Summer School Students
This week we have been using the blog’s clustermap as our “Number of the Day”. We take this number and do a variety of math word problems about it. This was working very well until today, when our...
View ArticleFill Two
This week in summer school we have been working on decimals. I found a great game on teachingchannel.org called “Fill Two”. The game asks students to draw decimal cards that display “tens” or...
View ArticleFraction Cards
One of my biggest focuses for this summer school math group is to getting a better understanding of the relationship between fractions, decimals, and percentages. Many of my students had little to no...
View ArticleConceptua Math
This week in summer school we began using a website called conceptuamath.com. What a great tool for learning about fractions! While some tools seem to require a paid subscription, many are free and...
View ArticleDecention – A Game of Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages
Lately we have been spending time learning the equivalent decimal and percentage values of common fractions. While the flash cards have been a great help, I thought it was time for a new way to...
View ArticleNumber of the Day
This is the post where I say thank you to my visitors. Each day in math class we take a look at the class blog. The first thing the students usually want to know if how many visitors the blog has...
View ArticleMultiplication Rap
After Math class, my students have a ten minute break to use the restrooms and converse before the next academic period. Lately I have been giving my group of the day some free time on the...
View Article2012 Stezzi Math Olympics!
The last week of summer school was bitter sweet for me. While I was excited to enjoy some vacation time, I really enjoyed teaching math to these wonderful students. Instead of complaining that they...
View ArticleMultiplication Bingo
Our first event of the “2012 Stezzi Math Olympics” was Multiplication Bingo. Like regular Bingo, students could win by getting five in a row horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Unlike regular...
View Article“Dice to 200″
In my last post for summer school I am sharing another of the events in the “2012 Stezzi Math Olympics”. It was our last class of the Olympics and the race for the group with the most medals was as...
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