RTI. Grade Level Planning. Professional Development. Faculty Book Study. New Math Program. De-cluttering. Lesson Plans. Bus Duty. Migraine yet? Teachers could go on and on with the list of things that we all have to do to keep our classrooms ship-shape. And work stations were not even mentioned. Here is a simple, but effective, way…
Teaching Estimation with The Chocolate Chip Cookie Project
Food is a great motivator for any lesson, but when it comes to math food is king. Gumdrops, jellybeans, goldfish crackers, and pretzel sticks are only the tip of the food items that make great math manipulatives. The Chocolate Chip Cookie Project not only involves food, it teaches students about estimating, grouping by 10s, and…
Math Fun with Food Manipulatives
There is no limit to the types of things that can be used as manipulatives in math. If students can count it, they can use. While traditional counters will never go out of style, there is something a lot more motivating and exciting about math with food. Whether you are teaching addition, subtraction, multiplication, division,…