Quick Time Filler Math Game

Hello everyone! I'm popping in and blogging before I work a 1/2 day in resource.

Remember my quick time filler post? Click here in case you missed it :)

Well in that post I talked about several games/activities you can do if you have a few minutes of spare time to fill up.

In this post I want to talk about High/Low which is one of my favorite math games! The kids have fun and they are learning.

You only need a white board and dry erase marker or pen and paper. Just something to write with and on!

You set up your board with a t-chart and high on one side and low on the other.

Then you need to set a range (this is numbers 1-50). Younger kids could go lower and older kids can go higher. I've played 1-200 with 4th graders. Then you pick a number in the set. My number is 22. Kids raise their hands and you list the numbers. If the number they say is higher than your number, it goes in the high side. If it's lower, the low side. 

Pretty soon the numbers will narrow down and as you see it's between 21 and 24 and there are only two numbers to pick from and I circled  (well puffied actually) the answer. 

Simple, easy, and fun! The kids get competitive! With older students,  I start off and whoever guesses my number gets to come up and do the next round if there is time.

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Aye Yi Yi!

My Spanish speaking sure hs been brushed up this week! I've been in Spanish classes all week (well technically 2 classes but I have been in 1 the whole time except yesterday). I have no problem saying colors, numbers, walk and sit and now lol :)

Today I had to teach science in Espanol...aye yi yi! Lol. It wasn't really that bad. We talked about caracol which is a snail. We talked about what it looks like, what is has, etc. Then the kiddos wrote a few words (they're kindergartners) and then drew a snail.

However, I did hear a little girl say something that I had to decide whether to laugh or be horrified, but I laughed. She told the boy across from her this:
Little Girl: We could go to my room.
Little Boy: Uh huh.
LG: And go into my bed.
LB: Yeah
LG: And get undressed (at this point, I want to stop her but I'm curious to see what she says next).
LB nods his head.
LG: And then we could dance. (then I figure out dance is well, you know... I bet she walked in on parents 'dancing' and they told her they were 'dancing'.)
LB: Okay.
LG: Or we could just get in bed and keep our clothes on and dance.
LB: Okay.

I can just picture my friend reading the note I left for her on her desk. I'll talk to her about it tomorrow too lol :)

I loved what we did for math though! I copied a picture of a tree, a log, and a pond and I colored it. Then I used ovals that I printed on green paper and they were frogs. Instant math!

Just needed to add faces to the frogs. The kids loved my 'paint' job aka coloring. 

The math equations were the frogs on the log plus the frogs in the pond. I loved what they did!

They were so excited that I hung up their finished products on the white board.

She said she wanted to outline with marker and color in with crayon like me. But her frogs are way cuter than mine!  And great number sentence :)

I was impressed! 

There was even a kiddo that did 6 +6= 12. Pretty good! 

I loved it so much, I just whipped up a very simple one you can download for free.

Froggy Math

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Schedules, Suck-ups, and a Scoopin' Math Pack

Ah kinder. Kinders are certainly an interesting breed lol. Seriously though, if you need a pick-me-up, they'll have one for you.

A little suck up cutie patootie came over to me. She smiled and said, "Yesterday you looked nice. Today are you so beautiful. And I just know that all the time you look good." And she walked away, leaving me grinning. Well I was dressed really stylin' today if I do say so myself. I had the layered look with a white cami and silver ruffled t-shirt on top and a jean jacket paired up with jeans and black boots. And my favorite pair of silver earrings.  Should have taken a picture!  I also was told that I was a good reader. Aww :)

Yesterday I talked about being organized. The teacher also had a few things that I loved. The kids today were all about the schedule! I love having a schedule and will write it on the board because I don't like walking around with lesson plans to check for the times.

I find that the kiddos love having a schedule posted because they know what is coming next, there are no surprises, it's a routine, and it feels familiar. Even if the kiddos are in kinder, they can have a schedule with words and pictures, even if there are no times posted.

I wanted to post something that was SUPER helpful to me yesterday. The teacher had a list of names with the kids' pics with them. I was able to memorize a few so that when they came in, I felt like I already knew them :)

She listed their names alphabetically by first name. This would be also great for writing if they want their friends' names.

Now on to my Scoopin' Math. I was inspired by a few classes I've been subbing for lately who are studying fractions, percents, and decimals. Some of those kiddos are not connecting the three together and so I decided to make a beginners pack, mainly focusing on 25, 50, 75, and 100 but I think I threw in a few thirds in there.

I included posters about what each are and 8 problems for each and a final activity/review  that combines all three topics.  And the theme is ice cream. I am in love with how it turned out.

Included:

• 8 fraction problems
• 8 decimal problems
• 8 percent problems
• 3 answer keys
• 3 posters
• 3 record sheets
• Match Up activity

It's at my TN store and I've listed it for $2 :)

As usual, I will giveaway some copies of my new pack. I'll give away to the first 3 that leave a comment with their e-mail!

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Lazy Sunday

I feel like it's a lazy Sunday but I've done some stuff. Like worked out and made lunch. That's worth something right? I had an idea last night for a new unit and silly me, forgot to write it down and now I can't remember. *sigh* Does this ever happen to you?

My hope is to complete some new stuff during Spring Break, but we'll see! I'm trying not to freak out, but a pack I was working on won't open and PowerPoint keeps shutting down. *sigh* Man I keep sighing a lot lol. WHEW! Crisis averted and I finished the pack.

Purses have coin amounts on them and students have to put that amount in coins on the purse and then record  what money they used.

I'm also working on another Lily math pack with quarters.  Seriously in love with the Lily graphics and the money graphics, courtesy The 3AM Teacher , Michelle!

Right now with my spring break sale going on, it's only 80 cents! Check it out and other items at my TN store.

I'll give a few away to the first 3 that comment with their e-mails :)  

If you ever want me to create something, let me know! Any ideas, suggestions, feedback, let me know!  Happy Sunday :)

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Pick Up Sticks, Jenga, and Math

My mind is swirling. With thoughts of today and thoughts of things to invent and math. Today was a so-so day in 4th grade. Sent a kid to the office, had two kids sent to the office during lunch (someone tattled that they were fighting) and wrote down some names for the teacher. And they have a field trip tomorrow, poor teacher.

I get to spend the next three days in the same class, which will be a 2nd grade class. That makes it nice, some stability.

While I was in 1st grade a few weeks back, one of the most squirreliest kids was focused on pick-up sticks. She and two kids placed the sticks on top of each other and tried taking them off one by one and not make any move. Which got me thinking of how to use that for education. I couldn't think of anything but another thought popped into my head.

Now I'm sure it's been done before and I'm not the first to invent it, but I ran this idea by another teacher today who thought this was a brilliant idea and said he and I should collaborate and create a game (he has an art background and actually knows someone who invents games/art stuff so now I have a connection!).

Jenga blocks! Put math equations on them and the kids solve them as they take a block off. You could have them record their answers/equations on a sheet too. You can use this in literacy too. Write high frequency words or sentences on the Jenga blocks and have them record them.

Or you could have theme questions on the blocks. Or you could have the kids do it in reverse and read the block first and then build the tower. I'm thinking labels or stickers would totally work, in case you want to swap out the stickers and not write on the block. And I know that thrift stores have Jenga blocks a lot.

Something like this for literacy.

Something like this for math.

And the recording sheet could be lines or if you label the bricks  A, B, C then have lettered lines.

Ahhh the ideas! Have you seen this done before? Do you do this? Or am I just nuts? Lol.

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Mouse Math FREEBIE

Ahhhhhh! Yeah that's how I feel today. Apparently the class I was in today had a sub yesterday and let them get away with murder. Well too bad for them because they know my expectations. And what he let them get away with is stuff that their teacher and myself would NEVER let them do. Like use markers for subtraction. Kiddo: "Ms. T, can we use markers for roll and record?"

Me: "No, you never use markers for roll and record."

Kiddo: "Well Mr. Guy Substitute yesterday let us."

Me: "Am I Mr. Guy Subsitute? No."

So there. Lol. Also ahhhhhhh because well, I created my first 'unit'/'center'. I'm calling it Math Mouse. It's addition and subtraction. And there's number cards for answers and mouse counters to help. And I'm quite proud of it and it's a freebie!

I created it because I've been teaching in first grade a lot the last two weeks and actually got to teach a class how to subtract. Since the teacher actually told me that since I'm a real teacher and all and she trusts me hehe.  Seriously. I'm a sub, but I'm also a real teacher (not fake!) I mean  I went to school to be a teacher and everything. And the same said teacher had me do assessments today. And at lunch another teacher questioned that and another teacher stuck up for me and said , "She's a real teacher you know." So there. Again! Lol :)

Anyway, enjoy the freebie! It's catered to the K-1. Or if any kiddo need that extra help. And don't forget about my giveaway that ends tomorrow!

Click the mouse for the freebie!

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