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April Math Center

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And a new month means new math centers and bulletin boards. Combine both in How Many Ways? - April Edition.

This is a fun, open ended, critical thinking, math challenge. It works well as: 

• an anchor activity
• a math center
• a sponge activity 
• a challenge for fast finishers 

Similar to Boggle, the challenge in this activity is to arrive at a target number in many different ways. It readily provides differentiation by allowing the teacher to choose between 2 questions: one asks students to count to the target number; one requires students to use math operations to arrive at the target. It may be easily adapted to any elementary grade level and provides differentiation within a single grade.

Reproduce the raincloud icons and place them on a bulletin board along with the How Many Ways? question of your choice. These icons come in color and black line; with and without counting dots. Choose the math operation(s) appropriate for your students and post them, as well. Then invite your students to determine how many ways they can reach the target number. Students may use each icon only once, however, they need not use every icon. Add an extra challenge by requiring that the numbers used must touch each other.

This activity is CCSS aligned. 

My students use Post It notes. They write their equation(s) on a Post It and stick it up along the side of the display. At the end of each day, we calculate How Many Ways we found the target number.  Then I put up a new target number and we are ready to go for the next day.

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Boom! Learning Preview

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Last week I highlighted a phonics sort for young learners, The Green Giraffe. Now have a peek at something for upper grade students...

This FREE set of cards challenges your students to use their critical thinking skills to create word relationships.  

Here's how Triads work: find a word that can be added to each of the words on the Triads. 

The common word comes before or after each of the 3 words to make a familiar phrase or a compound word. In this example, the common word for the Triad is CAT; CAT litter, CATnap, and black CAT. 

All of the answers for this deck are fill in the blank. So, students type in cat, then hit "Submit," and get instant feedback.

You will absolutely love watching your students' "light bulb" moments.

This is a great activity for a literacy center or enrichment. It could also be used as an anchor or sponge activity. Fast finishers love this challenge! So, why not give them a try? If you like this challenge, try the next deck:

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Boom!

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You have a smart board. You need resources for your smart board. You need Boom! Learning.

This is a relatively new site that offers teachers resources that are ready to use on interactive whiteboards. All of the apps are created by teachers for teachers.  

In the month since I discovered this site, I have been busy uploading resources; 24 decks and 2 bundles, so far.  Now the problem is, how do I get YOU to be as excited about this as I am?  

Perhaps a preview will help you realize the potential...

And so it continues. 

There you have an interactive phonics center that does not require any printing, cutting, laminating, or storage solutions.  It will work on tablets or laptops, as well.  

This is just my 1st preview.  If you teach older students, I have plenty of decks for you. Check back soon for more previews.

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