Monday, June 27, 2011

Math Monday Blog Hop #12




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Monday, June 20, 2011

Math Monday Blog Hop #11



Since many of us are on summer break (or busy teaching and/or taking summer classes!), here are several ideas for linking up:

1. Post about a favorite children's math book.

2. Link to a post about a favorite math lesson you taught this year.

3. Write a post reflecting on things you'd like to change in your math teaching next year.

4. Write about a favorite tip for teaching math.

Please link the  specific math post and not the url for the entire blog. When the linkup asks for "Name" it's also helpful if you title the lesson content. For example: Favorite Book-A Grain of Rice. That way we'll know what lesson you're sharing. THANK YOU!!! :)

1. Probability Pouch Play!  
2. Children's Book Review & Lesson: Apollo  
3. I Spy Shapes in Art  
4. A Bit of RightStart Fun!  
5. Swimming Lesssons + Math Lessons = FUN  
6. CGA - Graphs and Matrixes  
7. Favorite Book for Grids- A Math Mystery  
8. Crafty Math Tip!  
9. Addition and Subtraction Foldables and Centers  

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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Children's Math Book: The Button Box

Button, button, who's got the button? Yesterday, I gave my 5yo a container of buttons and a bunch of tiny plastic containers. Left to his own devices, he prepared "snacks" for me; I got to choose the color of "snack" I wanted.

After our delicious purple and pink snack, we settled in to read a favorite book, The Button Box. In the story, a child sorts buttons from Grandma's button box, using a wide variety of categories, including looking at where the buttons may have come from: sparkly buttons from kings, leather ones from cowboy shirts, tiny buttons from old fashioned shoes, and shiny buttons from uniforms.  I've always thought this book a must-have for preK-kindergarten! ;) You might also read Grandma's Button Box, a Math Matters book.

Monday, June 13, 2011

Math Monday Blog Hop #10


Since many of us are on summer break, here are several ideas for linking up:

1. Post about a favorite children's math book.

2. Link to a post about a favorite math lesson you taught this year.

3. Write a post reflecting on things you'd like to change in your math teaching next year.

4. Write about a favorite tip for teaching math.

Please link the  specific math post and not the url for the entire blog. When the linkup asks for "Name" it's also helpful if you title the lesson content. For example: Favorite Book-A Grain of Rice. That way we'll know what lesson you're sharing. THANK YOU!!! :)

1. Math Apps reviewed-lots of freebies  
2. Math in the Movies-a favorite post!  
3. Primary Graffiti: Place Value  
4. Favorite Math Lesson - Smart by Shel Silverstein - Money  
5. :) Our video of Smart (Money poem by Shel S.)  
6. Pocket Change: Money Math  
7. Children's Books about Money  
8. Bottle Cap Math  
9. netflix math and more!  
10. Mrs. Wills Kindergarten-Beg. Number Concepts  
11. Ape 2 Zebra  
12. Secret Decoder Math  
13. Chestnut Grove Academy  
14. Children's Math Book: The Button Box  
15. Probability Candy Jars  
16. Mathterpieces  

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Friday, June 10, 2011

Slugfest

Here's a slug math problem for ya...

   84 slugs found by our neighbor in his garden this morning (which borders our garden)
+183 slugs found by my son and husband tonight in our garden
______________

what does that equal??? (I accept creative answers!)

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Words + Math + Seasons = Mathematickles!

Want to tickle your math bone? Try reading Mathematickles, a "collection of poems written in the form of mathematical problems and grouped according to seasonal themes." A few examples from the book:

crisp air
shadows tall
+ cat's thick coat
signs of fall

pumpkin - seeds + face = jack-o'-lantern

Using Betsy Franco's poems as models, today we wrote some of our own poems. We first composed these together:

cool air
birds sing
+ flower buds
signs of spring


hot weather
squirt gun
+ popsicle mustache
summer fun

To make the writing process more manageable for independent work, I set up a few templates.

For a poem describing a rainy day:

descriptive phrase
descriptive phrase that ends with ay
+ descriptive phrase
rainy day

Summer:

descriptive phrase
descriptive phrase that ends with un
+ descriptive phrase
summer fun

Or poems to "solve"...

children
-bedtime
(tell what this equals)

This would be a great book and activity to explore descriptive writing, poetry, seasons or math symbols. It would also make a nice "welcome summer" lesson!

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Ocean Math...and how 'bout those whipped cream waves???

We just began a little study using the amazing book, Awesome Ocean Science! On p. 7-8 it describes how to make a pie that compares the ratio of the earth's water to land. We modified it for a gluten-free edible ocean math lesson.

The book says that 70% of the earth is covered with water, 30% land. We decided to use blue jello in a 9x13 baking dish to show the water. So the first question...how could we divide the pan into sections to accurately model 70%?

We problem solved by drawing diagrams on the whiteboard. My student knew he wanted to begin by dividing the area of the pan in half, lengthwise. He also knew that he wanted 10 sections, each representing 10% of the earth. At first he thought he could make 5 horizontal cuts to make 5 horizontal sections. Quickly realizing that 5 cuts made 6 sections, he modified, making 4 horizontal cuts. We measured the pan to determine that each cut would need to be somewhere between 2 and 3 inches in length. This wasn't exact measuring...a simple estimate made cuts that gave us 10 more-or-less equal sections.



The boys then covered 30% of the surface with blueberries to indicate land, leaving the other 70% to show water. Finally, a few "white waves" (whipped topping) finished off the ocean surface.


Yummy math!

Monday, June 6, 2011

Math Monday Blog Hop #9




Please join the Math Monday Blog Hop by adding the url of a favorite math lesson you've taught. Since school is winding down for many of you, it'd be great if you want to link us to a favorite math lesson that you've taught in this past year. Please link the  specific math post and not the url for the entire blog. When the linkup asks for "Name" it's also helpful if you title the lesson content. For example: Math Poetry. That way we'll know what lesson you're sharing. THANK YOU!!! :)

1. Milk Cap Magic Square Game  
2. Milk Cap Math: MADS Elimination Game  
3. NEW! love2learn2day Math Lesson Plan Index  
4. Measurement & Estimation  
5. Fraction Hoopla and Hula Hoop Math Ideas  
6. Teeny Tiny Math Tip!  
7. learning ALL the time!!-Fun Money Facts  
8. Rock'n'Roll Math - A Dice Game  
9. Michelle  
10. Coin Math  
11. All Things Beautiful-Wampum counting by 2's/5's  

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Friday, June 3, 2011

Summer Math Reading

Ready to gear up for some summer reading? Consider adding some math-related children's literature* to your list. I have a long list of updates that I'll be adding to my math book list over the next several weeks as I prepare to teach a class on Linking Math and Literature.

And please let me know of any new titles you discover! I've got a goodie to share with you soon.

*Disclaimer: If you use a link on this blog to go to Amazon, any purchases you make result in a small commission (no cost to you) that is then sent in its entirety to Grace and Hope (see button above), the organization that provided foster care for my son while in China. My goal for this year is to earn enough commissions to put one additional child in foster care. Thank you for your help.
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