Thursday, October 21, 2010

Creative Ways to Practice Math Facts

Creative Way to Practice Facts
·         Dots card-We use these in the classroom all the time because the kiddos love them!


I have attached a picture of all the dot cards to the newletters! I made mind out of stickers and plastic plates but you could make them out of note cards and bingo stampers!

·         Roll a dice to make an addition or subtracts sentence.
·         What’s Under the Cup- One person choose some counters, displays them, and then puts them under the tub. Then another person puts additional counters on top of the tub. The 1st person tells the total number of counters.
·         Sidewalk Chalk- Write facts in the Driveway or make a Human size number line to jump out the number sentence.
·         Flash Cards are a good way to practice addition and subtraction facts, remember to say the number sentence out loud.
·         Fact Families- If you know one facts…then you really know four!
Because our math instruction is so hands on students never internalize math facts. Knowing the facts quickly, without having to use your fingers, can make more complex math concepts much easier as well as build a stronger since of how numbers are related.  Practicing these facts is a great things to do math for homework!

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Folk and Fairy Festival!

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Thank you so much for helping learning come alive! Everyone had a great time showing off their character!

Keep check our class blog, there is alot more to come!
Post coming soon...
creative ways to practice math facts at home!

Looking forward to another great week!

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Friday, October 8, 2010

Fire Satey Town Slide Show


We had such a great time at Frisco Fire Safety Town! Just look at all the smiles!

Welcome to Our Class Blog

So here we go! I am jumping in head first with a class blog. I have wanted to start one for a while and just never did but so many great things happen everyday in the classroom and I would love to share them with you! I make no promise that this blog will be perfect...it is a work in progress. I hope it will be a window into our classroom so you can see how we learn and grow each day!

I feel blessed to get 8 hours a day with these 19 amazing individuals and now I can share that with you too!