it a little hectic. Next year I'll plan on spending over an hour to do this so it isn't as rushed. :) Our Customary Capacity Anchor Chart Our Metric Capacity Anchor Chart The kiddos at their capacity stations! Measuring in milliliters Looking at the meniscus of the water to ensure an accurate measurement! Synergizing! Measuring our ingredients for our ice cream! Working so well with their classmates. :) Rolling the ingredients around to make the ice cream. So blurry but OH so cute! Team work!
A Frayer Model Maths Think Board are excellent learning tools. Easily differentiate any math concept and see what kids really understand! {FREEBIE}
2nd Grade Math Worksheets can help your little thinkers build their math skills. Love for math is a joy that not every child understands. Math is in everything that we do. Build their confidence and fire their passion with our fun and free worksheets. Today’s learners are tomorrow’s world. You can help build a brighter […]
Our fabulous new teacher, Mrs. Wheeler, is acclimating herself to the 3rd grade team beautifully! She is part of the 2-teacher team of Jackson & Wheeler. Mrs. Jackson is in charge of all things science and math, while Mrs. Wheeler covers all things literacy and integrated social studies. Here's Mrs.Wheeler with her hubby. For the past few weeks, 3rd grade has been studying the difference in the genres of fairy tales, fables, and trickster tales. (as per the Common Core standards and units we are following) Mrs. Wheeler showed off her artistic and literary skills by making these fabulous anchor charts to help anchor student learning. Ummm... can we say "Wicked cute?" When I saw them, I knew I had to share! And here's another anchor chart for Accountable Talk during carpet time. Wonderful job, Mrs. Wheeler! Keep up the good work!
If you're tired of hearing, "I'm not a math person," show students that they are indeed math people! This bulletin board asks, “Which type of math person are you?” Signs shows different types of math people, such as an investigator, questioner, innovator, helper, hard worker, and more! Here's what is in the kit: Letters to spell out, “Which type of math person are you?" Bubbles that say, "(Because we're all math people!)" 16 Signs with types of math people showcasing different strengths This hallway or classroom decoration is easy to create using the included pieces. Just print, cut out the pieces, and hang on a board or wall! Everything prints on regular 8.5 x 11 paper or cardstock. The little posters with types of math people each feature a fun “Dot Dude.” These are included as color versions and black ink only versions (which look great printed on colorful paper.) 16 types of math people are included. These make a great discussion starter about what it means to be “good at math.” Hopefully students will see that we all can bring different strengths and contribute to math in different ways. We also can grow stronger in each area too! This positive message for students is perfect in any math classroom. Dot Dudes clip art and the term “Dot Dudes” are licensed and used with permission from Sarah Pecorino of Sarah Pecorino Illustration. Save when you purchase the big bundle of math bulletin boards! Check out the preview for more details.
G.K. Chesterton, one of my favorite thinkers, connecting math and poetry. Via @sheckyr.
I love multiplication circles because they can really help right brained creative kids understand multiplication. Plus, they are interesting for kids who already have a good handle on multiplication. Completing one of the circles is a bit like doing a dot-to-dot using the ones digit of a multiplication table multiplier. Ok, so that was a bit confusing, so let me try an example. For example, the numbers in the four times table are 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36 and 40. If you look only at the ones digit you should notice a repeating pattern of 0,4,8,2,6. Those are the numbers to use for the circle dot-to-dot. Try the other numbers to see some more interesting designs. My eleven year old who was way beyond multiplication loved this activity. Malke at The Map is Not the Territory used a variation of this concept to create Christmas Ornaments. Check it out. Click here for the free printable. Free Multiplication Circle Printable Please visit our math page to see more creative math activities.
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If you need a living math activity, this post is for you! Cindy has gathered the best of the best lessons from all over the internet. Grab an idea and go!
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By the end of this year, after changing our math rotations around about a bazillion times, I FINALLY feel like I figured out the perfect combo of stations to help my students learn, practice, and mast
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We did a Science Observation Sheet for bubbles this week. We used the properties chart to help us.
Today is the first day of EIGHT great posts about questioning in the math classroom! I have partnered up with three of my math blogging buddies to bring you… Every other week we will be bringing you posts from the two “sister” books…one geared more for elementary, and one geared more for middle. Jennifer from […]
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This post shares details for promoting critical thinking with math riddles. Plus, you can get a FREE printable of Math Riddles Task Cards.
Critical thinking and logic are two sides of the same coin. Raising kids that will become expert critical thinkers is ideal, but how do you do it?
