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Bring Your Math Class To Life ICTM 2015
- 1. Bring Your MathClass to Life Engage your students! Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 2. Bring Math toLife • Make it Social • Leave the Worksheet behind • Rituals They’ll Love • Let the Kids Create Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 3. Make Math Social Include Discussionand Collaboration in Every Lesson Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 4. Make Math Social •Collaborate • Discuss • Share ideas Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 5. Make Math Social •Discussion = talking about math – Explain their thinking – Listening to peer’s thinking • Collaboration = working together – Students can do more with a partner than they can do alone – Learn from each other Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 6. Let Them TeachEach Other • Group kids to teach each other • Strategy groups • Ability groups Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 7. Keep Them Talking •Check homework with a partner – Engaging – If they don’t agree – they have to work the problem again Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 8. Keep Them Talking “Trainingwheels” – sentence starters for math discussion Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 9. Leave the WorksheetBehind There are so many other ways to practice a skill Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 10. Practice with OnlineGames • Gregtangmath.com – My favorite website! – Break Apart – Expresso – Kakooma – Satis-fraction Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 11. Greg Tang’s Expresso MaryKienstra ICTM 2015
- 12. Greg Tang’s MinusMania Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 13. Greg Tang’s Satis-fraction MaryKienstra ICTM 2015
- 14. Greg Tang’s Satis-fraction MaryKienstra ICTM 2015
- 15. Greg Tang’s Satis-fraction MaryKienstra ICTM 2015
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- 19. My Favorite App MaryKienstra ICTM 2015
- 20. Practice with 24Cards Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 21. Practice with 24Cards Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 22. Practice problems inNew Ways • Dice • Cards • Lanyard Math Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 23. Use Dice • Dice –Roll dice to practice any operation Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 24. Use Cards • Cards –Pick cards to practice any operation Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 25. Lanyards? • Lanyard Math –Each kid “wears” an equation or word problem – Becomes “expert” – Solve each others’ – Record on sheet Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 26. Kahoot • www.getkahoot.com • Interactiveonline game using iPads or other device as controller • Kids work together • Kids can create these problems Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 27. Make it Real •Bring the Boxes – Volume and surface area – Measure the sides • Great discussion • Great discussion Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 28. Make it Real •Real life Projects: – What is the sugar content of these beverages? Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 29. Make it Real •Shark Tracking – Shark lengths – Average miles traveled http://www.ocearch.org/#SharkTracker Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 30. Shark Tracking Katherine theShark’s Path @Shark_Katherine on Twitter Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 31. Make it Real •Bring the pumpkins! – Estimating weight Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 32. Make it Real •Use real numbers when ever possible! – Compare census numbers or area of states – Percent problems from REAL shopping – Graphs from current events – Use real data • Generate the data in class if possible Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 33. Create Rituals TheKids LOVE • Weekly Kakooma Challenge • Pi Day • Numbers in the News • Living on the Coordinate Plane • Estimation Station • My 2 FAVORITE WORDS Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 34. Kakooma Challenge • EveryFriday • Kids work in groups to solve the puzzle • Record their times • Find mean, median of the times • Create line plot Gregtangmath.com Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 35. Kakooma Challenge My classes“compete” against each other Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 36. Kakooma Challenge • Competitionis motivating for some kids Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 37. Don’t forget ourMath Holiday • Many resources with ideas for celebrations • Pinterest boards • NCTM Have some fun! Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 38. PI Day –Annual Party • Kids create a project • Measure circles • Create pi chain • Sing pi songs Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 39. Sing Holiday Songs MaryKienstra ICTM 2015
- 40. Numbers in theNews Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 41. Numbers in theNews Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 42. Numbers in theNews • Kids research an event • Find ways math is used • Create graphs Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 43. Live on theCoordinate Plane Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 44. Play SET onthe Coordinate Plane Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015 http://www.setgame.com/set/puzzle
- 45. Play SET onthe Coordinate Plane Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 46. Dance Dance OrderedPairs Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 47. Estimation Station • Outstandingwebsite created by Andrew Stadel http://www.estimation180.com/ Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 48. Estimation Station • Outstandingwebsite created by Andrew Stadel http://www.estimation180.com/ Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 49. Estimation Station • Outstandingwebsite created by Andrew Stadel http://www.estimation180.com/ Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 50. Estimation Station • Outstandingwebsite created by Andrew Stadel http://www.estimation180.com/ Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 51. Estimation Station • Outstandingwebsite created by Andrew Stadel http://www.estimation180.com/ Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 52. Estimation Station • Outstandingwebsite created by Andrew Stadel http://www.estimation180.com/ • Kids answer question with an estimate • Determine “how close” they are • Calculate % off Fabulous Discussion! Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 53. My 2 “FavoriteWords” If you ask any one of my students what my 2 favorite words are, they will tell you! PLACE VALUE Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 54. My 2 “FavoriteWords” Because it’s a joke… They remember it! Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 55. Let the KidsCreate • Foldables • Videos • Puzzles Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 56. Kids Create Foldables •Just another way to review or show understanding Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 57. Kids Create Foldables •Complementary and Supplementary Angles Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 58. Kids Create Videos •Web-based – Smart Board – iMovie • APPS – Explain Everything – iMovie – Telagami Video from iPad or other camera Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 59. Kids Create Videos •Explain their thinking or show their work using Explain Everything App on iPad Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 60. Kids Create Videos •Rules for rounding – do they always work? • Why does the reciprocal work? • How do you compare fractions? • Why do the denominators have to be the same when you add or subtract fractions? • Why do we need the order of operations? • When do people round in real life? Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 61. Kids Create Videos •Kids are familiar with watching a video to learn something new • Let them be the video creators – watch their creativity soar! • Share on class website • Kids comment on each others’ Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 62. Kids Create Puzzlesand Games From NCTM Illuminations Created by a student Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
- 63. What ideas canyou use? Think about how you can incorporate these ideas with your class Check my website: Marykienstra.com @beebekienstra Mary Kienstra ICTM 2015
Editor's Notes
- #10 Lucky for me – my goal is to teach the standards, not require my students to do every problem in the book or finish all the worksheets
- #28 Census numbers, area of states, play games to get data for analysis
- #29 Census numbers, area of states, play games to get data for analysis
- #30 Census numbers, area of states, play games to get data for analysis
- #31 Census numbers, area of states, play games to get data for analysis
- #32 Census numbers, area of states, play games to get data for analysis
- #33 Census numbers, area of states, play games to get data for analysis