M.I.A...and a freebie....

Yes, I have been "Missing In Action".  Action being school work.  I'm sure every one of you wonderful teachers can relate.  What do I do the minute my vacation starts?  More teacher stuff of course!  I'm lucky that my personal kiddos are at the age where they would rather I not be around so much (which is why I like to be around even more--HA!), I can find a minute, hour, few hours late into the night to surf the web for inspirations and great ideas to make my work easier, more interesting and colorful!  My kiddos at school, however, need me the entire day....UGH!  :)

For now I've posted a little something in my TPT store AND I'm offering you a little freebie to boot!  Click on the picture to head to the goods.

Here's a little freebie.  It's a multiple representations chart that I like to use with my 2nd graders.  They not only have to show the number and write the number in expanded notation, but they also have to decide where the number belongs on the number line and justify why they put it there.  Click the pict to download a FREE copy.

Hope this is something you can use!

Together for Our Kids,

Denise

Fantabulous Foldables

I am linking up with Laura Candler for her "Fantastic Foldable Freebie" .

I use these foldables for just about anything.  I love them and they fit neatly in a folder or journal for quick reference.  Here are a couple of ways I used them recently.

If you’re not familiar with these types of foldables—I’m so sorry I didn’t take pictures of the process.  I will try to explain the best I can…..I used 3 sheets of paper and laid them one on top of the other with about an inch to an inch-and-half bottom of paper to bottom—sort of “stair step”.  Then you fold the top half forward and over where the top of the top sheet is about an inch to an inch-and-half from the bottom of the top sheet.  You should have 6 “tabs”.  Staple at the top.  The students drew a picture of each need and then wrote how its used and why.  These are the examples I used and the kids’ turned out great!  They had fun and had a chance to be creative. 

This is one I used for fractions.  I made the tabs much closer together—maybe 1/2 inch.  I used 4 sheets of paper but cut it length wise in the middle to make them “skinnier”.  The left was my example and the right is student created—they did a great job. 

I hope you can use these.  If you have a Super Volunteer, like I do, they might make you some of these.  I have a few on hand to grab in a pinch.  I’ve used them with just about every subject.

Together for Our Kids,

Denise

Anchor Chart Linky Party

Head on over to Ms. M's Blog.  First off—she has a SUPER cute blog that you need to follow.  Second—she’s having an awesome Anchor Chart Linky Party. 

These anchor charts I obviously created myself with the help of my kiddos.  We brainstormed together and added to them as we worked through the units. 

Here are 2 we used during our “Number Line” Unit…which is why we were comparing our thermometers and clocks to number lines.

By the way…this clock made out of the paper plate has just enough “indentions” to make the intervals (?) of time in between the hours—example 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ….60 sec/min.  Students loved making these and really got the idea of why we count by 5’s on the clock.

This is one we did during our plant unit.  You can also see that we added the basic needs of plant in pictures instead of words.

 

Together for Our Kids,

Denise

Place Value Pizzeria

Multiple representations of numbers…UGH!  This is just a little something I did last year and decided to do it again a few weeks ago.  The kiddos liked it because it was sort of “artsy” (which we don’t have many opportunities for).  Here’s a couple of pictures….

                                 

Pretty simple to do…I just made a pie graph and wrote the multiple representations in each triangle—I mean “slice”.  Number words, Money, Place value, Base Ten Pictures, Standard Form, Expanded Form, and in the crust they added different ways to show their number.  This was easily differentiated with the number I gave them.  If you have any ideas to add---Please do. 

Here is a link to the sign and the pie graph.  Hope it’s something you can use.

Place Value Pizzeria Place Value Pie

Together for our kids,

Denise

Add a Little “Fluff”

I’m not sure how much longer I can wait.  After reading and learning about Math Stations, and getting a theme together for my classroom, I am ready to get in there and start organizing and decorating. 

I put together this Musical Hundreds Chart that will go along with my “This Class Rocks” theme.  Thank you to Scrappin Doodles for the super cute clipart that just dressed this chart right up.  WOW!  The fluff added some fun, don’t you think?

       Musical Hundreds Chart

Together for Our Kids,

Denise