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Geometric measurement – Understand concepts of angles and measure angles

Geometric measurement – Understand concepts of angles and measure angles

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We’re surrounded by line segments. These line segments create parallel and perpendicular lines, and acute, obtuse and right angles. Looking for them in our environment is a great way to reinforce them. Ask your kids: Who can find a set of parallel lines? …perpendicular lines? …an acute angle? Pretty soon, they’ll be seeing nothing but lines and angles in the tiles on the floor, the branches of the trees, the way an ice hockey puck hits the wall… For older…

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Jeopardy in the Elementary Math Classroom

Jeopardy in the Elementary Math Classroom

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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….

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Measuring and Estimating with the Summer Olympics 2012

Measuring and Estimating with the Summer Olympics 2012

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Have your kids been watching the summer Olympics? Are they itching to see how far they can jump or throw objects? In honor of the 2012 Summer Olympics, we’re going to give our kids a chance to compete in their own track and field events…and sneak in a little math while we’re at it! For each of the events below, use masking tape to indicate the starting line. Give kids an opportunity to practice each of the events before the…

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Numeral Writing Practice…the Yummy Way!

Numeral Writing Practice…the Yummy Way!

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Here’s a super easy and yummy way to practice numeral writing. Non-cook peanut butter dough. The bonus is that kids get to make the recipe which is also a fun math activity! The recipe for the dough comes in two versions…the “regular” and the “healthy”. Click here for the recipes.

Measuring our Feet – A Fun First Grade Activity

Measuring our Feet – A Fun First Grade Activity

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Partners traced each other’s feet. Then we used Unifix cubes to determine the area. (Partial squares got a little tricky but we did a little fraction work.) Then table teams grouped their Unifix into tens and ones for some place value practice. The kids LOVED that they got to take off their shoes. (Okay, there was one who wasn’t so keen on it…and there were a lot of laces that needed to be tied before recess!)