Fact Families

I am not a huge fan of our new math series.  My students are having such a hard time understanding it.  So, I am supplementing A LOT!  I created a math lesson to help them better understand fact families.   I associated the numbers with people and talked to them about how your family stays the same.  This really helped the students get the concept.  It is actually the first math lesson this year that every student in the classroom understood completely!!  If you would like a copy of the packet, you can get it HERE.  In the packet, there are a few pages to help introduce the lesson, flash cards, worksheets, and a file folder game.  I also made the file folder game a separate file just in case you need the reinforcement or just need a few more centers for your classroom.  You can get it HERE.

Harvesting Nouns

As I mentioned before, our school went to standard based report cards this year.  I have been making file folder games for my students to use as review and for me to use as an assessment.  One of my newest folder games reviews nouns. They have to put the vegetables in the correct wheelbarrows.  You can download this  at my TeachersPayTeachers site.

Candy Math

Any activity that you do with food is going to keep the kids' interest.  This is an activity that you can use with either Skittles or M&Ms.  I use this activity at the end of the year as a review.  You can use it as a math center, time filler, and review.  This activity reviews estimating (estimating the number of skittles or m&ms), adding, subtracting, sorting (by color), and graphing (by 2 and pictograph).  The activities are the same for Skittles and for M&Ms.  It just depends on which one you have on hand or buy.  I have  included a color version and a black and white version.

You can purchase this activity at my TeachersPayTeachers site.