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Five Best School Buddy Activities November 19 2010, 2 Comments
School Buddies help kids regardless of age. Here are tips to help set up your own classroom Buddies as well as five suggested activities!Goodie Bag Ideas for the Classroom September 23 2010, 1 Comment
Goodie Bags are a low-cost way to connect with students and parents in your classroom throughout the year. Here are simple ideas and examples to help you create your own special Goodie Bags!How To Deal With Sibling Rivalry August 09 2010, 0 Comments
Listening as children fight can raise our blood pressure, but sibling rivalry is a normal and valuable part of learning how to work out conflict. These tips help you keep your sanity through the process!Five Fun Summer Science Experiments August 03 2010, 0 Comments
Afraid your children are missing out on learning over the summer? Use these science experiments to sneak in some valuable scientific concepts and have fun doing it!Top 5 Ways to Teach About Germs April 05 2010, 2 Comments
Germs are everywhere. They are, however, invisible. This makes it difficult to teach younger kids at their more concrete stage of development that germs do, in fact, actually exist. Included in this post are five of the best ways to teach children about germs!Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the Classroom January 12 2010, 0 Comments
Our national holiday celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is the third Monday in January. Use these free activities to help celebrate his life and important contributions with the kids in your classroom this week!Pumpkin Patrol - History of Halloween October 27 2009, 0 Comments
The rich history of Halloween lends itself to interesting discussions, questions and explorations. Included is a brief history to get your kids started, along with some tips and suggestions to help them process and expand on this high-interest subject matter.Free "Scarecrow Math" Lesson Plan! October 23 2009, 0 Comments
You get to choose what type of problem you want your students to solve. Each "Scarecrow Math" problem solves an addition, subtraction, multiplication or division problem!
This lesson is easy to differentiate depending upon the assessed math skills of the child.
Appropriate for Grades K-3
Each child can create any of the following types of word problems:
Addition - Add all the scarecrows on the page. Add all the pumpkins on the page.
Subtraction - Draw a crow eating the pumpkins to subtract pumpkins.
Division- Dividing the pumpkins being protected from the crows by a scarecrow of their own solves the the division problem.
Multiplication - Multiplying the pumpkins around each scarecrow solves the multiplication problem.
The student writes the word problem on the paper.
Materials:
- Free "Scarecrow Math" template
- Scissors
- Green or yellow construction paper
- Crayons
- Glue
- Orange glitter
Directions for the Multiplication and Division Problems:
- Decide what the numbers will be. (e.g. 3 x 2 = 6 and 6 ÷ 2 = 3).
- Color & cut out the pumpkins and scarecrows to make the problem.
- Glue the pumpkins around the scarecrows to create the problem.
(e.g. 2 scarecrows, 6 pumpkins, 3 pumpkins being protected by each scarecrow.) - Write the numbers showing the problems underneath the picture showing the problems.
(e.g. 3 x 2 = 6 and 6 ÷ 2 = 3).
Extension Activities:
Demonstration/Classroom Wall
Create a classroom bulletion board with enlarged photocopies of the attached free template. Solve a few word problem together on the bulletin board or felt board as an example before the students get started on their own. Teachers can also make overhead transparencies of the scarecrows and pumpkins to use for instruction.
Spooky Math Technology Games
Here's a link to a page with free interactive math games for the computer lab this week!
Be sure to scroll down all the way to see the links.
More "Math Art" by Caroline Brooke
Pumpkin Patrol - Technology October 19 2009, 0 Comments
Love it or hate it, technology in the classroom is here to stay...and constantly change. Here are some tips for managing technology as well as some pumpkin activities to "round out" your October!- Page 1 of 2
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