The Candy Corn Contest
Looking for a great themed activity for this week before Thanksgiving Break? Whether you are in-person, online, or doing a hybrid this is the activity for you! I am here to share with you, The Candy Corn Contest. It's simple... a whole bunch of candy corn in a jar and the students guess how many are in there. You give your students clues as to how many candy pieces are in the jar. I was inspired by Steve Wyborney and his Esti-Mystery ...
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Fall Math Chats
Looking for quick and easy, but engaging and affordable math pd this fall? Check out our new Fall Math Chat line-up.
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Virtual Manipulatives
So last week we had a post about Math Tool-kits. We have received many messages and photos from you all on what you've put together. We LOVE it!! One of the things I keep getting stuck on is- I don't plan on sending home the Math Tool-kits with my students if/when we go on distance learning. So the question is ... "If/When we go virtual, what can I do to still teach concretely and conceptually and not send home the Math Tool-kits?" If you're ...
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Manipulatives in the fall... How in the world do we do this?!?
I am right there with you. How in the world are we supposed to have our students use hands-on manipulatives in our classrooms with who knows what guidelines will be in place? How do we have students explore in mathematics when we cannot let them share manipulatives? How do we sanitize these manipulatives? If each kid gets their own, how do we store them? Do we let our students take home math tool-kits? If I do, will I ever get my stuff ...
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NEW Virtual Math Game Series
During this crazy and uncertain time, Emily and I have been trying to figure out how we can best support you and your students. We received many thank yous for the 3-week virtual math series, and that got us thinking...what else can we do virtually? Meanwhile, Emily's students were telling her how much they missed being able to play the math games they are used to playing at school. As much as this broke her heart, it made her think, well, why ...
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