Students worked in pairs to count their seeds, and divide them up evenly in piles. Once their array was completed, they needed to make their division word problem.
"Our group started with 100 seeds. We divided them up into 10 even groups of 10.
After learning so much about seeds, I decided that it would make a lot more sense to teach my students how to use real life application when it comes to multiplication and division.
Students worked in pairs to count their seeds, and divide them up evenly in piles. Once their array was completed, they needed to make their division word problem. "Our group started with 100 seeds. We divided them up into 10 even groups of 10.
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Math was never my favorite when I was in school. To be perfectly honest, I used to HATE IT. I don't have a good memory, and I could never memorize Math facts for the life of me. I have, however, always loved games, and drawing on white boards. I figured my kids couldn't be all that different than me, so why not put the things I love into my everyday Math lessons. Thus, the creation of Popcorn Powerball. How to play:
Name Aliens, and my hand crafted SYMMETRICAL puzzle :) After staying late at school one night, I had my very own light bulb moment. I wanted to make a poster for out in the hallway to explain our Name Alien art display so that people would know why we had weird blobs of paint hanging in the halls for the entire school to see. I thought it would be neat to make the exact mirror image of this word so that it would make more sense what symmetry actually means. As I began to try to place the letters correctly, I realized it was a lot trickier than I thought it would be. I then thought to myself, "if its challenging, why not have the kids try it as a puzzle during my Math mini lesson!" --They LOVED IT! They took turns and worked together encouraging each other for each every step of the way. I couldn't have been more proud of my fabulous super star class. -Miss Lena Make your own symmetry puzzle!! art+math= success
Solve the other side of your puzzle using the shapes, making it exactly symmetrical.
Don't trace the other side, just solve it. That way you can do it over and over again and trade it with a friend so you can solve each others puzzles. :) |
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