Story Problems:
Write problems to be solved on note cards.
Put on a bulletin board or shuffle and pass out for students to use as a
pattern to write similar problems.Writing
Story Problems:
Write problems to be solved on note cards.
Put on a bulletin board or shuffle and pass out for students to use as a
pattern to write similar problems.
Class Books—write these as a group or with individual students writing
a portion.
Ø 18 Ways to Make 17 (or use the number of students in your class)
Ø Math Vocabulary—keep math notebooks, write “math dictionaries” “Brown Bear” type stories.
Ø Counting books (evens, odds, skip counting, Roman numerals
Ø Numbers in My Life
Ø Math Rhymes, Riddles, and Nonsense: (example below)
Fractions are great,
But decimals really rate.
I am odd, Will you get even?
Do you know what number speaks German? Nein
Individual Writings:
Ø
Stories
about the paper plate picnics
Ø
What Happens
to a Dollar? Or a Day in the Life
of a Dime
Ø
Write a
story about fact families.
Math Journals: Try to include a journal activity in math at least once a
week. Make math terms an active
part of their vocabularies. Sample
topics include:
Ø
If someone
gave you a dollar, what would you do with it?
Ø
What if you
woke up one morning and you were an inch tall?
Ø What is your favorite time of day and why?
Ø Why do you think some people are better at math than others?
Ø How is math used in sports?
Ø Why is it helpful for players to have numbers on their jerseys?
Ø How tall will you be when you are 21 years old? Why do you think you will be that tall?
Ø What did you do today that required you to do math?
Ø Why do stores have sales?
Ø List ten things that you can see that have a circle in or on them.
Ø “I have time on my hands!” one man said to another. What do you suppose he meant?
Ø Write a note to your teacher describing your ideas for decorating the classroom with a math theme.