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C is For Conversion
Posted November 30th, 2010 by Michelle FlamingThis hands-on activity uses manipulatives to help students physically trade in one unit for another, larger unit of measure. By manipulating the tiles, students can find all types of conversions. To download the entire lesson plan, click on file attachments below. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to email me michellef@essdack.org
Using the 200 Chart For Division
Posted November 15th, 2010 by Michelle Flaming in
Using the 200 Chart For Division
Using the 200 Chart to Count Money
Posted November 15th, 2010 by Michelle Flaming
Using the 200 Chart to Count Money
The other day I saw the neatest way of using a 200 Chart (a hundreds chart that goes through 200) to help students as they were learning to count money. I would have never came up with this idea, but it worked so well for students who were struggling keeping track of how much money they were counting. Directions for how it works:
Place Value Cards
Posted November 5th, 2010 by Michelle FlamingThese easy-to-use cards let students explore place value concepts—from ones to one hundred thousand. Just cut off the extra white to the left of the digits. These cards can be used to teach standard and expanded form of a number. Download the files below. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me at michellef@essdack.org
My Kids Turn - Hits 130 Videos For Parents
Posted October 25th, 2010 by Michelle FlamingMy Kids Turn is a website which hosts 6 different shows which provides quick ideas for parents to use with their children. This would be awesome to share with parents as a follow up to parent teacher conferences.
My Kids Turn is about our kids -- yours and ours -- and how we're going to make sure that they have the best opportunity we can give them to succeed at school.
Two Graphic Organizers to Help Students with Elapsed Time
Posted October 25th, 2010 by Michelle FlamingThree Steps To Teach Least Common Multiple
Posted October 24th, 2010 by Michelle Flaming
I often get asked the question, why do students need to learn how to find the LCM of two or more numbers. I can only think of two mathematical examples, the first is to find common denominators for fractions so that we can add the fractions more easily. For example, if we have the fractions 1/4, 1/3, and 1/6, we could use the LCM to create equivalent fractions to add quickly and easily.
Four Activities for Comparing and Ordering Numbers
Posted October 12th, 2010 by Michelle FlamingComparing and ordering numbers is an important skill for students at any grade level. But there is more to comparing and ordering numbers than comparing the individual digits in each of the placeholders. When we teach children to look a the first number, furthest to the left, and then if they are the same, look at the second number, we are teaching children a rote procedure to compare and order numbers.
Reach The Top - Comparing and Ordering Numbers
Posted October 11th, 2010 by Michelle Flaming
The goal of this math lesson is for students, using dice, to create four-digit numbers which become larger and larger. This can be adjusted easily for older students (add more dice) to younger students (use fewer dice).
Lesson can be downloaded below.
Base Ten Match - Comparing and Ordering Numbers Using a Pictorial Representation
Posted September 30th, 2010 by Michelle FlamingThis lesson is designed to help students learn the representational value of numbers. This lesson is accompanied with pictorial representation of base ten blocks, numerals, and numbers written in expanded form. Students match the cards to identify several representations. An example of a card, match 5 hundreds, 13 tens, and 4 ones to 634. Sometimes the order is mixed around, this gets to true understanding of the value of the number.
