Made It Monday: Math Review Packet

I don't know about you, but half of my life seems to be going over things that these guys have already learned!  Ok, I know that's all part of teaching mastery...etc.  But it's a little bit disheartening to have to go over a concept you were pretty sure you nailed in last week's lesson.

As a way to relieve a little bit of that stress, I've created a packet that covers most of the Arizona math standards.  Of course, they can be used in any state as math is math.

I use them as warm-ups each morning for my kiddos.  They come in and have a sheet of paper (front and back) with anywhere from 4-10 problems total to complete.  Some are word problems, some are straight computation.  It's all stuff we've done.

After the allotted amount of time, we go through it.  It's a great way for me to measure if they really did master the concept; or if I was not quite as awesome as I thought.  It also lets students see some success which, as we all know, can completely change their outlook on math.

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week,  I'll be joining in on the Teachers Pay Teachers sale!  It's only for 2 days, so make sure you get in on that action!

Click here to check it out!

Interactive Math Journals

Part of me moving to a new school next year is me being able to teach a new-ish subject!  I say new-ish because technically I've taught math the last four years; this was my first year not teaching it.  This will, however, be my first year teaching it with my new perspective on teaching!  I've always fancied myself a good teacher, but I now think that I have the ability to be a great teacher because of how my ideas have transformed and matured.  I suppose that darn graduate degree WAS good for something!

Math Glyph Fractions

I have officially made my first TpT purchase!  (well, that wasn't free anyway!)

A BIG thank you to Stephanie at Teaching in Room 6 for this wonderful idea!  You know that I'll be printing and using this today.

Please hop on over to her post about how these fraction glyphs work and get in on it!

Math Practice....Sumdog

Today I want to introduce you to one of my favorite math tools!  I discovered Sumdog this year and convinced my whole school to use it.  This is a site where students play games to practice basic math skills.  Over the years of teaching math, I found that my came to me lacking in a lot of computation skills.  This site allows them to practice skills that are specific to them while having fun.

Supplies I love for Math

This is just a brief list of some of the tools I love to use during math.  I also have a plethora of books that I use often, but I didn't want this post to go on for days!

Just so you know, I tried to take pictures of the actual items themselves, but only one came out correctly.  Due to the shortage of patience I have when technology doesn't work, I ended up just grabbing what I use from Amazon.  #SorryNotSorry  (Yes I just used a hash tag, don't judge me)