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Showing posts with label skip counting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label skip counting. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Chocolate Candy Bag Math Activity Freebie!

Valentine's Day is just around the corner!  One of the best days of the year!    But, here is another fun math activity that I've just finished designing.  Take a look at it and let me know how you like it.  Here's to another great week of learning!
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Sunday, January 8, 2012

Freebie: Skip Counting by 2's Perfect Valentine Cards

Here is a freebie from MathGeekStudio.com.  This worksheet activity is dedicated to my niece, Devin Nicole, who designed illustrations over the summer.  She is one smart, dedicated student and teenager!  I love her like a ton of Hershey Kisses!  

Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays. Have fun skip counting by 2's! 

Have a wonderful week at school educators!  Let's dream it and live it!

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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Skip Counting By 5s And World Connections

Most of my new thinking happens during the summer when time for reflection happens for a longer period of time.   Figuring out how my math lessons can be more exciting to children and at the same time building deeper connections with math and how the real world can be integrated within the school year.


September 22, 2011 Math Lesson:  Skip counting by 5s

Made a collection of printed material through advertisement, local city magazines, county and metroplex newspapers, postcards and we (1st grade students) had prior practice of skip counting by 5s through song and 100 t-chart.  We made real world connections by using the collection of print numbers.   Students viewed, cut and pasted numbers through skip counting by 5s until they reached 100.  While students were discovering numbers, organizing and sequencing their information, and having discussions within their groups about the numbers they found; upbeat music was played in the background.

Below is a partial sample of work: