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Ashley Stewart

Creating Line Symmetry | Education.com - 1 views

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Grade 4 4.G.3 Symmetry Geometry Grade K Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3

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      Ashley Stewart on 01 Feb 12
       
      4.G.3 "Recognize a line of symmetry for a two-dimensional figure as a line across the figure such that the figure can be folded along the line into matching parts. Identify line-symmetric figures and draw lines of symmetry." This activity can be modified for gifted students by challenging them with more cards. Encourage them to use as many cards as they would like while participating in this activity! This activity can be used with younger ages by using objects other than cards. A big picture cut into pieces would help the students visualize symmetry, as it would be more like putting a puzzle together. The leader just gets to choose in what order the puzzle is assembled! Both players could check their work by knowing if the picture looks right.
  • Ashley Stewart on 01 Feb 12
     
    A pair of students work together for this symmetry activity. The students sit across from one another, with playing cards dealt for each student. A ruler or other dividing line separates one student's side from the other. One player starts as the leader, and places one of their cards down on the table. The player on the other side of the line follows the leader in an attempt to match the first player's moves perfectly on their side of the divider.
Mary Jo Mack

Counting Cups - 1 views

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Grade K counting K.CC.4

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      Mary Jo Mack on 31 Jan 12
       
      K.CC.4 "Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality."
    • Mary Jo Mack
      Mary Jo Mack on 31 Jan 12
       
      This activity can be extended as students learn new numbers and become more fluent with counting.
  • Mary Jo Mack on 31 Jan 12
     
    One-to-one correspondence is an important skill that needs to be mastered in kindergarten. In a nutshell, one-to-one correspondence means children are able to count a group of objects, while touching each object, one at a time. (Kind of like that one potato game...) While this concept might seem obvious, it's more advanced than just counting out loud, which is called "rote counting" because it takes things to the next level-- associating spoken numbers with real objects.
Lori Jones

Pennies and Dimes on a Piggy Bank bulletin board - 1 views

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Numbers and operations in base ten Grade 2 math activities 2.NBT.1 2.NBT.2

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  • pennies and dimes on a piggy bank bulletin board I also count the first 100 days of school. On a bulletin board I have a pig pink piggy bank cut out. Everyday we put up a penny (velcro spots on the bulletin board and on back of large paper coins). When we get 10 pennies, I take them down, change to a dime and stick it in the bank. Everyday we count the money orally. I teach first grade, and this really seemed to help last year. vicki dugan, 10/29/00 on teachers.net primary elementary board
    • Lori Jones
      Lori Jones on 02 Feb 12
       
      I really, really liked this idea, and actually thought it would be fun to save for a goat to send to Haiti (Beatrice's Goat) as part of our Kindness and Justice challenge.
    • Susie Beesley
      Susie Beesley on 07 Feb 12
       
      This would be a wonderful connection to literature and a service learning project. Are you familiar with the counting rice website where the students calculate math problems while earning rice for people living in third world countries?
  • Lori Jones on 02 Feb 12
     
    I would modify this idea to include nickels and quarters also.  The students add one penny for each day.  When ten pennies accumulate, a dime is substituted.  Perhaps they add a nickel for each rainy day until five nickels accumulate (and a quarter is substituted.)  We would skip count by fives and tens (depending on what we have on our piggy) until we can total our amount.  Each day we will accumulate more of each.
Lori Jones

Math Activities Addition Mission - 1 views

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Operations and Algebraic Thinking 1.OA.3 math activities Grade 1 Centers Stations

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  • Addition Mission         Game mats               Number cards This game is designed to practice addition skills. Children should be somewhat familiar with addition before playing. Print one set of game mats (enough for 6 players) and one set of number cards (pages 2-5 ONLY). Then reinsert the number card pages into your printer so that you can print Buzz Light Year (page 1 ONLY) on the back (or use your printers double-sided feature if it has one). Cut apart number cards. Laminate the game mats or place inside plastic protectors. To play, children take turns choosing 2 Buzz cards. The child adds the numbers together and if he has the matching sum on his game mat, he places the cards on the mat. If not, he discards them. Play continues until one player fills his game mat. This player wins.
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      Lori Jones on 02 Feb 12
       
      1 OA.3  This is a fun game that reinforces addition skills.  It would be a great family game or station/center game.
  • Lori Jones on 02 Feb 12
     
    Addition Mission:  Students each have a game mat and take turns choosing two cards.  He/she adds the two cards together, and if he has a matching sum on the game mat, he puts the cards on the mat.  If not, he discards him.
Liz Dilts

Make a Tornado in a Bottle - Fun Science Experiments for Kids - 1 views

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Grade 2 Earth Science 2.2.6

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      Liz Dilts on 15 Feb 12
       
      2.2.6 Learn about, report on and practice severe weather safety procedures. Differentiation: Allow ELL students to present orally, in written expression, or artistically (poster, picture...) on a severe weather phenomena that is common in the area where they are from and the safety procedures for this weather.  This will allow students to present on a topic that is familiar and also educate other students on their background.
  • Liz Dilts on 15 Feb 12
     
    Help students to understand what goes on in a tornado by creating one of your own!  This is a common severe weather phenomena that happens in Indiana and should be combined with safety procedures on the topic.
Lori Jones

Rock Around The World - 1 views

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Kindergarten Grade K Earth and Space Sciences Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4

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      Lori Jones on 19 Feb 12
       
      Very cool website.  This could be a place to discuss African American scientist, George Alcorn.  (invented the Imaging XRay Spectrometer.)  Black History Month opportunity
  • Lori Jones on 19 Feb 12
     
    VERY cool Earth Science/Space crossover project.  Students can send in a rock from their area, and NASA will use a special tool (like the one on the Mars Exploration Rovers) to tell you what it's made of.  Students could compare rocks on Earth to the rocks found on Mars.   Class can view and print various rock pictures from this website and create their own rock book, differentiating by ability.  (could be categorized by color, composition, geographic location, etc.)  It can be expanded as needed.  Kindergarten example would be to create a journal entitled "My Rock Collection."  They would find pictures of rocks that are blue, red, yellow, green, purple, etc and categorize them.  
Mary Jo Mack

Make Milk Carton Counting Houses - 1 views

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Grade K counting K.0A.1 Addition

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      Mary Jo Mack on 01 Feb 12
       
      This can be a fun project for the students to make their own "house" and "families." Teachers can make a social studies connection by trying to arrange the houses in two rows facing each other. Number the houses on the right with even numbers and the ones on the left with odd … just like the houses on a real-life street.
    • Susie Beesley
      Susie Beesley on 07 Feb 12
       
      The picture for this activity looks really cute. I wonder how hard it would be for little ones to draw faces on craft sticks. You'd probably want to put newspaper down on the desks and be prepared to have marker on their hands, but still, it looks like an engaging activity that would be worth a little mess.
  • Mary Jo Mack on 01 Feb 12
     
    Most five-year-olds master counting out loud long before they walk into kindergarten. This is always exciting to watch, but it doesn't mean that kids truly understand what numbers mean. Kindergarten teachers want to make sure that kids can count objects, but also connect groups of things to abstract numbers. This whimsical craft helps kids do just that, and reuses empty milk cartons to boot.
Mary Jo Mack

Work: Force through a Distance | Education.com - 1 views

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4.4.3 force distance Science Engineering and Technology Grade 4

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      Mary Jo Mack on 15 Feb 12
       
      4.4.3 "Investigate how changes in speed or direction are caused by forces: the greater the force exerted on an object, the greater the change."
    • Mary Jo Mack
      Mary Jo Mack on 15 Feb 12
       
      This would be a great inclusion activity for special needs students. Students could work in groups to calculate the work. Even though this is listed as a middle school activity, with thorough explanation, 4th grade students would be able to complete this activity to meet standard 4.4.3.
  • Mary Jo Mack on 15 Feb 12
     
    In this project, you will learn how to measure the work done on an object. You will determine the effect that a simple machine has on work. You will also determine the effect of the direction of the force on work.
Ashley Stewart

Play Math Flash Bingo | Education.com - 1 views

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Grade 2 2.OA.1 Addition Grade K Grade 1 Grade 3 Grade 4

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      Ashley Stewart on 01 Feb 12
       
      2.OA.1 "Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem." This activity can be adjusted for ELL students by giving them manipulatives to work out their problems. It can also be adjusted for gifted students by challenging them to fill their entire BINGO card, rather than just a line of numbers. This activity can be used in older age groups by providing multiplication or division flash cards, rather than addition or subtraction flash cards.
  • Ashley Stewart on 01 Feb 12
     
    Students solve addition problems on flash cards and find the corresponding answer on their BINGO sheet. The first one to get a BINGO wins!
Lori Jones

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Third grade Grade 3 Arbor Day Free trees 3.2.6

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      Lori Jones on 20 Feb 12
       
      Differentiation:  planting trees is a universal activity that would build community within the classroom and within the school.   Gifted students could make models of what "trees" are used for to assist human beings.  
  • Lori Jones on 20 Feb 12
     
    From the DNR / State of Indiana, this website provides many links to educational programs offered by DNR and our State Forestries.  In particular, I like the free tree seedlings for Indiana third graders.  I could see this one "gift" developing into a unit on conservation of resources.  Specifically, standard 3.2.6:  Describe how the properties of earth materials make them useful to humans in different ways.  Describe ways that humans have altered these resources to meet their needs for survival.  We could discuss the lumber industry, and how it benefits human-kind.  Moving on from there, we can discuss how to replenish the supply.  
Lori Jones

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Third grade Grade 3 Sponge Bob Design Process Science

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      Lori Jones on 19 Feb 12
       
      This could truly apply to any 2-6 grade class.  I think it should be hands on instead of just the worksheet, and modified the activity in the bookmark.  ELL'swill like the project because it is more hands on.
  • Lori Jones on 19 Feb 12
     
    Bikini Bottom Experiments I really enjoyed reading these questions, and the activity ideas quickly came to me!   We could discuss how to design effective experiments, conduct experiments similar to the "Flower Power" experiment.  Have students compare the two experiments by determining the results, and keeping logs of the two.  (one experiment done correctly, and one done with the design flaw of SpongeBob's experiment.)   Kids will LOVE this!
Brandon Appleton

Make a Ladybug Storyboard! | Education.com - 1 views

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storyboard Addition Grade K K.OA.1

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      Brandon Appleton on 30 Jan 12
       
      This is a great visual activity to have on hand for students who need that visual stimulus. Some students also enjoy the stories which may help keep them stay on task
  • Brandon Appleton on 30 Jan 12
     
    Great use of combining reading and math, focusing on addition up to 10 or any other number you are working on.
Liz Dilts

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Grade 5 multiplying decimals 5.NBT.7

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      Liz Dilts on 06 Feb 12
       
      5.NBT.7  add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies  Differentiation: Have gifted students multiply up to three dominoes or divide the numbers instead
  • Liz Dilts on 06 Feb 12
     
    In this activity students will practice multiplying decimals.  Students will cut out dominoes and use each domino to create a decimal number  (ie 2 dots on one side and three on the other equals 2.3 or 3.2).  Next students will draw another domino and multiply the two numbers.
Laura Riggins

EarthRounds.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 1 views

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3.2.6 Grade 3 Grade 2 Earth Rounds_Available Resources

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      Laura Riggins on 15 Feb 12
       
      Sticky Note: This would also be a great activity to attach to fractions because you have to be able to understand fractions to put the ingredients in the correct places. It could also be used in younger grades where groups are making one together or the class creates one together and discusses our responsibilities to keep the earth clean.
  • Laura Riggins on 15 Feb 12
     
    3.2.6 Describe how the properties of earth materials make them useful to humans in different ways. Describe ways that humans have altered these resources to meet their needs for survival. Sticky Note: This would also be a great activity to attach to fractions because you have to be able to understand fractions to put the ingredients in the correct places. It could also be used in younger grades where groups are making one together or the class creates one together and discusses our responsibilities to keep the earth clean.
Susan Shonle

Lincoln's Dive - A Newton's Law Experiment - sciencebob.com - 1 views

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Grade 5 5.3.11 5.3.13 Science Newton Law experiment Lincoln

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      Susan Shonle on 13 Feb 12
       
      Extensions: Science connects with a historical figure: Isaac Newton.  Teacher can give background on him prior to experiment or allow students time to research via book or internet this important historical figure. Adaptations Gifted students can choose one of Newton's laws and give a presentation on it after researching the topic.  ESL & Special Ed students can illustrate one of Newton's Laws on poster board or foam core.
  • Susan Shonle on 13 Feb 12
     
    The Lincoln High Dive: 5th Grade Science Experiment Newton's first law states that an object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an outside force.  This experiment also illustrates gravity. Supplies: A Lincoln penny (or other small coin), a piece of card stoic or stiff paper, a film canister, baby food jar, or other similar size container with a mouth slightly larger than a penny, a pencil or pen, and scissors.
Ashley Stewart

Battle It Out: Positive and Negative Numbers Card Game | Education.com - 1 views

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Grade 4 4.NBT.2 Positive Numbers Negative Numbers Grade 5

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      Ashley Stewart on 30 Jan 12
       
      4.NBT.2 "Read and write multi-digit whole numbers using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form. Compare two multi-digit numbers based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons." This activity can be adjusted for ELL students by using a smaller deck of cards. The game can first be mastered by using only the black cards (positive numbers). Once the student(s) is comfortable with the concept of the game with the positive numbers, the negative numbers (red cards) can be introduced. This activity can be used for younger ages by working with only the black cards, and modeling proper mathematical words, such as "greater than" and "less than".
  • Ashley Stewart on 30 Jan 12
     
    Students work in pairs, battling against one another for this card game. Each person turns over one card at a time. Red cards represent negative numbers, and black cards represent positive numbers. The person with the highest valued card is the winner for that round. The student that accumulates the most cards (when each player is out of cards) is the winner!
Susan Shonle

Play Pennies, Dimes, Dollar! | Education.com - 1 views

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Grade 1 1.NBT2.c math money place value

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  • counting
  • This game allows kids to explore three primary math concepts in one: by moving pennies into the tens column, your child enacts the idea of “place value”—“ones,” “tens,” “hundreds,” and so on. By counting up to $1.00, your child practices moving around on the number line…
    • Susan Shonle
      Susan Shonle on 31 Jan 12
       
      Extensions: This activity can connect math with art (using pictures of currency)  This activity also incorporates a real world skill - counting money. Adaptations: Gifted student can use other coins not mentioned to reach goal of $1.00.  ESL students can draw pictures of currency to understand value of money used and use chart to understand place value.  Special Ed students can have more time to count and be paired with another peer.
Liz Dilts

"Name That Number-Fraction-Shape" - 1 views

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Grade 4 numbers fractions polygons 4.NF.1

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      Liz Dilts on 06 Feb 12
       
      4.NF.1  Explain why a fraction a/b is equivalent to a fraction (nxa) (nxb) by using visual fraction models, with attention to how the number and size of the parts differ even though the two fractions themselves are the same size. Differentiation: For gifted students, the problems on the board can be changed to best suit the child's abilities.
  • Liz Dilts on 06 Feb 12
     
    This activity can be adapted to practice basic facts, identifying simple polygons, or finding the meaning of fractions. The game involves rolling a die and landing on a marker.  Each player must either solve a problem on the marker or answer a question in a cell to move forward.
Liz Dilts

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Grade 4 Adding two- three- and four-digit numbers 4.NBT.4

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      Liz Dilts on 06 Feb 12
       
      4.NBT.4 Fluently add or subtract multi-digit whole numbers using standard algorithm Differentiation: For ELL students I would model the game for them, allowing them to help me show the class instead of relying on written directions to tell them how to play.
  • Liz Dilts on 06 Feb 12
     
    In this activity students will practice adding two-, three-, and four-digit numbers.  Player's take turns adding numbers that they land on after rolling a dice.  Each player will also take turns checking his or her partner's answers on a calculator.
Laura Riggins

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Grade K K.G.6 Compose simple shapes to form larger shapes.

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      Laura Riggins on 01 Feb 12
       
      This would be great to use in an ELL classroom as a way of using vocabulary such as "above", "below" etc and color so that it becomes a following the instructions game where the person is telling you where to put your pattern block. In this case the picture would be the key and the child could make the shape on a blank table.
  • Laura Riggins on 01 Feb 12
     
    Print all pages on cardstock and laminate. Students use pattern blocks to recreate the images. K.G.6: Compose simple shapes to form larger shapes. Sticky Note: This would be great to use in an ELL classroom as a way of using vocabulary such as "above", "below" etc and color so that it becomes a following the instructions game where the person is telling you where to put your pattern block. In this case the picture would be the key and the child could make the shape on a blank table.
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