Make Ten... A fun and easy card game for kids that reinforces math concepts and uses a regular deck of playing cards. Free printable play mat included!
I taught elementary before moving to middle school and loved math centers (also known as math workshop or math stations). I knew that I had to try implementing math centers in middle school when I moved up because I found that students were more engaged and loved the group work. Math centers helped
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Tables of 6, 7, 8 and 9 in Your Hands: At the age of 8 I had to learn the multiplying tables. I've never been good at memorizing lists or tables. It was easy to learn the tables from 1 to 5 but from 6 to 9 it seemed to be way more complicated... A year later I heard this t…
I’m excited to be sharing an easy project with you today–one of my favorite math tools: rekenreks! I don’t know about you, but I love to use rekenreks in my classroom. If you’ve never heard of rekenreks before, you will! These arithmetic racks consist of two strings, with a row of beads on each string. Each row is traditionally made up of five red beads and five white beads, but you can use any two colors you like. They are great for helping students to understand number concepts such as
Are you looking for an exponent activity for your 6th grade math students? This exponent card game is your answer!
Who knew that number lines could be so much fun? Well my students and I found out just how much fun they can be during one of our recent math bag days. We started our morning math by reading "The Line Up Book" by Marisabina Russo. This is
I am always looking for a way to add some art and creativity into my math class, my class this year LOVES to draw so I knew they would love ...
Have you ever considered using grocery store flyers to help your students practice math skills? There are so many possibilities, and the fun is endless!
Two years ago, my class was starting to get pretty squirrely….and it was the beginning of November. I knew I had to do something to stay sane until Thanksgiving break. So, I printed out a turkey and some feathers. The idea was that students had to earn a certain amount of feathers and ... Read more
This isn't exactly a Foldable, but it could definitely be turned into one. Caricatures are a fun way for kids to describe what they have learned about a particular person or group of people. They could definitely be a part of any Foldable!
I am always looking for a way to add some art and creativity into my math class, my class this year LOVES to draw so I knew they would love ...
Ya’ll know how much I love ABC BOOTCAMP in our class because it’s fun and it’s highly effective. That’s why we use the same model for numbers and counting with Number …
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For the past two year I've been thinking about implementing "I Wish My Teacher Knew," but I continued to put it off. I allowed other things to take...
The Free to Discover blog will give you strategies and tips for teaching math to middle and high school students using differentiation and discovery.
Today I’m sharing my newest step towards improved organization in the classroom: notebook divider tabs. (I got the idea from a blog post by Sarah Carter and knew that I wanted to modify them to work f
Help your students understand division vocabulary with these simple tricks that are sure to help them understand the parts and grab a freebie!
Howdy! I am Mr. Greg from The Kindergarten Smorgasboard. My real name is Greg Smedley-Warren. I have been teaching for 11 years. I spent a year teaching fifth grade, two years in second grade and am now in my 9th year in Kindergarten. Kindergarten is my passion and my calling but honestly, that wasn’t how it started. When I was moved to Kindergarten (not voluntarily!) I called my mommy and cried. But on the first day, I fell in love and knew that Kindergarten is where I belonged. I have remained in Kindergarten ever since. I plan to never leave the classroom as the kids are what drive me to continue my growth as a teacher and person.
Phew! I am one tired teacher! Our first week of Term 3 is almost over and my kidlets have worked super hard learning new concepts and pra...
This is an amazing art and math lesson that I got from a teacher at a conference who did teach a district over from me, but is now getting her PhD. She always had amazing stuff to present at conference. (You're amazing, Mary Franco!) Anyway, this lesson involves Paul Klee and multiplication. I made a little three page Smart Notebook lesson about Klee's work "Once Emerged From the Gray of Night" (where I used to show a poster of it) and have the students talk about what's more important--the words of the poem or the colors and composition? Then we talk about putting two things (like writing and art, or math and art together). It's SUCH an amazing lesson, here's a sneak peek: So, students get a little background knowledge of Klee, then we talk about tessellations and multiplication (and practice on the Smart Board). Then, students get a page of one-inch graph paper and write out a one digit by one digit multiplication problem with a two digit answer. I tell them to choose one that's hard for them to remember, or their favorite one. They then repeat that problem seven times, dropping down and over one square for 4 times, then down and back a square for three times, making them into interlocking tessellation shapes: After they've drawn it all out in pencil and I've checked it, they choose ONE color of fine-tip marker to trace it with, then use colored pencil or watercolor pencil to color. The coloring is a bit of a challenge for them, because they need to forget that they're numbers and only look at the space. They then color it in patterns/designs to make it visually interesting and play with people's minds ('math? I dont' see any math!') It's an awesome lesson that really challenges their thinking. This one really shows the patterns and designs. Oh, it's also important that their numbers COMPLETELY fill the one inch box of the graph paper. I always try to do this lesson at a time of the year when classroom teachers are complaining about students not remembering their math facts. I usually do it with fifth grade, but I did it with sixth one year at the teachers' request.
Jo Boaler has started a math revolution that has likely already made its way into your classroom. The Stanford Professor of Mathematics and author of Mathematical Mindsets is the co-founder of YouCubed.org , an organization dedicated to inspiring, educating, and empowering math teachers with
Discover the exciting and versatile craft of rubber stamping! Find free templates and tutorials for stamping crafts, paper crafts, handmade greeting cards and printable calendars.
When Hope and I began creating the Magic of Math curriculum for our monthly units, we had a lot of discussions about what we wanted it to look like. We
Zero the Hero made his first visit today! Isn't this guy cute? Check him out here. Yep, 10 days done! I was soooo excited to get Zero's first visit over with started that he came right away this morning! **We read our Zero the Hero story** My coworker Tina had an adorable story and we updated it with some new clipart. The kids loved it! For your free copy click this pic: We worked in our Zero the Hero book that Zero left us. (I pulled the book up on the smartboard so the kids and I could do it together. I LOVE my smartboard!) To look at that packet on TPT ($5.00) click on the pic: **We sang Dr. Jean's Zero the Hero NumberStomp* of course! **Watched Schoolhouse Rock My Hero Zero** **Zero brought us string and beads to make ourselves necklaces with 10 beads** (we noticed the beads were shaped like zeros!) And an hour later Zero the Hero said good-bye! After our visit my coworkers and I stumbled across this book in our library: Absolutely going to use it next year on Zero's first visit! Will have to be on day 20's visit this year! The author also has a story out called One that looked amazing also! TGIF! I know, corny. . . but I am SOOOO excited for 3 days off!
These animal puzzles are a fun way to give your students some hands-on practice at matching baby animal names to the adults.
