Activities for Math
Vocabulary Builder
Submitted by: Cecily
July 1st, 2010
Categories: 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | 6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | Art | Classroom Management | History | Language Arts | Math | Music | Reading & Writing | Science | Special Education
Estimated Time: 0-10 minutes
Description: As students are doing independent reading, the teacher and/or parent (often both) provides stickies, so that students can mark words (at least 5 each week) that they want to learn more about later, they mark the word without losing their "reading momentum". These words become the weekly "Independent Reading Vocabulary" list for students to work with for weekly homework. For this weekly assignment, students will take a guess about the words chosen, utilizing context clues (which may or may not be helpful). Then students will look up the words, making sure to find the most fitting definition. Then, students create their own sentence using this new word. This could work for any of the core subjects.
Sticky thoughts
Submitted by: Milagros
July 1st, 2010
Categories: 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | 6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | Classroom Management | ESL | History | Language Arts | Math | Reading & Writing | Science
Description: Whenever a thought or story pops into your head during a lesson write it down on a sticky note to remember to talk about it during free time at the end of the lesson
Explorers Round Robin
Submitted by: Dawn
July 1st, 2010
Categories: 3rd Grade | History | Language Arts | Math | Reading & Writing | Science
Estimated Time: 20-30 minutes
Description: I take 4 Post-it® large chart paper sheets and space them out in the hallway. I divide the class into 4 groups, each group has a different colored sharpie. I have placed the name of an exlorer we study on the top of each paper. Each group starts at a different exlorer. I give them about 3-4 minutes to write down everything they know about the explorer. Then each group switches to another chart and writes down what they know about that expelorer, with their colored sharpie. At the end of the rotations you can see which group knew what about the explorer. I then post them in the classroom, as I teach more about that unit the students can add to each poster as they learn about the explorer. Then I use the posters as a review before the end of unit test. I have also done this same lesson within the classroom. I just had each group use a different colored post it and they wrote what they knew on the post it, they then posted the sticky notes on each chart under the appropriate explorer. If you do it this way, then you are able to put the post it notes under the correct explorer if there is a mistake made. I love the idea that I can move the posti it charts around, take them down and use them, then put them back up again. I have adapted this lesson across the curriculum.
The Kindergarten Room
Submitted by: Edna
July 1st, 2010
Categories: Art | Classroom Management | Language Arts | Math | Reading & Writing | Science
Estimated Time: 0-10 minutes
Description: I always have different shapes of Post-it® notes in my kindergarten classroom so if we are graphing activities they are readily available. The time is so quick to get the activity completed because the kiddos don't have to cut, paste, and loose their papers for graphing. Also, when working with activities to introduce, and master TWO types of shapes are used, one to introduce the alphabet, and the second one puts the topper shape to show mastery. IT is unbelelievably EASY!!!! The kids love the interaction with the post its. They also want their parents to BUY some when they use them. We love our post its. Edna Stivers
Post-it® graphing
Submitted by: Cheramy
July 1st, 2010
Categories: 8th Grade | ESL | Math
Estimated Time: 10-20 minutes
Description: We make bar graphs of the students ages. Each child puts a Post-it on their age. It is a wonderful visual for all the children, especially the ESL students.
