Teen Numbers...Why Are You so Tricky?

Teen numbers can be tricky for even our best students! Hopefully this post will provide you with some extra goodies to help your children with those tricky numbers! The first goodie I found was a great YouTube:

 

The second goodie is from Mrs. May's room.  She used this whole group and in stations. The students draw a card and then build that amount using tens frames.  You can see from the picture that the student is building 77 using 7 regular tens frames and building ones with the red chips on the single ten frame.  Common Core KNBT 1 says numbers 11-19 but if your students have masters those then extra practice with higher numbers would be great!

Click this picture to get you own copy of the cards

 

The third goodie is from Mrs. Gipson's room.  She is using ten frames to take attendance.  The ten frames are up on her white board with painters tape....Easy!  She has photographs of each student and a magnet on the back so they can be easily placed.  Love it!  Can't you see all the work that can be done with tens and ones or even addition/subtraction??

 

 

 My last goodie is a freebie for all the hard work you have put in this year!  Being a teacher is crazy this time of you so here's a little gift to you!  Thank you teachers!!

 

 

 

I hope you have a great summer!  Don't forget about the summer workshops I will be holding in June.  Check out your Inservice catalogs.

 

 



Who is ready for summer?

I have talked with so many of you lately who are READY for SUMMER!  The crazy weather, sickness (I got to experience the flu last week), kids who are bouncing off the walls, and the demands of the classroom can make one long for summer days!  I have been able to see some neat activities so I wanted to share those...

This super cute measurement activity was based off some of the fairy tales like Jack in the Bean Stalk and Rapunzel.  My teachers at Harlan saw the idea and made it their own!  Super cute!  You can also see more about activities like this from Mrs. Lee's Kindergarten.

Lana Ward at Brilliant has kids recording different ways to compose numbers like crazy!!  The first one is based off taking attendance and the second is inventory bags.  If you aren't familiar with inventory bags they are collections of items the students count and then record.  Check out this great work!

This is a reminder to all my local teachers who were unable to attend the Core math training back in the fall, that I will be presenting it again this summer.  June 11-13th in the Jasper area and June 25-27 in the Florence area.  Look for the sign up in the UNA Inservice catalogs that go out the first of May.

Have a blessed week!!

 

Out and About

I have finally be able to get in schools again!  Yea!  This post will be about all the GREAT things I see teachers doing.  They amaze me everyday and I am so thankful to work with them.  

Let's look at some data anchor charts!! I even got to be a part of the data! 

Let's talk shapes!

These calendar pieces are such a wonderful resource to use.  They allow for you to use the calendar in a more efficient way and cover some core standards.  The pieces are from the Bridges Math Program and are free.  I have all the free ones linked in my tab at the top of the blog called routines.   Once you click to see more resources...look under calendar for all of them.  Click the picture to get the 3-D shape cards.






Nice anchor charts for the kids to use.  These also cover Core standards.  Students seem to have the hardest time with square and rectangle.  My best advice is lots of practice and make your examples of the two shapes very clear in the beginning.

I got to play a little of fill the hexagon the other day...which is my all time favorite game!  I played it different by dumping (as you can see...the kids love it) all the pattern blocks out in the floor.  Each child had to build one way to fill the hexagon when I said go.  It was amazing how well they did.  The students also noticed how their design was alike and different from  each other.

We figured out the 7 ways to fill a hexagon! 







This activity was super and goes well with the book "The Shape of Things".

Oh numbers...How important you are! 

 Great job by the teacher in using the journals or other sources to record toss the chips, counting jar, and today's magic number during stations. It is so important for students to record and discuss their work.  It is our job as teachers to not only meet the Core standards but also the practice standards.  


These are pictures of stations that show part-part-whole.  I love the idea of the students having to complete the missing "part."

 Some of our new Core games from Investigations

Teddy Bear Picnic and Roll and Record Teen Numbers

I am ready for more SCIENCE!

Don't forget to get those pictures of your winter trees!  Most of them are already getting buds for spring.  Be sure to click the science slideshow to the right of this post to see all the neat activities.

Hope you enjoyed this post full of pictures!  I sure enjoy seeing all that you do!  

Valentine's Day and Updates

I hope all of you had a great Valentine's Day.  We sure did!  Here is picture of my sweetie and my daughter with flowers from daddy.

Lana from Brilliant Elementary shared these neat pictures with me of her class making arrangements of 9 or better know as The Six Tiles Lessons in the Investigations math units.  Sorry I had to cut the kids faces off but I wanted you to see their great work.  This could be done with any number and holiday.  It is great practice for understanding number combinations or number sentences!  Don't you love how the kids circled the amounts and then created a number sentence to match?  Thanks Lana...great job kids!

Dr. Seuss week is coming up fast!  I put several great activities and links up last year for this holiday so be sure to check it out on the right side of my blog under Dr. Seuss.  Here is one of my favorite sayings....I think we often forget this about the kids and ourselves!

  I am finally through with the CORE workshops and now working through understanding the OGAP framework.  This is based around giving the students exit questions and then basing the next lessons off those results.  My eyes have really been opened with what I have seen so far!  If you would like to read more about this framework, please visit.  http://www.mathedleadership.org/docs/events/IN/NCSM11-119_Petit.pdf 

 

To all my teachers...I hope to be in all your rooms soon!  To my followers...thank you and please email if you have any questions! God bless!

 

Teachers Pay Teachers Sale

Hey everyone!  TPT is having a huge sale.  Most sellers including myself have things on sale.  Go check it out and be sure to use the promotional code SUPER at check out! 

Awesome Common Core Flip Book..Oh My!!!

Okay, I have found the Bible for common core!  This flip book is so nice to keep handy on your desk.  It was put together by Melissa Hancock from Kansas and uses several other states' unpacked standards to form this flip book.  It has many examples and really gives a great understanding of each standard.  I have made mine two ways.

The first way is with the tabs like the directions on the front explain.  I did have to cut a few pages so the tabs would show.  I also had to bind the top in order for it to work correctly. Click HERE to go to the main website and scroll to the bottom.  All grade levels are listed so be sure to share with your school!

I also made it by putting it in a binder.  I tabbed each section and it was a lot easier to make and I think it will hold up better.

Hope you enjoy this little jewel like I have!

 



 



100th Day of School!

This will be a quick post with just a few 100th day of school activities! Even if your 100th day has past these activities will be great to go ahead and use or save for next year!  Hope you enjoy!

 

Be sure to check out this blog for lots of great activities and freebies.  Click the picture and scroll down her blog to see this activity. 

This is another cute packet of great ideas and activities.  Click the picture to view the blog it came from. 

These sheets were shared by Marisa Frederick.  Thanks for sharing! 

 

Enjoy the 100th day of school!!