Math Stuff
All Grades:
Subitizing Cards (print, laminate and show!)
Splat by Steve Wyborney
Worksheetworks.com <-- Teacher's best friend!
Hexagonal Discussions (Example of a completed one)
Grade 3
Grade 4:
Multiplication: Grid Method or Box Method
Word Wall (from Virginia)
I use this like a number talk.I take one word per day, for about 100 days. We talk about the word, other words associated with it, how to calculate it, how to recognize it, things they notice... Like a number talk.
A little prep first: (1) Print (2) Cut out each word (3) Glue to colored paper (4) Laminate (5) Put in a bin in the order you want to use them
Daily Number Talk routine: (1) Show a math problem from my number talks books, Let kids sit silently with it, or with white boards, for about five minutes (2) Tell them something like "Before we solve this, let's learn about this word."
Grade 5:
Number Corners Extra Cards: Thirds
Number Corners Extra Cards: Fractions & Decimals
Number Corners: Extra Cards: Fractions and Inches/Feet
Performance Tasks Performance Task Workspace
Quick Geometry Tests I like to give one every Friday, to check for understanding. At the end, there is one final.
Measurement and Conversion Reference Sheet for ...
Partial Products Box Method of Multiplying
Grade 6:
Other Resources:
Math Centers for the other grades
Animations to help your class understand
(Geogebra is a great site! I only linked you to the triangle one, but seriously, search for any math animation and they got it!)
Performance Task for Test Prep
Bulletin Boards:
What kind of Mathematician are you?
Youcubed new norms & Youcubed old norms
Brenner Worksheets
These worksheets here are gold! It is one worksheet that you can use for 50 lessons... The idea is that you provide the number, like G=3 and students complete the worksheet. Once students understand the basic format, that's when you can start differentiating based on ability. You can have your low group do G=3, and then you can have your high group say G=3.4. You get the idea. Sometimes, I put three options on the board, G = 3, G =3.4, and G = 1/3 and let them choose their level of difficulty. This way, students are continually challenged, yet still repeating the practice that they need. It ends up with a really great discussions in class, that everyone can participate in.
Number Talks
Each of these videos below is a number talks to get everyone going. You can do them in line with your curriculum sure, but you can also use these as sub-plans one day or when are just tried and telling everyone to sit down and be quiet WHILE trying to give instruction! HA! This is real talk, right? The "Deeply Satisfying Math" can even kill a good hour if you get your kids on Geogebra! (It's under geometry.)
Five Fives
The Five-Five solutions is how I start the year. You can quickly see which kids give up quickly and which persevere; which students have a large base of knowledge and which are lacking basic skills. What do they call that: Low floor and High Ceiling? And then, I can always revisit it with Three Threes and Two Twos . The original activities is at Youcubed. Great for building classroom communities. The last one, called "Parabolic Curves" (and the attached worksheets) is also used when the kids need to kick-start their creative math brains!
Geometry
First, before you start any unit on Geometry, try Circle Math. If you already did it before, you can do it again! It's the beauty of the folding exercise: Students can notice new things each time and you can go deeper each time. Watch this video to see what I mean.
Circle Math
This Activity builds number sense but it's also great if you are new to number talks I need to get your footing. There's literally a script for you to read right in front of your students. All you have to do is photocopy the paper, give them three crayons, three copies and read the script. But some kids need more.. right? So, use these advanced notes!
Symmetry
The big question on all those state tests is "How many lines of symmetry is this have?" Here's a fun activity to get the ball rolling.
Now, you can get into some fun geometry that blows their minds. Want to learn...
to classify quadrilaterals? to classify quadrilaterals another way?
All these little programs are from Geogebra, a great website for demonstrating geometry... and other cool math things....
This is a fun video I made during the pandemic. If you need to kill 20 minutes, let your kids explore geogebra on their Chromebooks... here is how,
Subitizing Cards.pdfSubitizing
If you don't know about subitizing, you are missing out. Some people call it "visualizing math." Basically, print these cards. Laminate them and put them on cardstock. Show each image to your class for three seconds. Then, give them as much think-time as they need. Here is my video on what subtizing is so you can use it everyday! Fun and educational?!?! WHAT?!?!
(and it's not so hard to make this a center!)
Decimals
Multiplication
SONGS
7s Count by Sevens Song... Super annoying so they won't forget!
8s Count by Eights Song Yup, this one is very cringy but cringy works!
Everyone knows the tricks with nines.... Do you know the tricks with 7??? Watch this video!
Fractions
This is another thing from GeoGebra. This time it is an interactive representation of fractions! Change the variables and see what a valuable classroom tool this is!
Fold this up.. what do you call them coochie catchers? I don't know.. those flippy foldy things... but with fractions!
Other People I like
Pixel Art
If you don't know about Pixel art, you are missing out. There are some great creators out there but these two are the best! They are always adding new things. What pixel art is is a Google Form that has been programmed for repeated practice of skills, like multiplication facts or adding decimals. As students plug in the correct answer, a part of an image appears, giving them immediate feedback! I use pixel art from these two people as a morning warm-up, as a homework assignment. Really fun! Some kids in my class were inspired to make their own, which teaches programming skills. Now remember, these creators create and offer it for free, like me. So don't get taking it and selling it... otherwise, they will stop offering it for free!
Fun Stuff to Liven the Boring Days
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