Category Archives: classroom
Day 84: Hungry?
While the snack choices do look delicious, this was not what I expected inside one of the desks, particularly since there is no eating during my 4th period class (the given snack breaks are prior to 3rd period and right … Continue reading
Day 78: More of the Same
My 5th grade advanced math students continued to solve The Candy Shoppe problem. While most are progressing beautifully through, the greatest challenge has been expressing the solution clearly and precisely. My 6th grade math students worked on task cards for … Continue reading
Day 77: Decimal Number Scavenger Hunt
Where do you find decimal numbers? What are they used for? On Thursday, we had brainstormed a variety of applications for decimal numbers. Through discussion, my 6th graders concluded that decimal numbers are used to measure length, width, height, depth, … Continue reading
Day 69: Venn Diagrams and the GCF
Just this year I learned how to use a Venn diagram to find the greatest common factor of two or more numbers using the prime factors. Venn diagrams have always been a part of students’ experience, integrated into literature discussions, … Continue reading
Day 63: Number of the Day Place Value Review
Today was all about a trip down memory lane. The Number of the Day task was to tap students’ prior knowledge about place value concepts and basic operations, all in preparation for our upcoming unit on decimals. (Yes, I know … Continue reading
Day 61: Task Card Obsessed
Brightly colored card stock, binder rings, the laminating machine and the paper cutter are my favorite teaching tools. Practice and review are so much more fun when the questions to be solved are printed on neatly trimmed task cards with … Continue reading
Day 60: Revisiting a Favorite
Earlier in the year, I used this great activity from Runde’s Room to review prime factorization with my 6th graders. Because of its resounding success the first time around, using the task for my 5th grade advanced class was a … Continue reading
Day 59: Factor Flip
Share and share alike. It’s how we grow as teachers. It’s how I’ve grown over this past year with ideas and activities from my friends in the MTBoS. The free activities on Teachers Pay Teachers have also been a great … Continue reading
Day 58: Dividing Fractions and Whole Numbers Aggravation
When you strongly believe students should develop understanding of a concept through hands-on activities, exploration and discussion, teaching division with fractions (among other concepts) can be down-right aggravating. Sometimes I wish I could erase memorized procedures from memory and replace … Continue reading
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