I love having music playing in my classroom while students are working. However, it kills me to hear advertisements on Pandora or Spotify, especially when I have no idea what they'll be for!
I ended up taking matters into my own hands and created a playlist of my own!
**student tested // teacher approved** is a playlist on 8tracks that is a compilation of the clean Top 40 songs from 2014, plus a few older hits for me. My student have really enjoyed it, and I hope you do, too!
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Fraction Avenue
To start with, I must give credit where it's due!
I got this idea for a fraction project from Ashleigh on TpT. I had my students complete her cute little Fraction Avenue worksheet. The worksheet gives students criteria by which to color/decorate the houses using fractions i.e. 3/8 of the houses have red doors.
Let me just say that they loved it! It also tied into teaching equivalent fractions, which I greatly appreciated.
Download Fraction Avenue Worksheet by Ashleigh
At this point, my thought was "why stop there?" So.... I made a giant Fraction Avenue! I drew out all the houses, making sure they all looked similar. Since I have four students, I decided to give them each three. It didn't take too long to create, and my 3rd graders were stoked.
We spent a bit of time coloring, then they got to work writing their own fraction statements. Most did three about the houses they colored and three about the entire avenue. I also made sure that they included some equivalent fractions in their answers. :)
Just in time for the parent-teacher conferences, I present to you...
Happy math'ing, all!
Miss Cole
I got this idea for a fraction project from Ashleigh on TpT. I had my students complete her cute little Fraction Avenue worksheet. The worksheet gives students criteria by which to color/decorate the houses using fractions i.e. 3/8 of the houses have red doors. Let me just say that they loved it! It also tied into teaching equivalent fractions, which I greatly appreciated.
Download Fraction Avenue Worksheet by Ashleigh
At this point, my thought was "why stop there?" So.... I made a giant Fraction Avenue! I drew out all the houses, making sure they all looked similar. Since I have four students, I decided to give them each three. It didn't take too long to create, and my 3rd graders were stoked. We spent a bit of time coloring, then they got to work writing their own fraction statements. Most did three about the houses they colored and three about the entire avenue. I also made sure that they included some equivalent fractions in their answers. :)
Just in time for the parent-teacher conferences, I present to you...
Happy math'ing, all!
Miss Cole
Introducing...
Hello!
My name is Lynette Cole and I am a math specialist in Somerville, MA. Basically, my job is simple: help groups of third, fourth, fifth and sixth graders catch up with where they're behind and foster a love for math! I do this by compiling all sorts of activities that connect directly to the Common Core Standards.
On this blog I'll be sharing my anchor charts, my students' projects, and giving feedback as to how lessons went. I also am doing this to inspire myself to go beyond worksheets and develop cool new activities/games.
I don't know how consistent I'll be, but I hope that something I share sparks ideas within others to create more comprehensive mathematical classrooms!
Enjoy!
-Miss Cole
My name is Lynette Cole and I am a math specialist in Somerville, MA. Basically, my job is simple: help groups of third, fourth, fifth and sixth graders catch up with where they're behind and foster a love for math! I do this by compiling all sorts of activities that connect directly to the Common Core Standards.
On this blog I'll be sharing my anchor charts, my students' projects, and giving feedback as to how lessons went. I also am doing this to inspire myself to go beyond worksheets and develop cool new activities/games.
I don't know how consistent I'll be, but I hope that something I share sparks ideas within others to create more comprehensive mathematical classrooms!
Enjoy!
-Miss Cole
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