Untitled Document. Home > Grades 3-4 > Math > Multiplication > Home Site Map Comments Parents Teachers Privacy Policy and Terms of Use K-2 ( Math, Language Arts) 3-4 ( Math, Language Arts) 5-8 ( Math, Language Arts) All Ages (MindTwisters, Games) Advertise info@dositey.com. Order of Operations Activity « Writing to Learn to Teach. Last week for #MyFavFriday, I wrote about a totally silly non-academic game. This week, I want to share a game that I like lots, which actually has some academic substance. I’m honestly not sure if I thought up this activity on my own, or stole it from someone along the way. I am tempted to say that I devised this activity, myself, but … who knows. (Please do let me know if it’s yours.) And, without further ado, THE ORDER OF OPERATIONS GAME! The set-up:My classroom has five tables, each of which seats five kids. Each table also gets an envelope with the following pieces: [Update, 8/27/12: The one and only @jreulbach created a characteristically well-designed version of the game pieces that you see above.
How it works:You start the game by calling out a number. So, let’s say you shout out, “77!” Kids immediately start scurrying and scratchworking and talking and debating. I weave around the room and eavesdrop. Kid #1: “Let’s put the plus sign there!” Kid #5: “Yes, we got it!!! Suddenly– The Black Death: Percents, Ratios, and Rates. As much as I love teaching math, sometimes wish I taught social studies. History is so much fun! In our 6th grade curriculum the students do a interdisciplinary project on the Middle Ages. They study the Middle Ages in Social Studies, read period books and fairy tales in Language Arts, create Middle Age art, and even learn popular dances from the Middle Ages in dance class. With all of the Middle Age fun coursing through the 6th grade, I could not be left out in math class! The Land Of Matheval I created “The Land of Matheval” for our Medieval Mathematics Unit.
Day 1: Percent of the Population When people think of the Middle Ages, they often think of Kings, Queens, and knights. Day 2: Draw Your Role I had the students draw their role from a hat to decide if they would be nobility, clergy, or common. Day 3: Estimate Your Chance of Survival After they picked their roles I told them that we would be studying the Black Death. Day 4: Rate of Death - The Black Death Arrives! Like this: The Data of Germs and Hand Washing. Flu season is upon us – and we are working on percents! What better time to estimate how many germs we have on our hands and investigate how long it really takes to get rid of them? The CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) defines proper hygiene as vigorous hand rubbing with soap for 20 seconds. Most of my students were familiar with the 20 second rule, but not convinced of it’s effectiveness. So, we decided to collect the data and find out for ourselves!
The Set-Up: I gave them each a squirt of glowing germ simulating lotion which they rubbed onto their hands. Hand Washing: The students washed their hands with soap for 5 seconds and then rinsed. Rinse and Repeat: Our goal was to analyze germ data at 5 second intervals for up to 20 seconds. Results: It took a solid 20 seconds to eliminate the majority of the “germs” from the students hands. Analysis: After we finally got back to the classroom we loaded all our data into Google Docs and created line graphs. Like this: PEMDAS SONG (with lesson) order of operations!
Mr. Duey - Fractions. MNM: Angle Foldables. Well hello there!!! I have been on a blog frenzy.... hopefully I can keep it going! Only 6 more weeks of school---I can NOT believe how this year had just flown by!!! I am hoping that I can do a lot of posts this summer about notebooking.... but as for today... we are making foldables on...... You can use these foldables with anything you are teaching not just math.
Over the course of the year I save a ton of paper scraps. Cutting some cards for the kids? Save that 1 inch border that you would throw in the trash.... they make great vocabulary word covers which you see here when I taught probability. But onto what I did for angles... Sorry about the horrible shadow! As we continued our study, I gave the students a map printed from mapquest of our school and the surrounding streets. Then we analyzed our map. I must tell you..... Here is a picture of what we wrote after completing the map. All the notes, homework, quizzes and tests end up glued into their notebook.
Happy Notebooking! 5thGradeCCFractionActionFREE.pdf. Do You Notice Sum-Thing? This lesson is based on an activity created by Andrew Derer of the Math Science Innovation Center and Art Stoner of A+ Compass. Unlike the paper version described in this lesson, their original activity uses eleven different Hundreds Board Tiles, as shown below. The yellow transparent Hundreds Board Tiles shown above are available from A+ Compass and other retailers. To begin the lesson, display one month of dates from a calendar. As a class, discuss the numerical patterns that appear among the dates. To facilitate this discussion, choose a date in the middle of the month, and ask the following questions: What number is in the square above this one?
[The number will be 7 less than the chosen number.]What number is in the square below this one? Explain to students that they will now investigate patterns on a hundreds board. This activity sheet contains a hundreds board at the top and a template to create a "plus sign" at the bottom. Students will make many observations.
Offering Assistance. Math Vocabulary Bingo. Before using the Math Bingo game with your students, you may want to examine the Math Bingo Clue Cards for applicability to your classroom. The vocabulary emphasized on these cards is taken from a 4th‑grade textbook and based on the mathematics standards for grades 3‑5. Depending on your curriculum, you may wish to replace some of the cards with clues that are more appropriate. (You will need to create alternate clues.) In addition, you will also need Bingo cards for the students. There are lots of free online options, or you can use the Bingo Card Spreadsheet to produce a set of your own. Hit F9 to produce a card with new numbers, and print as many cards as you need for your class.
Begin this lesson by telling the students that they are going to play Bingo. After ensuring that all students understand the game format and rules, tell the students that the game they will play today is called Math Bingo. Begin the game by reading clues aloud to students. Questions for Students.