Moore Math Messages
Elementary Math January 2024
Key: Keep Educating Yourself Conference
Keep Educating Yourself (KEY) Conference is a free professional development conference for PK-12 teachers across our state. It is an opportunity for faculty to share the work they are doing, learn with practitioners, and make connections. In addition to great learning opportunities, you will be given one or more books for your classrooms and a small gift card. Saturday, February 24, 2024 8:30 a.m. (registration) - 1 p.m. Collings Hall, University of Oklahoma Click here to learn more about the sessions and keynote speakers
Discussing Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education
You are invited to the 2024 Cathey Simmons Humphreys Distinguished Lecture Series. This event is free and open to the public.
Discussing Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education
Thursday, March 7, 2024
5 p.m.
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
(Free parking is available in the lot next to the museum)
Jan Plass
Professor at New York University & Founding Director of the CREATE Consortium
Dr. Jan L. Plass is a Professor at New York University, holding the Paulette Goddard Chair in Digital Media and Learning Sciences. He is the founding director of the CREATE Consortium for Research and Evaluation of Advanced Technology in Education and co-director of the Games for Learning Institute.
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Draw 7!
Prepare a bag or bowl with pompoms (or similar) of two different colors. Students draw seven pompoms at random, and then count how many there are of each color. After recording these numbers, they can identify which number is bigger and which number is smaller.
Rabbits in a Burrow
This game helps students practice subtraction while having fun. It works best in pairs.
Supplies:
- Cups
- Small objects
Have students count the number of original objects. Then one student will cover his or her eyes while the other student takes some of the objects and puts them under the cup. The first student then has to determine how many objects are hidden by subtracting the number of visible objects from the original amount. The student who has the most correct answers after a set amount of time wins!
Give your students an opportunity to learn more about subtraction with this lesson on subtraction for kids.
Train Numbers
Use this game to help students practice addition and subtraction.
Supplies:
- 20 blocks
- A spinner with options for addition and subtraction
- A dice
Students begin by lining up their blocks like a train. The goal is to remove all of the blocks from the train. To do this they must spin the spinner and land on subtraction. Then they roll the dice. They can remove the number of blocks represented by the dice. However, if they land on addition they must put blocks back on the train. Throughout the game they must record the blocks they are adding and taking away as addition and subtraction problems. For example, if they take spin subtraction and roll a three, they should write 20 - 3 = 17. The game ends when all the blocks are gone or when center time runs out.
Your students can get more practice with addition with this lesson on addition for kids. Check it out to encourage students to keep applying their knowledge.
Rounding
For this center, students need to work in pairs. Give each pair a stack of cards with the numbers 0-9 written on them. Students take 3 cards apiece and place them side by side to represent a 3-digit whole number they can round to the nearest ten and hundred. Whoever has the highest rounded number keeps all 6 cards. Students continue to play until the entire deck is gone or until it's time to rotate centers.
Increase the rigor by creating larger numbers or numbers with decimals and rounding to different place values.
Place Value Game
2. If your deck contains Jokers, you may want to include them and have them count as 0.
3. Shuffle the deck of cards and place it in a pile, face down.
4. Have the players take turns drawing a card from the pack and placing them on their place value position sheet. Once a card has been placed in a particular column, it cannot be moved.
5. Play until all spaces on the mats are filled. Whoever has the largest number receives a point.
Alternative: Create the smallest number
Mean, Median, and Mode
1. Deal each student 7 cards.
2. Each student will find the mean of their cards.
3. Round the mean to the nearest whole number.
4. The answer represents the number of points the student receives in each round.
Finding the Median Game
1. Deal each student 7 cards.
2. Each student will find the median of their cards.
3. Round the median to the nearest whole number.
4. The answer represents the number of points the student receives in each round.
Finding the Mode Game
1. Deal each student 7 cards.
2. Each student will find the median of their cards.
3. The answer represents the number of points the student receives in each round.
4. If there is NO mode, the student will not receive any points.
5. If there are multiple modes, the student will receive total of the modes. (Ex. modes are 7 and 2. Student receives a score of 9.)
Classroom References
Many students have trouble remembering the difference between area and perimeter. But if they pass this display on their way out of the classroom each day, they will eventually get it!
Break out the LEGOS!
LEGOs are the perfect teaching tool for talking about area and perimeter. Plus, children love them!
Tiles and Tape
Got square floor tiles? Use blue painter’s tape (it peels off easily, we promise) to make shapes and have your students calculate the areas.
Fun with Furnishings
Students love to ask, “But when I will ever use this in real life?” Area and perimeter actually have a lot of real-life applications, like this project where students fill a room with furniture to see if they can make it all fit.
Uno Memory
Get some memory practice while you learn numerals. Uno cards, with their bright and cheery colors and large numbers, are perfect for this, but regular playing cards work too.
Roll and Go!
Build a City
Ernest: The Moose That Doesn't Fit
Ernest is a rather large moose with a rather large problem. He is so big he can’t fit inside his book! What is a moose to do? Luckily Ernest is also a very determined moose, and he and his little chipmunk friend aren’t going to give up easily. Will they find a way for Ernest to fit in?
If You Were a Polygon
When the People go away to the beach, Albert decides to make a beach of his own in the backyard sandbox. The only problem is—how to fill up his "beach" with water? Every Mouse Math title includes back matter activities that support and extend reading comprehension and math skills, plus free online activities. (Math concept: Volume/Capacity)
How Tall?: Wacky Ways to Compare Height
How many chipmunks equals the height of a redwood tree? Discover this comparison and more in this wacky, laugh-out-loud introduction to height. Quirky illustrations and lyrical text help kids explore measurable attributes of a variety of things in a uniquely engaging way. A perfect read-aloud for young science lovers and budding mathematicians.
Measuring with Non-Standard Units
Move over, linking cubes and paperclips. Heart doilies can be used for non-standard measurement too!
Candy Hearts
There are lots of ways to use those candy hearts in math!
- Patterning
- Graphing
- Sorting
- Probability
Mobius Strip Hearts
