Patterns in the Pocket Chart
Sample pocket chart patterns:
3 Tips to Practice Addition and Subtraction Facts K-1
Three fun and creative ways to use dice to help kindergartners and first graders practice their addition and subtraction facts. CCSS: K.CC.2; K.OA.1; 1.OA.1; 1.OA.5; 1.OA.6 .
Expanded Notation
Students having difficulty reading large numbers? Try this super easy graph paper activity. CCSS: 1.NBT.2; 2.NBT.1
Jeopardy in the Elementary Math Classroom
Just finished a unit and want your students to review what they learned? Getting ready for the chapter test? Just want to have fun? Jeopardy is a great way to review and reinforce what students have been learning. This photo shows some of the categories I use in the primary grades. The ones at the bottom show additional categories. Pretty much anything you’ve been learning can work. The students in my classroom are already set up in groups of 4-5….
Multiplication Arrays Around Us…and Division, Too
If you look close enough you’ll find yourself surrounded by multiplication arrays. An array is made up of horizontal rows and vertical columns. It’s a great, visual way to show multiplication as repeated addition or divisions as equal shares. For example, the top array shows two rows and three columns. The equations that represent this array are: 3 + 3; 3 x 2; 6/3. In a multiplication equation, we always say rows first, then columns. If you want to tie…