Activities for Math
Post-it Patterns
Submitted by: Valerie
July 29th, 2010
Categories: 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | 6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | Math | Special Education
Estimated Time: 20-30 minutes
Description: Pattern recognition is an important ability, frequently evaluated on state standardized tests—and IQ tests. Multicolored Post-it® Notes help students practice! The teacher (or another student) sets up a pattern. Below the pattern, Post-its of each color become the multiple choices. The student selects Post-it that should come next in the pattern.
Swatters
Submitted by: Ginger
July 15th, 2010
Categories: 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | 6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | ESL | History | Language Arts | Math | Reading & Writing | Science
Estimated Time: 20-30 minutes
Description: Get a large piece of bulletin board paper and mark it off creating a 5 by 5 grid so that there are 25 squares. Laminate the grid so you can reuse it for another day. In each square, put a large Post-it® Note with the answer to a Math, Science, Social Studies, or Reading question. I usually create my questions by topic, i.e. Civil War, Geometry to review at the end of the unit. After all your answers have been placed on the grid, break your class into two teams. Give the first player of each team a fly swatter (a sanitary one) and explain the rules...1) No swatting a classmate. 2) No swatting actual flies because that's just gross. 3) The first to swat the correct answer wins a point for their team. Read off your questions and have your students swat away! The team with the most points at the end of the game win! My students love this game. They beg for it everyday and it can be adapted to any subject! You can take all the post its off at the end of the game and put them in a plastic bag to reuse again.
Sticky Thoughts
Submitted by: Stephanie
July 12th, 2010
Categories: 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | 6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | Art | Classroom Management | ESL | History | Language Arts | Math | Music | Reading & Writing | Science | Special Education
Estimated Time: 0-10 minutes
Description: I created a Venn Diagram including "Academics" and "Social" categories. I explained to my students that they would each have a pad of Post-It® Notes on the corner of their desk, and could write a note about any situations or questions they may encounter during the day. It really gave the students a voice.
Row row row your boat
Submitted by: Meg
July 6th, 2010
Categories: 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | Art | Math
Estimated Time: 20-30 minutes
Description: A game of matching equivalent fractions. Each player starts out with 10 Post-it® Notes with a fraction written on each, and a cardboard boat that they have decorated (containing 3 fractions written on the side). The students "row" their boat as soon as they have determined whether or not an equiv. fraction exists for a post it note they possess. If there is a matching fraction, they put the post it on top of the fraction on the boat..and then sail it on to the next island. The boat with the most "cargo" wins. Or, there is no winner : )..it's just a fun game.
Phonics practice
Submitted by: Kimberley
July 6th, 2010
Categories: 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | Language Arts | Math
Estimated Time: 0-10 minutes
Description: I use Post-it® Notes all around my classroom. But where I find them most beneficial is in their reading practice of words they know or different sound combinations that they've been taught to help with their reading fluency. I place the Post-its on the door jam and whenever they leave the classroom, it's their ticket to recess to read all the words/sounds on the Post-its. This is done by each child 2-3 times a day, and we learn words faster this way. I have also put adding and subtraction facts on the other door to practice that.
