Happy Sunday, Everyone! I woke up to a big surprise--my Skittles "Freebie" was featured in the TpT newsletter! It has already had over 6,000 hits today! Crazy! Today I want to share an activity that I did last week that I feel was a great review of equivalent fractions AND a great opportunity for students to practice their problem solving and their mathematical language. Here's ... Read the Post
Sticky Note Assessment
Greetings everyone! Happy Wednesday to all of you! I am working on fractions days 11 and 12, but I wanted to share a quick tip with all of you today. I use a TON of exit and entrance slips in math to check student understanding and to help me decide who to pull for small groups and so on. Sometimes, though, I want an even QUICKER check--to kind of "take the temperature" of the ... Read the Post
Fractions Day 9: Comparing and Sequencing Fractions
Today was a "test" day in fourth grade--a test for me to see where my students are with fractions. I started by giving them an "entrance" slip that just asked them a few basics, and then asked them to respond to the following prompt in their math journals: "Can a fraction ever have more than one name? Explain your thinking." In my head, I needed the following activity to "take the temperature" ... Read the Post
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