Can you pay the cost?

According to the guided curriculum, my students were supposed to be reviewing income.  Since income is generated by selling a good or a service, the class went shopping for markers.  The teacher decided to scaffold the lesson by reviewing money with the class.  The lower functioning students in the class worked on identifying coins.  They had  to match coins.  The higher functioning students had to pay the cost to purchase the markers, to help the sell(the teacher) generate an income.

 Task for lower functioning students

 Additional task completed by higher functioning students.

Feeling Lucky?

As I mentioned before, I can not pass up an opportunity to do theme based learning.  I always find that students are really engaged.  Well, St. Patrick's Day is no different.  Why not spend the Monday after the holiday engaging students in a counting game.  This works well, as it is up to four players.




St. Patrick Board Game

If the game is too challenging or student are really yearning for more to do, here are some counting sheets as well to work on standards relating to Counting and Cardinality(Kindergarten) and Number and Base Ten Operations(Grade 1 and 2).



I also found this game and a worksheet that was a little more advance. Students have to recognize the properties of particular numbers.

For anyone wondering, I decided to take my own advice and the result was... counting and engagement...FUN!

The player with the orange piece was the winner with 10 Clovers.

Is it Am or Pm?

I found a few worksheets that may help if anyone has students  who also struggles.

As the blog entries near the end, I realized I have not covered the important of telling time.  How do you start kids off with learning time, well before they can actually read a analog lock they may start with a digital clock.  But I think there is a step before that understanding the concept of AM and PM.  I have students who struggle with this in my class room.  

Here is a pdf that is easy to use:

https://www.k5learning.com/worksheets/math/grade-2-time-am-pm-matching-a.pdf

I also found this  video that works with following sheet:

Candy Patterns

In coming up with Valentine's Day Candy posts, my class decided to use the candy I brought to try a different type of lesson, focusing on patterns.

Students were given these items, which were different shapes.  Students had to identify the shape and then create their own pattern.  And of course, students got to eat everything that they didn't use.

These are the patterns that my students created:

Standards Used:

CCSS.Math.Content.4.OA.C.5

Generate and analyze patterns.

CCSS.Math.Practice.MP1 

Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

Easter Egg Hunt Game

I believe that theme lessons are more fun.  I also believe that students have more buy-in when treats are involved.    Split the student into groups.  On a large graph paper, you can  have students place candy eggs on a coordinate planes.  Students then switch papers and have to label the coordinates to be able to take the candy off. You will have to large graph paper for every group you have.  The obvious buy -in from the students is they get to pull the candy off when they get it correctly.

I thought this a great way to get students to remember how to move on a coordinate plane.

There are great worksheets for resources on super teacher worksheets and math-salamander

Standards Met:

CCSS.Math.Content.5.G.A.1
Use a pair of perpendicular number lines, called axes, to define a coordinate system, with the intersection of the lines (the origin) arranged to coincide with the 0 on each line and a given point in the plane located by using an ordered pair of numbers, called its coordinates. Understand that the first number indicates how far to travel from the origin in the direction of one axis, and the second number indicates how far to travel in the direction of the second axis, with the convention that the names of the two axes and the coordinates correspond (e.g., x-axis and x-coordinate, y-axis and y-coordinate).

CCSS.Math.Content.5.G.A.2
Represent real world and mathematical problems by graphing points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane, and interpret coordinate values of points in the context of the situation.

Valentine Day Candy Fun (Part 2)

Were you shown a lot of Valentine’s Day love? Do you have a lot of left over candy? Well do not fret, I have a lesson that is educational, fun, and sweet, focusing onCCSS.Math.Content.2.MD.D.10.

You can students a variety of candy and have them represent the candy that they have with bar graph.  The students can work individual and then as a group. It is helpful to go from a tally chart to a bar.  The examples I found do not fit the Valentine’s Day theme, but you can modify the worksheets to work with the theme.

Sample Worksheets

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.snappymaths.com/other/handlingdata/barcharts/resources/fruittallybar.pdf

Individual Chart (Daniel)

Group Chart

Valentine’s Day Candy Fun (Part 1)

With Valentine’s Day being tomorrow, I wanted to share an idea with everyone that they could possibly use in their classroom for lower functioning students. Candy comes in all shapes and sizes.  But Valentine’s Day presents a unique time when heart candies are available as well  as usual circles or squares.  This is great opportunity to help students not just differentiate shapes, but dimensions as well.

Here are a few worksheets  that can ensure kids are ready for the activity:

 

Candy Game/Activity

Give students pictures of shapes( 2 dimensional) and a variety of candy( 3 dimensional).  The students have to correctly identify the flat objects vs.  the 3 dimensional counter parts.  Students need to correctly identify the correct amount they were given. And of course, they then can enjoy a well deserved treat.

Examples:

Circles : Ferrero Rocher, Lindor, Whoppers

Squares: Ghiradelli/Starburst

Rectangles: Candy Bars (Twix, Snickers, Butterfinger, MilkyWay)

Ovals: M&Ms, Skittles

Hearts: Sour Patch Valentine’s Hearts, Conversation Hearts, any chocolate in a heart shape

An additional resource to enforce this concept is Summertime  Spot the Shapes game  www.education.com