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Happy Mother’s Day
In math my fourth graders study geometry. Instead of giving them a boring paper and pencil test, I have them create a design which includes all required elements from our two chapters. They trade...
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Multiplication Baseball
Today was the last school day before the Thanksgiving break. Instead of having a regular math lesson, we played Multiplication Baseball. That way no one had to have homework over the holiday. I...
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Plant Parts on the iPads
We are fortunate enough to have an iPad cart which is shared between our K4 though eighth grade classes. Each student gets their own iPad for an activity and we use these tools for research and...
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Geometry Scavenger Hunt and Abstract Drawing
We just finished our geometry unit. Instead of a paper and pencil assessment, students had two opportunities to show me what they know. We went on a geometry scavenger hunt to find twelve required...
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2013 Collaborative O.R.E.O. Project
We used cookies to build our math skills!! This is the fifth year my math classes have participated in the O.R.E.O. Project. Each student gets two tries to build the tallest possible tower out of...
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Rounding and Estimating
We’ve been busy rounding and estimating! We used videos on Brain Pop, games on Think Central, games from Super Teacher Worksheets, and board games in our classroom to practice these concepts. We...
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QR Codes and the Qrafter App in Math Class
Today the fourth graders learned to use the Qrafter app on their iPads to read QR codes on an addition worksheet I found for them on the SuperTeacherWorksheet website. Interest was high as they...
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2015 Oreo Project
Once again our fourth graders have participated in a collaborative project hosted by Projects by Jen. Last year over 500 classrooms, and over 14,000 students, from around the world stacked Oreo...
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We Took Part in the 2015 World Education Games
Once again our fourth graders participated with over six million other students from 20,000 schools in the 2015 World Education Games hosted by UNICEF. We visited the computer lab twice, once each for...
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