Solve ‘n Switch: Partner Activity for Math Task Cards
Cooperative learning activities are often designed for teams of four students. However, sometimes a team is just too big, especially in math. Sometimes the perfect number of students for a…
Cooperative learning activities are often designed for teams of four students. However, sometimes a team is just too big, especially in math. Sometimes the perfect number of students for a…
…Numbers and Measurements The Man Who Walked Between the Towers includes many references to lengths, heights, and widths, so I created a set of task cards that display those quantities….
…letters for yourself and 7 letters for the class. Write the class letters in huge blocks on the board with the number values clearly shown. Play against the class play…
…a much higher academic success rate. Although it is certainly possible to explicitly teach vocabulary, I love to incorporate “word collecting” in everything we do. I have 5 ways for…
…to present. What types of content for presentations would yield high interest? Determine the number of make-and take stations and the content for each station. Examples of make-and-take stations include…
…why do we need Rule 5, “Keep your dear teacher happy?” Rule 5 addresses your most challenging students … the ones who will quarrel with you about Rules 1-4! (Click…
…random number generator to determine the winner. The dry erase board set will be shipped directly to the winner’s school, but it will be noted that the set belongs to…
…visual models and sharing and grouping strategies but had never connected that to bigger numbers. Instead, they had learned a procedure that had no connection to their definition of division….
…the October Activities Pack and print out the chart from there. Pumpkin Predictions Procedure Have students number off around the team, and Person #1 becomes the first recorder. Each team…
…5, as well as many of the math practices of the current standards. This strategy provides a hand-on approach to understanding the actual number placement in two-digit multiplication problems. It…
