Friday we wrapped up our unit on Similar Figures by working on Indirect Measurement. First thing we did was fill out our mini book Flippable with an example of Indirect Measurement of a Truffala tree (from the Lorax) and Max (from Where the Wild Things Are). We discussed how
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We have been doing some amazing activities in my class to work on skills. Below you will find the two different activities I created for the assessment over decimal operations as well as financial literacy (keeping track of a budget with a ledger/checkbook register). Each of these activities is aligned
This week we extended our unit on Proportionality to cover Similar Figures. On Tuesday/Wednesday we made a 3 page Mini Book covering all the various parts of Similar Figures. We also learned that NEW word that I’ve been teasing about…. SCALE FACTOR! The outside of our book contained our title
Let’s Get Tacky! Yep, that was today’s theme for Red Ribbon Week and let me tell you it was the hardest thing ever for OCD Jenn! Yep, that sums up the day! We all were dressed to the 9’s in our “tacky” attire. The outfit I wore actually started to
This past week we have been working hard and heavy on understanding ratios to build a strong basis for proportions. We ended the week with an intro to proportions and starting solving them from word problems. My students continue to amaze me with what they are capable of that I
This week for #Made4Math I decided to update you on our Interactive Notebooks. I have become a sole believer in using Interactive Notebooks and am so motivated to keep creating amazing products for my classroom. If you are interested in any of the items that I have used in my
Today I have the pleasure to be a part of a giveaway that Corinna from O-Fish-Ally A First Grader is holding as a part of reaching 100 followers on her blog! WOO HOO! There are a total of 58 different products up for grabs in this giveaway making it a
I think I am still totally in love with Flippables and Interactive Notebooks after 8 weeks of using them in the classroom! Today for 7th Grade Math, we continued into our unit on Proportions. Each student was able to relate a word problem into setting up a proportion WKU style!
I’ve been working hard on different methods of instruction in my class and I have a video that I shot with an Interactive Notebook update and somehow the file is corrupted. I’m going to try and fix it tonight and post it tomorrow or I will have to completely re-film
This week I just wanted to post about some amazing work stations that I had once again in my class! I’m thinking this might become a weekly post to share the greatness that is out there! First up, my kiddos played with Hooting Rounding Decimals Dominoes by Bayside Teacher. I
Last week as a wrap-up to our unit on Adding and Subtracting Decimals I had my student’s participate in a real life project to test their skills. I added in a twist of some financial literacy (Texas added this to our TEKS in K-8th Grade for Math) to keep track