MathShare

I need your help….

This summer I will be at home planning for next year’s students.  Imagine that you are helping me to plan for my classes next year (actually, you ARE helping me).  Comment below on which activities you enjoyed most in our math class and which activities helped you to LEARN the math concepts best.  Be sure to EXPLAIN why/how the activity helped you.  Below are a few examples of things we did this year:

• carousel activities (where you go around the room solving equations taped to the wall)
• popcorn activities (you selected small crumpled pieces of paper with equations on them to solve with your group)
• group work
• mastery stamps (I’d go around and stamp papers with correct solutions — and then you’d help stamp)
• homework (well, someone might have enjoyed this)
• Help Table (during seatwork, you could come back to the table for help
• dry erase boards
• independent seatwork (we didn’t do much of it, but you might have enjoyed it)
• “I Say, You Say” game to help you work with function tables
• computer lab (this activity or the times we went to work on math practice games in the lab)
• OP help
• any other activities or strategies I used to help you

A World Full of Math!

Welcome Mrs. Caine’s math class students to my Math Blog!  We’ve had quite a math-filled year.  Even though our time together is coming to an end in just a few short days, the math we learned this year will be used by you throughout your lives.  For today’s math activity I’d like for you to add your own ideas to this blog about math in your real-life world….  Think of at least 3 ways that you will use math in your world beyond the borders of the classroom.  Be sure to include the following:  (1) At least 3 examples,  (2) the specific math skills you will need for each example, (3) an extended explanation of how math will be used in each example given.

To get started just click on the “Leave a Comment” link below.  I can’t wait to see what you each add to the list….