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An educational blog. These new Interactive Math Mat Resources can be used as math warm-ups or reviews, with a small group in a guided math lesson, or as a math station. In these resources, I have included 6 different math mats to compare and order quantities, A/B and True/False answer cards for the students, and a huge quantity of number cards already prepped for you. 5 ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING ANGLES 5. Angle Task Cards - This is another great station activity. These Angle Task Cards contain a Minds-On Task which I like to use to introduce the concept to the whole class, with each student completing the challenge task on a whiteboard or paper. The twelve task cards can then be completed independently as part of a station, with each student completing the recording sheet to hand in for a FUN WITH ORDER OF OPERATIONS Fun With Order of Operations. 06 July 2011. Get them up in moving in math! This Order of Operations activity was one of my favourite lessons last year. I know I've been talking about the importance of technology to keep your students engaged, but another way to keep them engaged is to get them moving. We still use the "BEDMAS" algorithm to 5 ACTIVITIES TO TEACH MEAN, MODE, MEDIAN Pull out the dice or cards and the whiteboards, and give your students a task like "Choose 5 cards and find the mean, mode and median. Let a partner check your work. Then switch." Or "Roll 10 dice to make a set of data. Find the mean, mode and median. Then, re-roll two of the dice and see how that changes your data." 5 ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING PLACE VALUE I'm back with an all new "5 Activities for Teaching" post (click the link for more 5 Activity Ideas).This one is all about Place Value.Like many of you, I always like to start my math year with Place Value. This post aims to take you past the traditional hands-on activities that students need like building and exchanging numbers using base 10 blocks, and hopefully gives you some new ideas to 5 ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING FRACTIONS 5. Stations, Stations, Stations - I found that using lots of math stations and centers was another hit during our fraction unit. The students LOVED the fun, hands-on activities they were doing, and I LOVED that they were kept busy, engaged, and learning while I had time to work with small groups for some extra reinforcement.DRAMA CIRCLES
They will learn to be open to new experiences. They will share a fun activity that has them learning to be comfortable with acting, performing, and reading aloud in front of their classmates. Students assemble in a circle, facing each other. The teacher hands out the cards in a random order (there are 40 cards in most of the dramacircles, so
A LETTER TO NEXT YEAR'S CLASS A Letter to Next Year's Class. 19 May 2014. I know this isn't a new idea, but I wanted to share another idea we did in my class at the end of last year. Last year we wrote letters to next year's class, but I added a little twist. Even though these letters were written to students in the grade below us, I can't begin to tell you how muchthese
A LITTLE BIT OF BLOOD AND GORE The students already knew that the red blood cells were the most plentiful type of cell in the blood, and the reason why blood appears the colour of red. Like magic, as soon as we added the Cheerios to our bottles, the plasma turned red. We then added some mini marshmallows to represent the white blood cells and purple pompoms to represent the PUT SOME P.O.W. IN YOUR WRITING! Put some P.O.W. in your Writing! 12 January 2013. I am SO excited to share my experiences with Teaching in Room 6's Paragraph of the Week!!! Stephanie and I teamed up for the Magical Product Swap over at Mrs. Stanford's Class. However, she didn't need to send me the resource for this - I was already using it in my classroom! RUNDE'S ROOMREMEMBRANCE DAYLITERACYWRITINGMATH ACTIVITIESEND OF THEYEARPOETRY
An educational blog. These new Interactive Math Mat Resources can be used as math warm-ups or reviews, with a small group in a guided math lesson, or as a math station. In these resources, I have included 6 different math mats to compare and order quantities, A/B and True/False answer cards for the students, and a huge quantity of number cards already prepped for you. 5 ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING ANGLES 5. Angle Task Cards - This is another great station activity. These Angle Task Cards contain a Minds-On Task which I like to use to introduce the concept to the whole class, with each student completing the challenge task on a whiteboard or paper. The twelve task cards can then be completed independently as part of a station, with each student completing the recording sheet to hand in for a FUN WITH ORDER OF OPERATIONS Fun With Order of Operations. 06 July 2011. Get them up in moving in math! This Order of Operations activity was one of my favourite lessons last year. I know I've been talking about the importance of technology to keep your students engaged, but another way to keep them engaged is to get them moving. We still use the "BEDMAS" algorithm to 5 ACTIVITIES TO TEACH MEAN, MODE, MEDIAN Pull out the dice or cards and the whiteboards, and give your students a task like "Choose 5 cards and find the mean, mode and median. Let a partner check your work. Then switch." Or "Roll 10 dice to make a set of data. Find the mean, mode and median. Then, re-roll two of the dice and see how that changes your data." 5 ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING PLACE VALUE I'm back with an all new "5 Activities for Teaching" post (click the link for more 5 Activity Ideas).This one is all about Place Value.Like many of you, I always like to start my math year with Place Value. This post aims to take you past the traditional hands-on activities that students need like building and exchanging numbers using base 10 blocks, and hopefully gives you some new ideas to 5 ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING FRACTIONS 5. Stations, Stations, Stations - I found that using lots of math stations and centers was another hit during our fraction unit. The students LOVED the fun, hands-on activities they were doing, and I LOVED that they were kept busy, engaged, and learning while I had time to work with small groups for some extra reinforcement.DRAMA CIRCLES
They will learn to be open to new experiences. They will share a fun activity that has them learning to be comfortable with acting, performing, and reading aloud in front of their classmates. Students assemble in a circle, facing each other. The teacher hands out the cards in a random order (there are 40 cards in most of the dramacircles, so
A LETTER TO NEXT YEAR'S CLASS A Letter to Next Year's Class. 19 May 2014. I know this isn't a new idea, but I wanted to share another idea we did in my class at the end of last year. Last year we wrote letters to next year's class, but I added a little twist. Even though these letters were written to students in the grade below us, I can't begin to tell you how muchthese
A LITTLE BIT OF BLOOD AND GORE The students already knew that the red blood cells were the most plentiful type of cell in the blood, and the reason why blood appears the colour of red. Like magic, as soon as we added the Cheerios to our bottles, the plasma turned red. We then added some mini marshmallows to represent the white blood cells and purple pompoms to represent the PUT SOME P.O.W. IN YOUR WRITING! Put some P.O.W. in your Writing! 12 January 2013. I am SO excited to share my experiences with Teaching in Room 6's Paragraph of the Week!!! Stephanie and I teamed up for the Magical Product Swap over at Mrs. Stanford's Class. However, she didn't need to send me the resource for this - I was already using it in my classroom! A LITTLE BIT OF BLOOD AND GORE The students already knew that the red blood cells were the most plentiful type of cell in the blood, and the reason why blood appears the colour of red. Like magic, as soon as we added the Cheerios to our bottles, the plasma turned red. We then added some mini marshmallows to represent the white blood cells and purple pompoms to represent the NUMBERLESS WORD PROBLEMS You can make up a problem or use any word problem you have that fits your learning goal for numberless word problems (grab a textbook or worksheet) - just remove the numbers - and make sure you separate the problems (don't have all 3 on one page - students shouldn't see the third problem until the very end). After I displayed the slide I would ANGRY BIRDS = HAPPY STUDENTS Angry Birds = Happy Students. 16 May 2013. We just finished up our Angry Birds project - integrating math and science. I know I've shared a pic or two already, but I just have to show you how they turned out! I have a few students who are completely obsessed with angry birds this year, so when I remembered I had pinned nets for angry bird SOME SWEET TESTING ENCOURAGEMENT Some Sweet Testing Encouragement. 31 January 2015. Our testing doesn't begin until the end of May, but I know many of you are just about to start testing season (if you haven't already), so I thought I'd share some printables I made to encourage my students throughout the process. Let me begin by saying I'm not a huge fan of rewarding withfood
NONFICTION COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES So far, so good. Each reading strategy (and full lesson) is paired with an interesting nonfiction article (we've done two so far). This week we studied and discussed the strategies of "Turn and Talk" and "Read with a Question in Mind". Each time we have discussed the strategy first - tried it out, read the article, applied the strategy,wrote
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Then, we will refer to the wall during each lesson to reinforce our learning goals. At the end of the day we will revisit them one more time to do an oral summary of learning for the day. I'm also toying with the idea of using sticky notes as a kind of "exit slip". At the end of the day they will write one to two sentences on a sticky note PUT SOME P.O.W. IN YOUR WRITING! Put some P.O.W. in your Writing! 12 January 2013. I am SO excited to share my experiences with Teaching in Room 6's Paragraph of the Week!!! Stephanie and I teamed up for the Magical Product Swap over at Mrs. Stanford's Class. However, she didn't need to send me the resource for this - I was already using it in my classroom!DEAR MOTHER NATURE
Dear Mother Nature. 04 April 2013. Can someone please check the calendar for me? Mine must be broken. The date says it's April 4th, but it just can't be right this was the view from my classroom door this morning. This picture doesn't do the SNOWSTORM justice but believe me, it wasn't pretty. : (. So taking advantage of the moment MATH JOURNAL SUNDAYS Math Journal Sundays - Fractions. 10 June 2012. I've got two great math journal entries to share with you today, both about fractions. With the end of the year in sight, our math journal entries will be coming to end soon, too. These math journals have been my favourite addition to my classroom this year - hands down. ERROR ANALYSIS TEMPLATE Last week I shared a time-saving tip about how to use pre-made templates for some of your regular lessons and activities in the classroom - (view the post here).I received quite a few requests about sharing these templates, but I couldn't share the ones I showed because they were made on school time with school technology. RUNDE'S ROOMREMEMBRANCE DAYLITERACYWRITINGMATH ACTIVITIESEND OF THEYEARPOETRY
An educational blog. These new Interactive Math Mat Resources can be used as math warm-ups or reviews, with a small group in a guided math lesson, or as a math station. In these resources, I have included 6 different math mats to compare and order quantities, A/B and True/False answer cards for the students, and a huge quantity of number cards already prepped for you. FUN WITH ORDER OF OPERATIONS Fun With Order of Operations. 06 July 2011. Get them up in moving in math! This Order of Operations activity was one of my favourite lessons last year. I know I've been talking about the importance of technology to keep your students engaged, but another way to keep them engaged is to get them moving. We still use the "BEDMAS" algorithm to 5 ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING ANGLES 5. Angle Task Cards - This is another great station activity. These Angle Task Cards contain a Minds-On Task which I like to use to introduce the concept to the whole class, with each student completing the challenge task on a whiteboard or paper. The twelve task cards can then be completed independently as part of a station, with each student completing the recording sheet to hand in for a NUMBERLESS WORD PROBLEMS You can make up a problem or use any word problem you have that fits your learning goal for numberless word problems (grab a textbook or worksheet) - just remove the numbers - and make sure you separate the problems (don't have all 3 on one page - students shouldn't see the third problem until the very end). After I displayed the slide I would A LITTLE BIT OF BLOOD AND GORE The students already knew that the red blood cells were the most plentiful type of cell in the blood, and the reason why blood appears the colour of red. Like magic, as soon as we added the Cheerios to our bottles, the plasma turned red. We then added some mini marshmallows to represent the white blood cells and purple pompoms to represent the 5 ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING PLACE VALUE I'm back with an all new "5 Activities for Teaching" post (click the link for more 5 Activity Ideas).This one is all about Place Value.Like many of you, I always like to start my math year with Place Value. This post aims to take you past the traditional hands-on activities that students need like building and exchanging numbers using base 10 blocks, and hopefully gives you some new ideas to COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING IN MATH Variation #1 - Students work in groups of 4. One problem-solving page per student. Each student in the group individually answers the problem or question on a sticky note (give a time limit for this). Students then place all their sticky notes on a common page and read through the answers. Taking the very best parts of each person'sanswer
ANGRY BIRDS = HAPPY STUDENTS Angry Birds = Happy Students. 16 May 2013. We just finished up our Angry Birds project - integrating math and science. I know I've shared a pic or two already, but I just have to show you how they turned out! I have a few students who are completely obsessed with angry birds this year, so when I remembered I had pinned nets for angry bird SOME SWEET TESTING ENCOURAGEMENT Some Sweet Testing Encouragement. 31 January 2015. Our testing doesn't begin until the end of May, but I know many of you are just about to start testing season (if you haven't already), so I thought I'd share some printables I made to encourage my students throughout the process. Let me begin by saying I'm not a huge fan of rewarding withfood
A LETTER TO NEXT YEAR'S CLASS A Letter to Next Year's Class. 19 May 2014. I know this isn't a new idea, but I wanted to share another idea we did in my class at the end of last year. Last year we wrote letters to next year's class, but I added a little twist. Even though these letters were written to students in the grade below us, I can't begin to tell you how muchthese
RUNDE'S ROOMREMEMBRANCE DAYLITERACYWRITINGMATH ACTIVITIESEND OF THEYEARPOETRY
An educational blog. These new Interactive Math Mat Resources can be used as math warm-ups or reviews, with a small group in a guided math lesson, or as a math station. In these resources, I have included 6 different math mats to compare and order quantities, A/B and True/False answer cards for the students, and a huge quantity of number cards already prepped for you. FUN WITH ORDER OF OPERATIONS Fun With Order of Operations. 06 July 2011. Get them up in moving in math! This Order of Operations activity was one of my favourite lessons last year. I know I've been talking about the importance of technology to keep your students engaged, but another way to keep them engaged is to get them moving. We still use the "BEDMAS" algorithm to 5 ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING ANGLES 5. Angle Task Cards - This is another great station activity. These Angle Task Cards contain a Minds-On Task which I like to use to introduce the concept to the whole class, with each student completing the challenge task on a whiteboard or paper. The twelve task cards can then be completed independently as part of a station, with each student completing the recording sheet to hand in for a NUMBERLESS WORD PROBLEMS You can make up a problem or use any word problem you have that fits your learning goal for numberless word problems (grab a textbook or worksheet) - just remove the numbers - and make sure you separate the problems (don't have all 3 on one page - students shouldn't see the third problem until the very end). After I displayed the slide I would A LITTLE BIT OF BLOOD AND GORE The students already knew that the red blood cells were the most plentiful type of cell in the blood, and the reason why blood appears the colour of red. Like magic, as soon as we added the Cheerios to our bottles, the plasma turned red. We then added some mini marshmallows to represent the white blood cells and purple pompoms to represent the 5 ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING PLACE VALUE I'm back with an all new "5 Activities for Teaching" post (click the link for more 5 Activity Ideas).This one is all about Place Value.Like many of you, I always like to start my math year with Place Value. This post aims to take you past the traditional hands-on activities that students need like building and exchanging numbers using base 10 blocks, and hopefully gives you some new ideas to COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING IN MATH Variation #1 - Students work in groups of 4. One problem-solving page per student. Each student in the group individually answers the problem or question on a sticky note (give a time limit for this). Students then place all their sticky notes on a common page and read through the answers. Taking the very best parts of each person'sanswer
ANGRY BIRDS = HAPPY STUDENTS Angry Birds = Happy Students. 16 May 2013. We just finished up our Angry Birds project - integrating math and science. I know I've shared a pic or two already, but I just have to show you how they turned out! I have a few students who are completely obsessed with angry birds this year, so when I remembered I had pinned nets for angry bird SOME SWEET TESTING ENCOURAGEMENT Some Sweet Testing Encouragement. 31 January 2015. Our testing doesn't begin until the end of May, but I know many of you are just about to start testing season (if you haven't already), so I thought I'd share some printables I made to encourage my students throughout the process. Let me begin by saying I'm not a huge fan of rewarding withfood
A LETTER TO NEXT YEAR'S CLASS A Letter to Next Year's Class. 19 May 2014. I know this isn't a new idea, but I wanted to share another idea we did in my class at the end of last year. Last year we wrote letters to next year's class, but I added a little twist. Even though these letters were written to students in the grade below us, I can't begin to tell you how muchthese
SOME SWEET TESTING ENCOURAGEMENT Some Sweet Testing Encouragement. 31 January 2015. Our testing doesn't begin until the end of May, but I know many of you are just about to start testing season (if you haven't already), so I thought I'd share some printables I made to encourage my students throughout the process. Let me begin by saying I'm not a huge fan of rewarding withfood
NUMBERLESS WORD PROBLEMS You can make up a problem or use any word problem you have that fits your learning goal for numberless word problems (grab a textbook or worksheet) - just remove the numbers - and make sure you separate the problems (don't have all 3 on one page - students shouldn't see the third problem until the very end). After I displayed the slide I would COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING IN MATH Variation #1 - Students work in groups of 4. One problem-solving page per student. Each student in the group individually answers the problem or question on a sticky note (give a time limit for this). Students then place all their sticky notes on a common page and read through the answers. Taking the very best parts of each person'sanswer
A LETTER TO NEXT YEAR'S CLASS A Letter to Next Year's Class. 19 May 2014. I know this isn't a new idea, but I wanted to share another idea we did in my class at the end of last year. Last year we wrote letters to next year's class, but I added a little twist. Even though these letters were written to students in the grade below us, I can't begin to tell you how muchthese
NONFICTION COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES So far, so good. Each reading strategy (and full lesson) is paired with an interesting nonfiction article (we've done two so far). This week we studied and discussed the strategies of "Turn and Talk" and "Read with a Question in Mind". Each time we have discussed the strategy first - tried it out, read the article, applied the strategy,wrote
PASSION PROJECTS IN THE CLASSROOM In a nutshell, Genius Hour is something that happens in your classroom for one hour a week. During this time, students research and complete an inquiry project based on their passions - really digging deep into what motivates them.DEAR MOTHER NATURE
Dear Mother Nature. 04 April 2013. Can someone please check the calendar for me? Mine must be broken. The date says it's April 4th, but it just can't be right this was the view from my classroom door this morning. This picture doesn't do the SNOWSTORM justice but believe me, it wasn't pretty. : (. So taking advantage of the moment STILL HAVING FUN WITH FACTORS (AND A NUMBER Still Having Fun with Factors (and a number freebie) 04 April 2012. We're still having fun with factors and multiples in the classroom. We've been doing all hands-on and engaging activities - we haven't cracked open our textbooks once this unit. I've heard so many "math is SO fun" comments lately, it's put a permanent smile on my face during PUT SOME P.O.W. IN YOUR WRITING! Put some P.O.W. in your Writing! 12 January 2013. I am SO excited to share my experiences with Teaching in Room 6's Paragraph of the Week!!! Stephanie and I teamed up for the Magical Product Swap over at Mrs. Stanford's Class. However, she didn't need to send me the resource for this - I was already using it in my classroom! ERROR ANALYSIS TEMPLATE Last week I shared a time-saving tip about how to use pre-made templates for some of your regular lessons and activities in the classroom - (view the post here).I received quite a few requests about sharing these templates, but I couldn't share the ones I showed because they were made on school time with school technology. RUNDE'S ROOMREMEMBRANCE DAYLITERACYWRITINGMATH ACTIVITIESEND OF THEYEARPOETRY
An educational blog. These new Interactive Math Mat Resources can be used as math warm-ups or reviews, with a small group in a guided math lesson, or as a math station. In these resources, I have included 6 different math mats to compare and order quantities, A/B and True/False answer cards for the students, and a huge quantity of number cards already prepped for you. 5 ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING FRACTIONS 5. Stations, Stations, Stations - I found that using lots of math stations and centers was another hit during our fraction unit. The students LOVED the fun, hands-on activities they were doing, and I LOVED that they were kept busy, engaged, and learning while I had time to work with small groups for some extra reinforcement. 5 ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING PLACE VALUE I'm back with an all new "5 Activities for Teaching" post (click the link for more 5 Activity Ideas).This one is all about Place Value.Like many of you, I always like to start my math year with Place Value. This post aims to take you past the traditional hands-on activities that students need like building and exchanging numbers using base 10 blocks, and hopefully gives you some new ideas to 5 ACTIVITIES TO TEACH MEAN, MODE, MEDIAN Pull out the dice or cards and the whiteboards, and give your students a task like "Choose 5 cards and find the mean, mode and median. Let a partner check your work. Then switch." Or "Roll 10 dice to make a set of data. Find the mean, mode and median. Then, re-roll two of the dice and see how that changes your data." A LITTLE BIT OF BLOOD AND GORE The students already knew that the red blood cells were the most plentiful type of cell in the blood, and the reason why blood appears the colour of red. Like magic, as soon as we added the Cheerios to our bottles, the plasma turned red. We then added some mini marshmallows to represent the white blood cells and purple pompoms to represent the FUN WITH ORDER OF OPERATIONS Fun With Order of Operations. 06 July 2011. Get them up in moving in math! This Order of Operations activity was one of my favourite lessons last year. I know I've been talking about the importance of technology to keep your students engaged, but another way to keep them engaged is to get them moving. We still use the "BEDMAS" algorithm to 5 ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING ANGLES 5. Angle Task Cards - This is another great station activity. These Angle Task Cards contain a Minds-On Task which I like to use to introduce the concept to the whole class, with each student completing the challenge task on a whiteboard or paper. The twelve task cards can then be completed independently as part of a station, with each student completing the recording sheet to hand in for a A LETTER TO NEXT YEAR'S CLASS A Letter to Next Year's Class. 19 May 2014. I know this isn't a new idea, but I wanted to share another idea we did in my class at the end of last year. Last year we wrote letters to next year's class, but I added a little twist. Even though these letters were written to students in the grade below us, I can't begin to tell you how muchthese
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Dear Mother Nature. 04 April 2013. Can someone please check the calendar for me? Mine must be broken. The date says it's April 4th, but it just can't be right this was the view from my classroom door this morning. This picture doesn't do the SNOWSTORM justice but believe me, it wasn't pretty. : (. So taking advantage of the moment MATH JOURNAL SUNDAYS: POLYGONS AND DIVISION Math Journal Sundays: Polygons and Division. 07 April 2013. With Easter last weekend, I didn't get around to posting our math journal from last week. So, I have two entries to share with you today from our Interactive Math Journals. We're just finishing up our 2D Geometry unit. This journal entries for polygons was near the beginning of theunit.
RUNDE'S ROOMREMEMBRANCE DAYLITERACYWRITINGMATH ACTIVITIESEND OF THEYEARPOETRY
An educational blog. These new Interactive Math Mat Resources can be used as math warm-ups or reviews, with a small group in a guided math lesson, or as a math station. In these resources, I have included 6 different math mats to compare and order quantities, A/B and True/False answer cards for the students, and a huge quantity of number cards already prepped for you. 5 ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING FRACTIONS 5. Stations, Stations, Stations - I found that using lots of math stations and centers was another hit during our fraction unit. The students LOVED the fun, hands-on activities they were doing, and I LOVED that they were kept busy, engaged, and learning while I had time to work with small groups for some extra reinforcement. 5 ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING PLACE VALUE I'm back with an all new "5 Activities for Teaching" post (click the link for more 5 Activity Ideas).This one is all about Place Value.Like many of you, I always like to start my math year with Place Value. This post aims to take you past the traditional hands-on activities that students need like building and exchanging numbers using base 10 blocks, and hopefully gives you some new ideas to 5 ACTIVITIES TO TEACH MEAN, MODE, MEDIAN Pull out the dice or cards and the whiteboards, and give your students a task like "Choose 5 cards and find the mean, mode and median. Let a partner check your work. Then switch." Or "Roll 10 dice to make a set of data. Find the mean, mode and median. Then, re-roll two of the dice and see how that changes your data." A LITTLE BIT OF BLOOD AND GORE The students already knew that the red blood cells were the most plentiful type of cell in the blood, and the reason why blood appears the colour of red. Like magic, as soon as we added the Cheerios to our bottles, the plasma turned red. We then added some mini marshmallows to represent the white blood cells and purple pompoms to represent the FUN WITH ORDER OF OPERATIONS Fun With Order of Operations. 06 July 2011. Get them up in moving in math! This Order of Operations activity was one of my favourite lessons last year. I know I've been talking about the importance of technology to keep your students engaged, but another way to keep them engaged is to get them moving. We still use the "BEDMAS" algorithm to 5 ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING ANGLES 5. Angle Task Cards - This is another great station activity. These Angle Task Cards contain a Minds-On Task which I like to use to introduce the concept to the whole class, with each student completing the challenge task on a whiteboard or paper. The twelve task cards can then be completed independently as part of a station, with each student completing the recording sheet to hand in for a A LETTER TO NEXT YEAR'S CLASS A Letter to Next Year's Class. 19 May 2014. I know this isn't a new idea, but I wanted to share another idea we did in my class at the end of last year. Last year we wrote letters to next year's class, but I added a little twist. Even though these letters were written to students in the grade below us, I can't begin to tell you how muchthese
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Dear Mother Nature. 04 April 2013. Can someone please check the calendar for me? Mine must be broken. The date says it's April 4th, but it just can't be right this was the view from my classroom door this morning. This picture doesn't do the SNOWSTORM justice but believe me, it wasn't pretty. : (. So taking advantage of the moment MATH JOURNAL SUNDAYS: POLYGONS AND DIVISION Math Journal Sundays: Polygons and Division. 07 April 2013. With Easter last weekend, I didn't get around to posting our math journal from last week. So, I have two entries to share with you today from our Interactive Math Journals. We're just finishing up our 2D Geometry unit. This journal entries for polygons was near the beginning of theunit.
NUMBERLESS WORD PROBLEMS I started using Numberless Word Problems in my math classes late last year, and immediately, I was hooked. I loved how it made my students look at work problems in a different way - they really had to think about what the problem was asking and develop a plan to solve it - without being distracted by the actual numbers in the problem, or just taking the numbers in the problem and 5 ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING PROBLEM-SOLVING This "5 Activities for Teaching" post (click the link for more 5 Activity Ideas) is all about Problem-Solving in Math (and there just may be 6 activities in this one).As our testing relies heavily on our students' ability to problem-solve and analyze and solve word problems, we have a heavy focus on problem-solving all year long. NONFICTION COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES So far, so good. Each reading strategy (and full lesson) is paired with an interesting nonfiction article (we've done two so far). This week we studied and discussed the strategies of "Turn and Talk" and "Read with a Question in Mind". Each time we have discussed the strategy first - tried it out, read the article, applied the strategy,wrote
A LETTER TO NEXT YEAR'S CLASS A Letter to Next Year's Class. 19 May 2014. I know this isn't a new idea, but I wanted to share another idea we did in my class at the end of last year. Last year we wrote letters to next year's class, but I added a little twist. Even though these letters were written to students in the grade below us, I can't begin to tell you how muchthese
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Then, we will refer to the wall during each lesson to reinforce our learning goals. At the end of the day we will revisit them one more time to do an oral summary of learning for the day. I'm also toying with the idea of using sticky notes as a kind of "exit slip". At the end of the day they will write one to two sentences on a sticky note SOME SWEET TESTING ENCOURAGEMENT Some Sweet Testing Encouragement. 31 January 2015. Our testing doesn't begin until the end of May, but I know many of you are just about to start testing season (if you haven't already), so I thought I'd share some printables I made to encourage my students throughout the process. Let me begin by saying I'm not a huge fan of rewarding withfood
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My Favorite No. 24 March 2016. My Favorite No is my favorite YES in my math class. I seriously LOVE this. I fell in love with this idea when I first saw it just over two years ago (you can read a previous blog post HERE ). I started in the classroom then, and it has stayed a favorite. The first 10-15 minutes of my math block is always reserved STARTING THE DAILY 5 AND CAFE Starting the Daily 5 and CAFE. 08 September 2012. Well - we've been back at it for a week now, and I'm EXHAUSTED! But it's a good exhausted, and I'm so looking forward to the year. I've a got a great bunch of students this year, and I'm excited to share this year with them. So, after our Daily 5 and CAFE book study at We Read, We Blog,We Teach
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NUMBERLESS WORD PROBLEMS09 August 2019
I started using Numberless Word Problems in my math classes late last year, and immediately, I was hooked. I loved how it made my students look at work problems in a different way - they really had to think about what the problem was asking ... and develop a plan to solve it - without being distracted by the actual numbers in the problem, or just taking the numbers in the problem and adding or multiplying them together. The conversations that were happening between my students were fascinating - they were far more willing to take risks with their partners or small groups because the numbers were eliminated at first - students weren't worried about their math skills, or getting the "answer" wrong. Engagement was definitely high and students were eager to share what strategies they used to "solve" the numberlessproblems.
Numberless word problems are an excellent way to get your students thinking about WHAT the word problem is actually asking them to do and developing strategies for solving the problem. Using these kinds of word problems provides the essential scaffolding that helps students develop a stronger understanding of how the numbers work together and how to make a plan to solve the problem. I would use these problems as a mini-ish lesson (takes a little longer than the 10 minute lesson) when beginning a particular concept (operations, measurement, fractions, etc.), when teaching a problem-solving strategy (using smaller numbers, simpler problem, identifying the operation, etc.), or when practicing algorithms or strategies for multiplication and division. These are great for differentiation when practicing these strategies because students are working with "their own" numbers for the first problems; encourage students to use numbers that are reasonable, but that they are comfortable working with.I would do these activities as a whole class - projecting the problems so everyone could see. I would display the first slide - a chosen problem with all numbers removed like the example on the right. You can make up a problem or use any word problem you have that fits your learning goal for numberless word problems (grab a textbook or worksheet) - just remove the numbers - and make sure you separate the problems (don't have all 3 on one page - students shouldn't see the third problem until the very end). After I displayed the slide I would them let my students talk (or use whiteboards or their journals) with their elbow buddy or small group,
asking:
* "What do you know about the problem?" (here I would look for answers like numbers are increasing per day) * "What do you need to know?" (what are the points? is there a pattern? how many points on Thursday?) * "What is a possible solution?" (here I ask the students to try to come up with an equation related to the learning goal (in this case - adding and subtracting large numbers) using their own set of reasonable numbers - they may come up with something like 100 + 200 + 300 + _____ + 500 = 1500, or 250 + 300 = 500, or something completely different.) At this point I ask students to share some of their equations with the class and we discuss if the answer makes sense and if it is reasonable. This is a great time to check for misconceptions, too - make sure students understand the importance of the word increasing ... and that we are looking for a specific answer for aspecific day.
I would then show the second problem - same problem, same question, with some information added to it. This time students discuss: * "What changed in the problem?" "Does this change your
equation?" How?"
* By asking them again, "What do you need to know?" they narrow down what information is still missing and realize that the actual question they need to solve did not change, but HOW they go about solving the problem may change - they may need to change their equation (here I would look for students realizing this was a multi-step problem - that they would probably have to add points together and subtract from the total to find Thursday - reminding students of the learning goal while they work through these questions often helps them with choosing thecorrect steps).
* Students work with their partners to change their original equation (either by substituting in the new information for their number and re-evaluating, or by using a new equation altogether. Again, students are asked to share how their thinking evolved or what made them change their thinking.The third problem I show has all the information they need to solve the problem. But instead of having students work with their partner or small group, I have them work independently for the first few minutes ... then I usually allow them to partner up - making sure they "prove" their solution to each other. That independent part is important to help them become risk-takers and attempt difficult things and use their problem-solving strategies and make a plan to start ... and all those great things we want them to do when working independently. I choose one or two pairs or groups to share their work at the end and model how they solved the problem.
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been making some NUMBERLESS WORD PROBLEM RESOURCES to use in my classroom. Each resource contains 10 different scaffolded problems, plus an extra "challenge" page that has 3 - 4 more word problems (not numberless) that review other math concepts related to the word problem. There are also problem-solving templates, learning goal and success criteria to display, and an answer key. Each resource also contains a self-reflection form, as well as peer and teacher feedback forms for formative assessment opportunities, and a rubric for more formal assessments. Having students actively use the feedback forms to make improvements on their next problems by explaining how they used the feedback on their self-reflection forms makes these word problems an excellent portfolio piece or piece of assessment evidence. You can take a peek at these resources by clicking HERE:
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QUICK WRITING REFLECTION01 August 2019
This super easy "Don't Stop Until You're Proud" chart may be the best thing that happens to your writing program. Seriously. Student self-reflection, goal-setting, peer feedback, writing collaborating, teacher evidence, portfolio piece ... all in a 5 - 10 minute activity. And the very best one - student pride. I'm lucky in that most of my students love writing every year. They really do. A definite credit to my fantastic coworkers who built this into our students. We do a lot of formal writing all the time, but we also make the time to do a lot of "free writing" in my class. Any writing style. Any genre. Any topic. Just write. 10 - 15 minutes. But ... be prepared to share your writing with a friend at the end of the time. (You can read more about this time in my blog post - JUST LET THEM WRITE).
About every 2 - 3 weeks, I quickly title a piece of chart, "Don't Stop Until You're Proud - The Line I'm Most Proud of Today is ..." and hand out sticky notes. The chart isn't instagram pretty, but it's easy and crazy effective. Which makes it way better than instagram pretty in my books. I usually have this set up before they begin writing, so they're working just a little harder while they're crafting their pieces ... knowing they will share their best at the end. This chart works for any kind of writing - after formal writing lessons, or after fun free writing time. I try to do a combination of both. Sometimes I relate the writing to a particular goal we're working on from our WRITING UNITS which focus on the traits of writing, or from our INDEPENDENT WRITINGGOAL CLIP CHART
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or I ask them to include a kind of punctuation and circle it (comma, apostrophe, etc.), and sometimes there are no rules at all. When our writing time is up, I ask the students to read through their work, focusing on their very, very best line or sentence from their work - the sentence they are most proud of (I really play this part up). They then buddy up to read each other what they have. Working together, they need to make at least two improvements to their line (improve a word, fix spelling, add a phrase, etc.). When this is done, they write their sentences on a sticky note and add them to the chart paper. That's it. My students are always anxious to read what others have written - and their compliments to each other are so genuine. I love it. So ... chart done - now what? You could leave the activity at that - writing revision, self-reflection, peer feedback, peer collaboration ... 10 minutes ... check. Or you could use the stickies for: * students add them to a portfolio page where they can track the growth in their writing over a term or year * teacher can add them to assessment binders for writing evidence - especially at the end of units or near the end of the term * use them in student teacher conferences to set new writing goals or provide quick oral feedback * use them as exemplars of great writing and share (can be anonymous) with the class * use them as story starters for a quick writing activity - read the student's sentence and have the class write the next sentence (or finish the paragraph) (my classes LOVE this one) And this chart doesn't have to be for writing - I'm going to try, "The proudest math moment I had today was ..." next year. :) Writing resources in this blog post: Posted by Runde's Roomat 1:00 PM
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DONUT YOU KNOW ... A FAST NO-PREP MATH GAME25 July 2019
Looking for more fun ways to incorporate a little extra math facts practice into your day? This super fun, no prep math game is a huge hit in my classroom. I've seen the idea floating around instagram and pinterest a few times, and decided to try it out. My crews always love a little competition, and actually, practicing their math facts too, so this game became an instant winner. They seriouslylove it.
You start out by drawing a donut (hence the name - "Donut You Know". We use whiteboards, but any surface can be used. Then you write your numbers around the donut (be intentional with the numbers depending on the skill you are practicing). *These numbers can stay the same for all the rounds you play.* Then ... with dramatic flair ... announce the donut hole number and skill ... and watch the students go crazy as they try to solve all the facts first. *No calculator allowed - mental math only. We don't use a time limit - the first person, or pair, or group to solve all facts correctly wins. When a group has finished, they yell, "check" and all groups pause - markers in the air. I run over, do a quick check, and if all are correct, the game is done and we start again with a new number. If they have an incorrect fact I hand the board back to them and say, "game on" - meaning they need to find their error and correct it and all other groups can go back to work, too. It literally takes one minute to complete a round. To play a second round, just erase the numbers around the donut and in the donut hole - leaving the numbers on the donut. Just change the skill and number in the middle of the donut hole and students solve all the facts again. This game can be used to practice all kinds of math skills: * adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing * whole numbers and decimals * adding or subtracting fractions * doubling and halving * tripling and thirding * multiplying by powers of 10 * mental math strategies * number talk strategies Check out these other fun ways to help your students master thosetricky math facts:
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BACK TO SCHOOL GRAPHING ACTIVITY17 July 2019
Are you looking for a new idea for a math back to school activity? These back to school Pop-Up Bar Graphs might be just what you need! I needed something new this year because I will have most of my class for a second time (I taught them in 4th, and will now have them for 6th). They are a fantastic bunch and I'm looking so forward to another great year with them. One activity they particularly enjoyed was our Pop-Up Bar Graphs,
so I thought I could incorporate that idea into our first day ofschool this year.
This BACK TO SCHOOL 3D POP-UP BAR GRAPH activity contains an ice breaker activity students will use as they survey questions. The object is for each student to find out how many classmates have the same answers as them. They will then use this data to complete a graphing organizer, graphing reflection, and an interactive 3D bar graph that will WOW! A learning goal and success criteria poster is also included, along with full lesson and assembly instructions.You
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MATH SCAVENGER HUNTS13 August 2018
One of my favorite ways to use task cards in the classroom is to hide them around the classroom, so students have to hunt for the cards before they can complete each task. Cards are numbered, so students can complete the tasks in any order. It's just a little way to get them out of their seats and moving around the room, and it's a super easy way to add a little more fun to the activity. It only takes a couple of minutes to do - I'll hide the cards in the morning or during a break - when the kids aren't in the room - in the bookshelf, behind cupboard doors, under a desk top, on the back of a chair ... anywhere except inside desks or books. This way of hiding task cards led to me creating these MATH SCAVENGERHUNT TASK CARDS
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One of our school goals is to continue to integrate more technology into our activities, so I made these cards as more of a "digital scavenger hunt" - students will collect pictures of the objects or numbers they need to find according to the task cards, rather than collect the actual object or number. Students can take pictures of the objects on any device - depending on the number of devices you have available, you could have students complete this activity individually, in pairs, or in groups. I only have 5 iPads in my room, so we'll definitely be working in groups. You can have students work only in your classroom to complete the tasks (or find the objects), or they can work in a larger area of the school if you have access to one. Students should hunt through books, magazines, classroom walls and resources, newspapers, anywhere and everywhere, while trying to find the different objects. Students could use the pictures they collect as evidence they have completed the tasks. They could also display their picture galleries to other groups during a "gallery walk" activity. You could also take it a step further and have students create a quick slideshow of their scavenger finds. There are many possibilities. Pictures could also be printed and added to students journal responses as a reflective bulletin board. This SCAVENGER HUNT TASK CARD BUNDLE contains 4 different scavenger hunt resources - Place Value, Math in Real Life (a good overall review of math terms), Classroom Geometry, and Classroom Measurement (two versions of this resource are included - one with metric units and one with customary). Each resource makes a great diagnostic activity at the beginning of the unit, or a review before a summative task. They are also an easy low-prep activity, perfect for your sub tub, or math station resources. Each resource contains a Minds-On Task I like to use whole group to introduce the activity, 12 task cards, a journal prompt (this is optional - it could also be a good discussion question or activity at the end of the task), and a student answer page. You can take a peek at my MATH SCAVENGER HUNT BUNDLEby clicking HERE
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