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We went for a walk today and happened upon some old WW2 bunkers. #walkinthewoods #bunker
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Just picked up my daughter’s bag of kindergarten papers. Sad day. Thank you Teachers for going in to close up the year in a meaningful way for parents and for everything else you are doing to normalize this strange time. #thankyouteachers #sadday
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We played a math game today that my daughter’s school sent. It’s played like Guess Who? only with numbers 1-20. One player picks up a number without looking at it and shows it to their partner, who then answers yes or no questions like, “Is my number even?” and “Is my number greater than 10?” It was a lot of fun. In my half-asleep stupor getting today’s lesson together last night, I accidentally made two 18 cards, which prompted the little one to make a 19 card, which prompted the making of 200, 300 and 1000 joke cards. My daughter is a jokester. But this was great because it brought up “multiple of 10”. #numbersense #forcedkindergartenteacher #numbertalks #handsonmath #mathsteacher #kindergarten #quarantineteacher #mathteacher #mathteachersofig
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odd+odd=even even+even=even odd+even=odd odd+odd+even=even #numbersense #forcedkindergartenteacher #evenodd #handsonmath #quarantineteacher #mathteacher #visualmath #math #numbers #mathsteacher #teachersofthegram
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Cats is on YouTube on the The Show Must Go On channel. Are you watching? #catsthemusical #theshowmustgoon #quarantinefun
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So I’m re-reading Walden and it’s funny reading the pages I dog earred (sorry book lovers!) years ago. Sometimes there are sentences on those pages that still speak to me, other times it’s hard for me to remember the person who folded those pages down. I’m reading it again because I randomly saw it on my shelf towards the end of reading another book and thought that it would be a good reminder in these back-to-basics times. I liked this quote this time around. It was on a page I had not folded down last time. I like this quote because it makes me think of the grocery workers and other essential workers who are keeping us going. #walden #henrydavidthoreau #whatareyoureading #grocerystoreworkers
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New post with ways to digitally teach fraction multiplication with visual models. In the post are linked two new GOOGLE resources— an interactive Google Slide with fractions that move and overlap to show products and an editable Google Form for practice. A video is also in the post showing how you can use the Slide. Link in bio. #visualmath #fractions #areamodel #scaffoldedmath #5thgrademath #visualmodels #multiplyingfractions #teachingmath #teachingkids
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Somewhere behind this blanket fort is my computer. #blanketfort
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Multiplying fractions with the area model online? I have run into a few snafus when making math digital math activities. The biggest one is how I can help the focus not just be on the final correct answer but rather on the process, like it is in the classroom. The second is that we can't color on the computer! Or at least not easily. So for this multiplying fractions with the area model activity, I tried something a little different. There are 2 images for each fraction multiplication problem. The first presents the problem, an area model to help students visualize and two short-answer questions: 1) What is the product of these two fractions? and 2) Simplify your fraction answer. Students then click "Next" to see a color image of the area model with a multiple-choice question “Looking at the picture, does the boxed region represent your answer?” Students answer either yes or no and can go back to rework their answer if they answer no. The questions are the same as on my Multiplying Fractions Math Pennant Activity, just presented in a completely different way. On the pennant students can color to show the overlap of the two fractions. With the digital version, I am hoping students can still get the benefit of seeing this color overlap. Link in profile to the new digital version. #multiplingfractions #fractions #5thgrademath #visualmath #googlemath #digitalmath #areamodel #mathteacher #distancelearningtpt #ilovemath #googleforms
