Blogging For A World-Wide Audience--Thanks To Google Translate

Hello everybody!  Thank you lot for all of your back upward to .  I promise that my hand-on math ideas together with math concepts I volition hold out sharing volition hold out able to larn worldwide.  Thanks to Google Translate (just below my header) all the blog's content tin hold out translated into several dissimilar languages!  I don't know if it volition hold out grammatically right inwards each language, but it gives the chance for many to a greater extent than people to larn the information.  You powerfulness visit adding this gadget to your blog.

So, if you lot know of soul inwards to a greater extent than or less other the world or soul who would prefer to read this weblog inwards their native language--please part it.

What other languages too English linguistic communication create you lot know?  Is Google Translate accurate amongst that language?

Math Activities Amongst H2o Ice Cubes...

The alphabetic quality I was hard to come upwardly up alongside something, simply I mean value ice cubes tin hold upwardly fun to play with...

• You tin detect out the book of a bunch of H2O ice cubes past times filling upwardly a measuring loving cup to a for sure measuring in addition to thence lay the cubes in.  The departure is the book of the H2O ice itself. (Water displacement)
• See how many H2O ice cubes y'all tin stack i on operate past times of another.
• Build an H2O ice cube pyramid.  How many H2O ice cubes did y'all use?  You could hold upwardly given a for sure amount in addition to brand whatever other type of structure.
• Get a bunch of ice, lay it inward a measuring bowl or cup, guess how much H2O it volition hold upwardly when it melts.  Come dorsum the side past times side day... Was your guess correct?  Is at that spot a pool of H2O on the exterior of the drinking glass from condensation?
• You tin utter nearly freezing temperatures for H2O vs. apple tree juice, soda, or something else.  Try making unlike types of frozen cubes.  Do they melt at the same speed every bit ice?  Try a side-by-side comparison.

What math things tin y'all produce alongside ICE CUBES?

Math Activities Alongside Jackets

You tin create math activities amongst sizes, colors, in addition to varieties of jackets...

• Sort all the jackets past times color...How many are blue, white, orange, etc.?
• Make a graph.  You could create less specific coloring--light vs. dark.
• Sort the jackets past times apparently vs. ones amongst emblems or hoods vs. no hoods.  What percentages are they?
• Make a designing amongst them in addition to bring your classmates come across if they tin recognize the pattern.
• Wade a jacket upward to a ball in addition to come across who tin toss it the farthest--measure the distance.
• See how many jackets you lot tin set on until you lot can't motility your arms--then bring people gauge how many jackets you lot are wearing.
• Find out the full cost of the jackets using the buy price.

What other activities tin you lot come upward up amongst using JACKETS?

Math Activities Amongst Money

Playing alongside coin tin hold upward actually fun equally a kid (and mayhap equally an adult too).  I discovery that many kids discovery it hard to brand alter alongside money, though.  I am trying to larn around children's mass published that involve playing alongside money.  If you lot require to impress out around play money, you lot tin impress my 'menu money' here.

Here are around activities you lot tin create alongside your student.

• Have a kid add upward iii unlike priced items (total nether $20).  Have them discovery alter (from a $20 bill).
• Play alongside imitation coin (add, subtract, multiply, in addition to divide).
• Add upward an lodge at the grocery store, carve upward to discovery the average per draw of piece of employment solid member.
• At a eating theater multiply in addition to encounter how much the full would hold upward if everyone ordered the same thing.
• For whatever of these situations, given the play money, bring them brand alter from a larger paid amount (If the full is $8.75, how much would you lot larn dorsum if you lot gave them $20--and to hold upward to a greater extent than difficult--how much would you lot larn dorsum if you lot gave them $20.25?)
• Get to know what currency is inward your area--US $, CAN $, Euros, etc. in addition to practise using them.
• Play alongside a budget.  Have the kids conception meals alongside exclusively a sure enough amount of coin for a few days--can they remain inside the budget?

Are at that topographic point there whatever other denominations of 'menu money' you lot desire to see?  .01 or .50? Maybe a l or 100?

Math Activities Alongside Rectangles

A rectangle is ane of my favorite shapes--probably because they are everywhere!

• Draw a rectangle on graph paper.
• How many other shapes tin yous trace within it?  A square, to a greater extent than rectangles, triangles, circles.
• What is the surface area within the rectangle?
• What is the perimeter measurement.
• Go into ane room inwards your house.
• Estimate how many rectangles are inwards the room.
• Write or trace on a slice of newspaper how many things inwards the room are made of rectangles. (For representative a bookcase--and how many rectangles does it convey inwards it--the shelves as well as the books)
• Is the room a rectangle?  Can yous uncovering the surface area of the room?

Can yous uncovering twenty rectangles merely about yous inwards thirty seconds or less?  Hint: you're already staring at ane reading this.

Math Activities Alongside Tools.

I catch myself a handy person.  Are you?  Here's some mutual tools I use...

There are a lot of ways to role tools in addition to most of them involve math!

• Working alongside a level...
• You tin verbalise nearly horizontal in addition to vertical, along alongside degrees of angles.
• One hands-on math action is hanging upwards a painting demo frame that has 2 points that involve to endure hung.
• Using a record measure...(Doesn't every kids honey to sentry it recoil dorsum inward the case?)
• Measure things around your house.  Books, expanse rugs, doors, desks, almost anything!
• You tin hash out dissimilar forms of measurement--inches, feet, in addition to yards inward the the United States in addition to millimeters, centimeters, in addition to meters almost everywhere else.
• A screwdriver...
• Most mutual ones are the Flat caput in addition to Phillips head.  If anyone has bought something at IKEA yous in all likelihood had a footling lesson alongside them.  
• You tin learn clockwise to tighten in addition to counter-clockwise to loosen (although plumbing tin endure the opposite).
• An Allen wrench set...
• See how many article of furniture pieces yous accept that role this.  I know I role my laid a lot for bath fixtures.  For an action learn some screws that accept the hex indentation in addition to come across if the kids tin discovery the right wrench they need.
• A combination wrench (I had to await on Wikipedia for the advert of this i since I forgot)
• If yous always accept a bike to set together yous volition involve i of these... For an action yous tin choice upwards hex screws at your hardware shop in addition to brand come across how many consummate turns yous tin create earlier the screw is inward the wood.

What is your favorite tool?  Is math involved when yous role it?

Math Activities Alongside An X-Axis

I was thinking of merely doing x (the variable) for today, but my hubby idea it was equally good boring.  Someone had stopped yesteryear the weblog before wondering if I did the x-axis today, too hence I'm changing my tedious variable x post to the x-axis post : )

Here is a brief expaination of what the x-axis is from Mathworld.wolfram.com.

My favorite things to produce alongside an x-axis was mapping coordinates too finding their slope.  In seventh flat I took algebra I'd honey to shade the dissimilar sides of the lines alongside my collection of highlighters.

Here roughly activities your kids tin do.

• Make a map of a local commons on a slice of graph newspaper or merely brand upwardly your ain map.  Make the x-axis too y-axis too set out them.  Plot out trees too major areas of the commons (playground, lawn tennis courts, fountain, etc).
• Label the coordinates for them.
• Can yous detect the slope between 2 trees or commons features?
• What is the distance betwixt the close distant points (hint yous may bespeak to brand a correct angled triangle to figure it out).
• Take a corner of the classroom or measure corner.  Distinguish which 1 volition live on the x-axis, y-axis, too z-axis.  
• With a mensuration tape, plot out 1 especial inward the room such equally a desk.  Here are roughly tips on xyz drawings.  Drawing 3D shapes tin live on pretty fun.

What produce yous similar doing alongside an x-axis?

What's Next?

Now that the Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 to Z Challenge is over it's fourth dimension to acquire downward to a regular blogging schedule.  I nevertheless necessitate to brand a defined schedule of topics, but I know I volition live on blogging on Monday, Wednesday, in addition to Thursday.  I mightiness sneak inwards a Sabbatum 1 time inwards a while, but 3 times a calendar week is a adept destination for me spell raising 5 kids.

I nevertheless direct keep a lot to learn, but I merely joined Pinterest in addition to got onto TpT, but don't direct keep anything for sale in that place yet.  I direct keep a blogging buddy at Magic Mistakes in addition to Mayhem and nosotros are setting weblog goals in addition to volition re-evaluate those twice a month.

My query to y'all is...

What produce y'all desire to come across (one or to a greater extent than combo of these)?
   A.  More detailed hands-on math activities.
   B.  Website links to math games/resources
   C.  Themed math units (i.e. improver or fractions)
   D.  Math mass reviews.

And produce y'all direct keep an advice for me every bit I cash inwards one's chips along growing an expanding my blog?

I would similar to produce the Teaching Blog Traffic School but if y'all know of whatever other sites or full general tips to assistance a novel blogger, delight permit me know.

Thanks!

Google+ Communities

So, I'm trying to striking all the social networks to percentage nearly my interests--math, Elementary Education, together with writing children's books.

I am having a hard fourth dimension amongst Facebook, exactly I did brand a fan page if y'all role Facebook...  Lucy Ravitch--Author together with Teacher Blogger .  The work is that FB is broken for me.  I tin stance my page together with human activeness equally my page there, exactly to 'use Facebook as' together with I direct my page I larn an fault message--HTTP 500 Internal Server message!  I tried for hours to crusade together with produce it, exactly can't.

So, I decided to accept a interruption from that together with cheque out Google+.  I saw they induce got a Communities section.  I works life a few that jibe me, exactly I also decided to brand one. You mightiness similar unopen to of them too.

• Elementary School Teachers is the community I started together with I set subgroups of the degree levels together with unopen to subjects.  I promise it volition grow together with live on a bang-up house to percentage El Ed stuff.
• Elementary Education had 120 people.  It didn't induce got the subgroups that I thought mightiness live on useful, exactly it's an okay group.  I works life Loreen Leedy there--I'm a large fan of her books.
• Mathematics Education (K-12) had 500 people.  It has a wide  range of subgroups, from El Ed to high schoolhouse math teachers.
• Common Core Conversation had 832 people.  It has enough of subgroups together with seems similar a skillful house to be.
• Children's Books, reviews, writers & illustrators had solely 9, exactly seemed rattling good organized together with I intend it volition grow in 1 trial again Children's Book people showtime using Google+

For the community I started I fifty-fifty purchased a pic from Dreamstime to live on the profile...

I actually similar Google+ together with I intend it is getting bigger.  I dearest the ideas of circles together with that y'all tin set people inward to a greater extent than than 1 circle.  I induce got several labeled circles...

• Family
• PTA/School Friends
• Church Friends
• Writing Friends
• Blog Followers
• Acquaintainces

Are y'all using Google+ yet?

A To Z Reflections Post

The A to Z Challenge was awesome!  I had met Arlee simply ii days earlier April.  I listene to his H5N1 to Z inwards a Blogging Workshop for CBW-LA in addition to and then in addition to at that topographic point I decided I was going to commencement my blog.  I was close the bottom of the long listing of nearly 2,000 blogs participating this year.

For those unfamiliar alongside the Challenge, it is to spider web log every 24-hour interval inwards Apr except Sundays alongside the alphabetic lineament of the alphabet.  For this years challenge I went alongside Math Activities H5N1 to Z.  It was actually slow for me to come upward up alongside my H5N1 to Z topics, although ever posting them wasn't easy.  Since I had piffling notice of the challenge I didn't prep whatsoever posts ahead of time.

I felt it was a prissy manner to take in other blogs in addition to learn to bring to a greater extent than friends inwards the bloggashpere.

Arlee was SO prissy to assistance boost my followers past times doing a hollo out of my spider web log inwards item on ii occasions.  The exclusively work I had was that non rattling many instructor bloggers were on the H5N1 to Z Challenge list.  I flora myself beingness torn visiting a few H5N1 to Z blogs in addition to and then searching the thousands of instructor blogs.  They bring quite a network--the most I flora on Teaching Blog Addict in addition to Oh Boy! tertiary Grade.  I was hence excited to notice out virtually Teachers pay Teachers too--you tin brand activities and reproducible to sell to teachers simply about the world.

Maybe adjacent twelvemonth to a greater extent than teachers volition participate inwards the H5N1 to Z Challenge because it was hence great.  Plus, most teachers I know can't assistance making H5N1 to Z lists for things anyway : )

Thank you lot to the H5N1 to Z squad for visiting my spider web log in addition to helping me along the way.  It has been a slap-up start.  I am definitely going to live on dorsum adjacent year!

Mental Math Amongst Addition.

I convey been really lucky to empathize how to produce arithmetics mentally, but perhaps some people haven't been equally lucky.  Here is a uncomplicated illustration for a immature small-scale to empathize an add-on problem.  By the way, mental math actually solely involves thinking almost the nearest five or nearest 10.

Say nosotros convey the work 7+8=

When nosotros await at a grouping of objects, our eyes tend to grouping things into little groups, usually two as well as 3.  We too tend to form things past times color.  Looking at this group, mentally I would split it equally 3+2 blueish is 5, two green, 3+2 pinkish is 5, as well as iii gold.  It would await similar this...

Knowing how to add together 5s is actually tardily thus nosotros grouping those together--and add-on is fun because nosotros tin plow over the axe easily motion the numbers to a greater extent than or less (Commutative Property).  Our work as well as thus becomes this.

And nosotros come across that it is merely 5+5+5 which is 15.  Then if your small-scale is cook yous tin plow over the axe exhibit them they tin plow over the axe produce multiplication alongside this one...

Mental arithmetic can teach easier if yous do as well as merely intend almost how unopen the digits are to an easier set out to locomote with.  For illustration 63+19: Separate into lx as well as plow over the iii to the nineteen to live on 22 as well as at ane time the work is 60+22.

I promise yous enjoyed the add-on mental math session!

How are yous when it comes to doing arithmetic?  Can yous produce it mentally or produce yous ask to write everything down?  Or produce yous describe out a calculator?

Get Gain For Thursday Linky Parties Alongside Math Activeness Thursday!

I'm non quite gain to link upwards today, only I wanted to nation yous all well-nigh the linky political party that's going to endure hither each Thursday.  I bring to figure out how to run inlinkz this week, only I volition endure gain adjacent week.  Get gain because the theme volition endure PLACE VALUE!

MaTh activity Thursday is a fourth dimension for us to larn our creative juices flowing thinking of math related activities amongst a unlike theme each week.   Whichever bird yous learn or specialize in, I bet yous tin come upwards up amongst to a greater extent than or less ideas for that level.

I'm actually looking frontwards to this.  I promise yous are likewise : )

Will yous bring together me for MaTh activity Thursday adjacent week?

Linky Political Party Amongst Collaboration Cuties--Math Mass Review.

I establish this cool linky party, in addition to since I am reviewing math books i time a calendar month I intend it volition locomote a non bad house to link that up.

I had done this review inward belatedly March, simply it's worth unopen to other advert since I cause got real footling eyes on my weblog the begin duo of days...  One of my favorite math books is...

Minnie's Diner: H5N1 Multiplying Menu

By Dayle Ann Dodds

Illustrated past times John Manders

Book info:  

• Age Range: 5 - 8 years
• Paperback: 40 pages
• Publisher: Candlewick; Reprint edition (July 10, 2007)

Teaches:

• Doubling/multiplying past times 2 inward a fun way:  I enjoyed how the McFay brothers were twice every bit big every bit the i before.
• Shows weight: Minnie tin give the axe barely concord the serving tray i time Papa McFay orders.

My review:  It was good written in addition to had beautifully clever illustrations.  I enjoyed how the flush flowed in addition to the illustrator did a non bad labor of portraying size in addition to proportion.

Math related activities to create alongside this book...

• Look at the pictures in addition to enquire questions:  How many of the pies are the same on each tray?  How big would papa locomote if he was twice the size of his oldest son?--Would he locomote able to lucifer through the door?
• Talk nearly doubling in addition to perchance exponents in addition to binary numbers: What would give if nosotros doubled this a few to a greater extent than times?--Would those orders fifty-fifty lucifer inward the restaurant?  Show how they doubled inward this majority 1x2=2, 2x2=4, 4x2=8...
• Make unopen to nutrient in addition to weight it:  When making dinner salads or pies, accept fourth dimension to weigh them in addition to calculate how heavy iv salads or 8 pies genuinely is!

Have yous enjoyed this book? How cause got yous taught math alongside it?  

Can yous intend of unopen to activities to create alongside it?

Math Manipulative Linky Amongst Ideas Past Times Jivey

Today I am linking upwards alongside Jivey for her Workshop Wednesday.  I excited to encounter she was doing a math related subject this calendar week then I could participate easily. : )

I am non actively instruction inward the classroom, then I am non going through the twenty-four hr catamenia to twenty-four hr catamenia materials alongside xx or to a greater extent than kids, precisely I produce stimulate got 5 kids of my ain to teach, assistance alongside homework (at this request 1 withal needs a lot of help), together with all the other proficient materials that comes alongside beingness a mom.

This calendar week is nearly math manipulatives.  I LOVE instruction math together with dear the hands on expression of it.  I experience at that spot are then many learners that take away that visual together with sensory utilisation of math earlier they tin motion on to the representational together with abstract part.

So, nearly my math manipulatives.... I don't stimulate got the mutual instructor manipulatives at home, then I utilisation all the things to a greater extent than or less my identify together with that my kids utilisation to endure their manipulatives.  The manipulative they utilisation most is likely Legos.  Almost anything y'all stimulate got multiples of at your identify (or inward your classroom) tin endure a manipulative: Books, blocks, balls, paperclips, pilus clips, eggs, etc.  In some of my by posts I stimulate got shown this.

Here are those posts if y'all desire to accept a expect at them...

• Math activities alongside apples
• Math activities alongside hangers
• Math activities alongside necklaces together with neckties
• Math activities alongside paperclips
• Math activities alongside popcorn
• Math activities alongside Legos
• Math activities alongside Q-tips
• Math activities alongside shoes

I conception on making some instructor resources then that all my instructor friends tin give these hands-on math activities for homework or equally a station inward the classroom.  I'd dear to know if y'all intend y'all would utilisation something similar that.

Please bring together me tomorrow for my showtime MaTh action Th party--the subject is identify value.

Also, I'd dear to add together your spider web log to my growing Teacher Blog Directory.

Thanks Jivey for hosting a linky party!  Have a keen day!

Math Activeness Thursday Alongside House Value!

Thanks for stopping past times too I'm thence excited to host my outset linky party.  I know that in that location accept been several math link-ups (at to the lowest degree inwards the blogs I've been following), thence hopefully you lot are non likewise tired alongside math yet. : )

So, here's our MaTh activeness Th topic: Place Value

I intend house value is an of import seem for a pupil too it tin give the axe live hard for some, particularly when they acquire into the thousands place.  I've seen far likewise many kids non live able to say which 1 is greater 2,040 or 2,400.

Here is 1 agency I intend kids larn house value a petty to a greater extent than easily--with MONEY!

I similar to demo the kids $0.01 is 1 penny too and thence add together upward your pennies too afterwards you lot add together 1 to a greater extent than penny to your nine pennies that acquire equal to a dime ($0.10).  This also helps them empathize regrouping.  I honey to role charts similar this...

They are handed unopen to total of money.

Put the nautical chart inwards a plastic sleeve too and thence the children tin give the axe role dry out erase markers on the canvas over too over again.  Here is the nautical chart filled out...

At unopen to indicate inwards the lesson I produce acquit upon the concept of a 'digit'.  I explicate that in that location are 10 digits, 0-9.  Those are the entirely numbers that tin give the axe occupy a house on the value chart.  That's it--short too sweet!

So, at 1 time it's your turn.  What activities produce you lot produce alongside house value?  

Do you lot accept a game that kids love?  Do you lot role a special manipulative?  

Thanks for reading too shout upward to view at to the lowest degree iii links other than your own.  I'll denote adjacent week's theme on Mon : )

An Abide By From A Swain Blogger!

I wanted to order a particular give cheers yous to Kristen (a blogging friend who I met through the Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 to Z challenge)!  She nominated me to have a Very Inspiring Blogger Award.

A bang-up compliment she gave me was when she wrote "Lucy Ravitch at : She's similar the Danica McKellar of the weblog world."  I actually exercise desire kids, in addition to adult, to know that math tin order the sack hold upwards fun.  I know that learning basic concepts outset volition assistance with mathematical comprehension equally yous acquire to a greater extent than complex problems.

And only for fun I volition response the associated questions that Kristen set up...
1. What is your favorite video game (if any)?  I don't play video games much at all, but occasionally I'll play Angry Birds.
2. Do yous similar to slumber on a rattling soft surface, or a harder surface? Soft!
3. What is the most odd nutrient yous accept tried?  Durian (in a birthday cake for my friend's Dad).
4. What is your favorite odd nutrient or repast (if yous accept one)? I used to beloved the TV dinner Salisbury Steak dinners when I was a kid.  I don't know if I would similar it now, but it was bang-up growing up. : )
5. What is the outset feel yous plow to when describing something inwards your writing (taste, smell, touch, sight, etc)?  Sight in addition to touch.
6. What is 1 of the cutest things yous accept always seen inwards your life?  My children grin when they were babies : )
7. What is the ugliest affair yous accept always seen or experienced?  A bad car accident.  I was close vii in addition to a kid close my historic stream was dead inwards the car amongst her woman raise screaming for her acre people held her back.  Still makes me teary eyed to this day.
8. Do yous prefer typing or writing amongst a pen or pencil in addition to paper?  Drawing in addition to pen in addition to newspaper mostly.
9. What is your favorite affair to drink?  Henry Weinhard's Root Beer!  That materials is heavenly.

Thanks 1 time again Kristen!

For this week's MaTh activeness Th we'll hold upwards focusing on Single Digit Addition!  So, if yous accept ways to brand add-on fun in addition to to a greater extent than engaging delight percentage it amongst us on Thursday!

Five For Friday Linky Amongst Doodle Bugs Teaching

I decided to possess got role inwards the Linky Party that Doodle Bugs Teaching has on Fridays.  I'm a piffling belatedly posting, but amend belatedly than never.

I am non currently teaching, but I'm busy raising kids piece doing blogging as well as writing children's books to part my creativity.

This calendar week I got to transplant this tangerine bush from its struggling location to a to a greater extent than opened upwardly spot (I promise it does amend there.)

Had my dog's start domestic dog preparation session today : )  He was already pretty good, but he is showing off amongst splendid demeanor now...

Got novel tires on the minivan today--only later waiting at Costco for a piffling over three hours today amongst toddler as well as babe (I am fortunate they had the tires because unremarkably they are exceptional order.  Thank y'all to whoever ordered them as well as cancelled their order!)  Luckily my apartment happened some my household in conclusion nighttime as well as non inwards another inconvenient place.

I finally convinced my near 12 twelvemonth erstwhile to cutting his hair!  We chopped off over two inches of wildness as well as he looks sharp, although he refuses to permit me possess got his picture...

I'm getting cook to become to an SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers as well as Illustrators) workshop from 9-4 tomorrow to brand Core Curriculum related materials for my majority as well as whatever other books I select to bring.

Have a swell weekend everyone!

Monday Math Amongst Towels!

Okay, the creation of this painting demo took me means likewise long, precisely it is super fun to create math amongst kids spell folding towels.  There are a lot of keen math concepts inward this activity!

Supplies:

• Towels that needs folding (hand towels are easier for immature kids).
• Papers the expect well-nigh the same cast every bit your towel (you may postulate to cutting the paper(s) a piddling to brand the ratio to a greater extent than accurate).

Activity:

• As ane soul folds the towel, unopen to other soul is folding the newspaper the same way.
• Try unlike ways of folding.  
• Look at all your newspaper results.  Ask questions, depict conclusions, brand predictions, too test hypotheses.

How many teachers/parents out at that topographic point would similar a worksheet to become amongst this activity?

Update To Math Activeness Thursday. Making It Easier For You Lot To Link Up!

I decided since nobody has linked amongst MaTh action Th equally it currently runs, I volition modify the format.  Here's the novel agency MaTh action Th volition go.

• Anyone tin link upwards a post where they convey shown a math activity.
• You don't need to re-create the MaTh action Th icon to the post unless you lot desire to.
• There volition non endure a theme, other than existence math related.

So, if you lot convey a math post that you lot desire to a greater extent than people to see, link upwards amongst MaTh action Th each week!
If you lot convey query you lot tin function out it equally a comment or e-mail me at kidsmathteacher@gmail.com

Plus, don't forget to add together you lot weblog to the Teacher Blog Directory on the tab nether the header.

Math Action Thursday: Dice

Hello everyone.  I am going to produce MaTh activeness Th amongst Dice, exactly yous tin give notice conduct whatsoever math activeness yous desire to link upward with.

Supplies:

• Math Dice or die yous convey already.
• Download my created handouts for complimentary on TpT  + or - together with x or ÷ or click on the links inwards the 'how to play' department below. Or yous tin give notice brand your own.

• A plastic sleeve or invention on laminating the paper.
• A dry out erase marker

How to play:

• Pick your difficulty degree newspaper (+ or -) or (x or ÷).
• Roll all the dice.
• Put the big white die to the correct of the equal sign.  Try to run into if yous tin give notice arrive equal the newspaper side of the equation.  If it is non possible arrive unopen together with produce the > or <.

Variations:

• You tin give notice include the white die inwards the equation together with outcry out or write the response for the other side.
• If yous quest to learn out out a run to brand the equation balanced, yous mightiness produce that.
• For older students convey each run represent a house value or a numerator together with a denominator.
• Come upward amongst whatsoever variation yous mean value is appropriate for yous student(s).

Now, it's your plough to portion your math posts, ideas, or activities!

Thanks for stopping past times together with I volition seek together with position the handouts on my TpT asap (hopefully past times tomorrow morning).

Monday Math Alongside Text.

I've been real busy.  So busy that I didn't leave of absence to produce my Sabbatum post.  I did accept a peachy weekend getting a critique on the manuscript I accept been working on.  My lovely assistant is helping me amongst the illustrations.

So, since I accept been busy writing as well as revising I idea today's Mon math would endure nigh text, specifically text inwards books.  Although, if kids are reading text similar street signs as well as names of businesses equally y'all receive to a greater extent than or less town that would operate too.

Supplies: H5N1 majority or ii per student.

Activity: Ask questions y'all desire to respect out that accept to produce amongst numbers.

• How many paragraphs are on each page?
• How many sentences are on each page?
• What is the average length of each sentence?
• How many syllables are inwards ane paragraph?
• After each pupil has answered the questions, compare the answers.  Are they similar or actually different?  Discuss letters as well as phrases.  What are the most mutual letters inwards the English linguistic communication language?

If y'all are playing amongst a immature tike y'all tin simply beak nigh words--such equally words to a greater extent than or less town (like the street signs as well as trouble concern signs).  You tin beak nigh the shapes of letters even--which letters accept curves, which ones accept straight off lines as well as angles?

Math Activeness Thursday: Manipulatives

Time for MaTh action Thursday.  Today I'm doing manipulatives, only y'all tin link upwards amongst whatever math postal service y'all cause got done late or i y'all made specifically for Th : )

I was totally inspired the other twenty-four hours yesteryear Math Coach's Corner DIY Rekenreks.  I decided to brand some, only I didn't cause got the foam newspaper to brand that version.  I did, however, cause got doilies!  I idea that instead of the instructor making the Rekenreks the kids could decorate as well as brand their own.

They are super tardily to brand as well as y'all tin fifty-fifty brand them for unlike themes too...

I bet y'all could brand a bat i for Halloween, a decorated egg for spring, etc.

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What manipulatives create y'all savor pedagogy with?