The Grade 3's completed their multiplication and division unit. Their final task was to create 2,3, or 4 identical critters out of playdoh and create division sentences to match. They look happy...better than a worksheet!
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Students loving their fraction centers: group games, creating word problems based on pictures, memory, Go Fish. In another fraction class, students went outside with chalk to practice evenly dividing shapes.
Exploration and play can be more effective than a worksheet, just add some creativity. "What's a Fraction Unit?" Ariana asks when she sees the agenda message for the day.
Another student says a bit worried, "Oh my gosh, we have to learn fractions this year." We introduced fractions with Smartie's this week. They picked up the concept of Fractions of a set very quickly. After a group demo, each student got a box of Smartie's and completed a tally chart of Smartie colors inside. We practiced how to say a fraction and how it looks when written in numbers and words. Then they got to customize a poster about their box. I can't believe how much they got done in a period. It's a beautiful day to enjoy the sun and practice math with some exercise. Students stationed number sentences under pylons all over the playground, and got clipboards with workspaces. They had to run to different stations, stack up the number sentence, solve it (paying attention to it's operation and whether you need to borrow or carry), and run to me for marking. It was a great way to entice those students who are not 'math lovers' or who were struggling with the regrouping skill.
We took an unplanned break today in Math class to try out some multiplication and division games! Visit: http://www.mathplayground.com/index_multiplication_division.html to play them yourselves!
We concluded our multiplication unit with a game Array Battles! They had lots of fun and got to practice their multiplication skills too. Some have even been playing in their free time! Talk about incentive.
Students were introduced to how a clock runs today. It was a pleasant surprise to hear that many students already had a huge handle on the concept. We talked about how to read a manual clock and discussed the important parts of it. Then they were asked to build a clock at their desk using a bag of goodies. We will be spending more time with clocks and on telling time both from a manual clock and in a problem solving context. Of course, we had to get in some play time too!
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