Monday, July 26, 2021

Teacher Giveaway! Weekly $25 Teachers pay Teachers Gift Card Giveaway July 26, 2021



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Monday, July 19, 2021

Teacher Giveaway! Weekly $25 Teachers pay Teachers Gift Card Giveaway July 19, 2021


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Monday, July 12, 2021

The Product Game - Multiplication Facts Game


Have you ever had your students play the product game?  It is a fun partner game for helping students to practice their multiplication factsIt is one of my students' favorites and we have played it both in person, and on-line.


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The Product Game - multiplication facts game


If you have ever visited my blog before, then you know I am a big proponent of using games to help students practice their math facts! The Product Game is another one of our favorites!

Not only do students practice their multiplication facts, but, it's a great way to talk about factor pairs and prime and composite numbers.  As students play, they begin making observations about what numbers are on the game board, and patterns that they can find.  So, not only are they practicing their multiplication tables, but they are also developing game strategies!

Materials Needed:




How to Play the Product Game:

1. Player one puts their paper clip on any number on the factor list.  They don't mark a square on the product grid because only one factor had been marked and it takes two factors to make a product.

2. Player two puts their paper clip on any number on the factor list (this can also be the same factor chosen by player one). They then use one of their game markers to cover the product that results from these two factors.

The Product Game Printable Game Board


3. Player one now moves either one of the paper clips to another number and then covers the new product with their own game marker.

The Product Game Printable Game Board



4. Each player, then takes turn moving one paper clip and marking a product.  If the product is already marked, the player does not get a mark for that turn.  The winner is the first player to mark four squares in a row.

Variations/Differentiation


We have been able to play this game on-line with me uploading a game board on-line.  You might notice that I changed the products and factors in this game board to differentiate for my students' needs. I also just LOVE the look on her face!

The Product Game on-line
I also found this on-line version where students can play against the computer or a second player.  This would be perfect for a computer or Ipad station or for students to practice their multiplication facts at home.

You can even change this to a sum game  for practicing addition facts by changing the numbers on the board.



I love to keep this activity in rotation throughout the year (my kids even beg to play during indoor recess).  I sometimes change the game markers to make it a bit more festive during the holidays.

The Product Game - Christmas Themed


You can make it a Christmas game by using mini-erasers from Target.  

The Product Game Valentine's Day Version

A few heart gems from the Dollar Store makes it the perfect Valentine's Day math center!

Have you ever played the Product Game with your students?





 








Teacher Giveaway! Weekly $25 Teachers pay Teachers Gift Card Giveaway July 12, 2021


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Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Teacher Giveaway! Monthly $100 Teachers pay Teachers Gift Card Giveaway - July 2021

Teacher Giveaway!

I am teaming up with some of my favorite Teachers pay Teachers friends to bring you another giveaway for teachers!

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Monthly $100 Teachers pay Teachers Gift Card Giveaway

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Monday, July 5, 2021

Help Students Solve Math Word Problems

Word problems can be incredibly tricky for students, but they are super important to master, not only because of state testing, but the real world math we use every day is full of word problems. Very rarely am I given a sheet of math problems to solve, but instead I am faced with problems such as how much fencing should I buy, or if this product is 35% off, how much am I saving?

Here is one of the strategies I use to help my students solve word problems.  Your students will love making a mess with math!


MESS Word Problem Strategy Graphic Organizer




Help Students Solve Math Word Problems

Do you ever notice that your students approach word problems by barely reading the problem and instead plucking out the numbers and performing some random operation on them without really THINKING about the problem?  Yeah, I did too!

Luckily, I started using the MESS problem solving strategy, and it was a GAME CHANGER with my students.  They started actually reading the problem, and modeling the problem BEFORE they started solving. 

Read the Problem

Before we even start the strategy, the students need to read the problem.  It is a word problem for a reason, the story means something and helps us to see what the problem is asking us to do.

You will have to model this with students multiple times before they begin to do this on their own.  I read EVERY problem out loud with my students when we begin this process.

Once we have read the problem, I ask them to find the sentence where the question is being asked.

Math Word Problems Math Journal


In the problem above, which is from my 4th Grade Math Journal resource, the question asks "How many packages of pencils does the school secretary need to order?" Looking even closer, the problem tells us to round to the greatest place to solve.

If my students are REALLY struggling with word problems, I will often scaffold at this point by having them write a sentence stem in their graphic organizer that says, "The secretary needs to order ___ packages of pencils."

Once we know what our problem is asking, we are ready to make a MESS!

MESS Problem Solving Strategy

Mess is an acronym to help the students remember the steps for this problem solving strategy.

MESS Word Problem Solving Strategy Anchor Chart



Model: Students draw a model of the problem.
Equation: Students write an equation to help them solve the problem.
Solve: Students solve the problem.
Sentence: Students write a sentence with their answer.

MESS word problem solving strategy poster



Word Problem MESS Strategy Graphic Organizer

To help my students implement this strategy, I created a graphic organizer where each of the steps were listed, so they wouldn't forget any of them as they solved their word problem.

I also created a math journal using this graphic organizer with problems already written on them, so I could just have them printed and ready to go for a daily practice.

With this daily practice, I definitely saw a change in how my students approached word problems. They were actually reading and understanding what the problem asked them rather than just plugging numbers into an equation.




Free Word Problem Solving Graphic Organizer Download


Math Journal Prompts Featuring the MESS Problem Solving Strategy

I also have ready-made math journal word problem prompts available for 1st - 6th grade. You can find them here.




Teacher Giveaway! Weekly $25 Teachers pay Teachers Gift Card Giveaway July 5, 2021


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