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https://lnkd.in/g77WQ9iA Combining learning with hand, eye coordination AND candy: WIN! WIN! 🎃 🍁 🎃 🍁 🎃 🍁 This time of year, it's even MORE challenging for educators to keep kids engaged. Having students engage in hands-on learning can often hold their interests and get them more engaged in their learning. This activity could be used in so many ways and across subject areas: Phonics: 📓 1. Have students choose the number of vowels versus consonants in a word and put candy in 2 different cups. 2. Have students put the number of candies in the cup for the number of syllables in the word Math: 🧮 Primary kids could add a given number of candies to their cup by hand. Then take out x amount with their grabbers and pour the remaining out to see the answer. Then have them write out the problem on dry erase to see it. General: 🍬 1. Have students put 1 candy in for TRUE or 2 candies in for FALSE to review any concepts being learned. 2. Have students put as many candies in their cup that they can for a given amount of time. Then give them time to collaborate with others and provide a supply of materials to improve their grabbers---then have them try again and work to beat their personal best!

ITL516 In this post, I'll discuss the math standard covered in the Week 4 Assignment, as well as the social studies and physical education standards I took into account when creating my project-based or problem-based interactive lesson. Links to the standards and lesson examples are provided. Additionally, the URLs will be attached below. 1. https://lnkd.in/gr8b4sHj 2. https://lnkd.in/ggeSk2Qg. 3. https://lnkd.in/gKtR8FrK 4. https://lnkd.in/gn_8vH4c 5. https://lnkd.in/gFciE3pv Functional math skills have always been something I really enjoyed and have had big aspirations to teach that one day within my classrooms. The overall goal is to show students real world examples that we know the students will run into in the near future. Some of the functional skills that I have in mind or have spoken about are money, time management, measurements and calculations for discounts, etc. The overall reason for these functional skills are for students that will be going to the next steps in their educational career and in some cases that means going to Adult Transition Programs where they will continue on with their education and or for students to sharpen their skills.  For this Physical Education part of the lesson I'd like the students to go over locomotor skills that will help them develop spatial awareness, their balance, visual awareness and their coordination with their arms and legs but also at the same time help with their cardiovascular fitness. Envision a large scale circle made by cones, I will have separate colored cones that represent different times/time zones/places, etc/ The students will meet at the center. The staff will then call out a time in order to begin and the students will perform a locomotor skill to the appropriate Time Station/Time Zone, etc. As for the social studies topic we will be talking more about time zones and how on November 18, 1883, America's Railroads began to use a type of standard time system that involved time zones, such as Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific. I am  pretty sure that we have all seen commercials on our upcoming favorite show which show dates as well as time zones, etc. Also, we will share quick facts about other countries and their time zones.

Walk into most elementary math classrooms, and what do you see?  Containers filled with colorful manipulatives like attribute pieces, coins, clocks, fraction bars, and geometric shapes.  Wonderful tools that help students to make the leap from concrete play and exploration to abstract mathematical concepts.    Walk into most secondary math classrooms…where are those same wonderful tools to allow students to explore the concrete in order to understand the abstract?  Secondary students need the hands-on experience just as much as elementary students do. Check out this week's blog at www.gordonglobalmath.com to explore ideas for bringing manipulatives into your secondary math classroom.

Kickstart a beautiful, mathematical summer with Tile Farm! What’s more exciting than getting out of school for summer? It’s a time to relax and explore—and a welcome break from the traditional classroom setting. But students’ math skills can fade over the summer without regular maintenance—and finding fun activities to maintain that hard-earned knowledge can be especially difficult. Look no further! Tile Farm is the perfect summer math activity—inviting students to think deeply and play with math creatively. In our most recent article, we explore a few ways to kickstart your summer using Tile Farm. Check it out! https://lnkd.in/gmaMkmxz

Nettle Nipping Maths Challenge! Something for my fellow teaching friends here: One of our favourite activities to do with young people is to show them the wonders of what is around them that they can eat, use or is a medicine/poison. It really opens their eyes to being able to spot useful things in nature – so that they can then apply this lesson to all other areas of their lives to spot opportunities and possibilities. Maths is a part of everyday life. Helping students to put their maths skills into practice can be really fun. Especially when it gives them a confidence boost to realise that they can do it! Our nettle nipping challenge combines the thrill of courting danger to pick without getting stung with the challenge of calculating how much you would need to get enough calories for the day. We give you a standalone activity to introduce the common stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) alongside calculations, weighing and measuring. Comment "Nettle" below and I'll send you the PDF.

Individual instruction means that students work at their own pace. As a result, it is not uncommon for students at De Beau Microschool to be in multiple grade levels at one time. For example, a student may be in seventh grade history and fifth grade math, while in sixth grade science and language. Individualized and customized instruction is key at De Beau Microschool. #IndividualizedInstruction #CustomizedInstruction #Microschool

Our fall schedule for field trips is booking fast. Visit the new or updated learning stations to continue classroom sessions in ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies. You can request a date by completing the form on our website at https://lnkd.in/eB28Au3X. #cppastures #getoutside #outdoorlearning