Math Programs

Our school has used Everyday Math for about 12 years, but there has been a lot of supplementation.  I liked it at first, but over the years it was less helpful to my students.  As a teacher, I could clearly see which teachers supplemented and which did not. As a parent, I didn't care for it. There simply wasn't enough practice.

This year we are starting My Math.  Their on-line program sold me! It'll be so nice to not need to create my own PowerPoint lessons for an activity!  I'm excited for the change. I've used parts of the program previously, but I still found that some students just need additional practice.  I've created a few place value activities to start off the year, and hope to create more as we move through the program.

Arrays with Turkeys

My students needed a little extra practice with arrays and repeated addition, so today they worked with turkeys.

We also reviewed prefixes and suffixes with Roll and Read.  They worked in groups of 7 and they played well together in a larger group.  It's ideal to work in smaller groups to keep the game moving, but if they work well in larger groups then give it a try.  I only had 2 large dice so we used larger groups.

After playing the game (Roll and Read)  today, a helper passed out 7 cards to each student.  They wrote the words on the feathers and then used one word in a sentence.  This was another great activity to use when students spend the week testing!