We've been in school almost a month and I am already back in the swing of things! It is always hard to get the classroom running in the speed and smoothness that I want. I get frustrated at first because the new kids are not as up to speed as my kids where by the end of the school year. I have to remind my self that these students are new and I have to teach and reteach many times my procedures and expectations. Thankfully my new students are catching on quickly and are such a SWEET group of students!
So we've been in school a month and I already have a bunch of activities I'd like to share! First I'll start off with the rounding activity I did. I just drew a flower on paper and created this rounding flower! I put dashes down for the students to write numbers on. The students rolled dice and created numbers using the numbers they got. The numbers in the boxes represented the place value they were to round to. After they created their numbers, they colored their flower and cut it out. They cut the petals so that they can be folded. Under the petals they write the place value they rounded to ( the place value of the number in the box) and on their paper the write the number rounded. I had my students glue this flower in their math journal. But it could always be glued on a piece of construction paper.
You may have noticed that I had three of the petals be an adding or subtraction problem. I had them solve the actual answer on the front of the petals and then round and get the rounded answer on the paper under the petal.
This was a quick lesson but was a lot of fun and different! They were still able to practice with out using the same old questions from the text book! And even better...this was FREE! Just draw a flower and make copies!
Wanted to post a picture from my wedding day over the summer! It was the most perfect day! Beautiful weather and all of our close family and friends! James looked so handsome and it was a dream come true marrying him! xoxo
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