I recently upgraded to the iPhone 6s Plus which I love, so I decided to have lots of fun with it while sharing with you how easy it is to create Jenga learning games, with or without labels. I have even had my students help create them!

Here’s my setup for my fun, little Jenga blocks iPhone video shoot.

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Here’s the video on how I use Jenga in the classroom. Hope you find it useful and I hope you’ll subscribe to my channel! Thanks for stopping by!

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Hey, ya’ll! Hope you’ve had a good weekend! I am so ready for the warm weather. And by warm, I mean at least in the upper 70’s. This 50-degree weather is not cutting it!

Here is my latest QR code freebie from my April QR Code Printable pack. In this game, students will identify acute, obtuse, and right angles.

 I love these tic-tac-toe games because they help students review math skills in a repetitive, self-checking way. And only one scanning device is needed to make this game work.

Here’s how it works:

To download this freebie, just click here! If you really enjoy this resource, be sure to check out the complete 4th Grade QR Code Printable Bundle!

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 Hey, ya’ll! It’s Bright Ideas Blog Hop time! I’m going to share with you a fun and easy-to-make center that your students will love.

It all started with my obsession a few years back with “going green.” Unfortunately, I have lost a lot of steam with this issue, but for awhile there, I tried to reuse anything and everything in my classroom. One way I did that was with bottle cap lids.

If you’d like to see how it works in action, please watch my latest Youtube video:

If you’ve already got the gist of it, ask students to bring in caps so you can go ahead and get started on your own bottle cap learning center. It’s a perfect idea to reinforce being green and to celebrate Earth Day in April!

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Poke cards are a tool my students have been using for awhile now in math centers, and if you haven’t tried them, you should! Their self-checking format kind of reminds me of Hot Dots cards if you’re familiar with those. It’s engaging, works great with partners, and students can be completely independent (while having fun!).

How Poke Cards Work

Students choose a poke card and solve the problem. They “poke” the right answer with a pencil, coffer stirrer, cupcake pick, magic wand, ect. In this image we are using a cupcake pick, I believe, that has snow inside that you can shake!

Then, if alone, students check the back of the card to see if their poker went through the right hole. If they’re with a partner, the partner will check for them.

This week we have been practicing multi-digit multiplication, so I made some winter multiplication poke cards for them to practice that.

Students worked out the problem on the card with white boards (although I have included recording sheets, too).

They poked the right answer.

They showed their card to a friend to check for them.

If they were correct, they got a chance to try to make a basket with our mini basketball hoop. (Which they love and have broken. But they fixed it themselves, so I guess I’ll forgive them. :P)

So if you’d like to give poke cards a try or even if you have already, I just uploaded a new freebie called Snail Patterns. It’s aligned with common core standard 4.OA.C.5, and I think it should be a lot of fun for upper elementary kiddos.

I also just recently bundled up ALL of my upper elementary poke resources. You’ll find review on fractions, math facts, multiplication, elapsed time, angles, coordinate graphing, and a lot more! With over 1,500 cards, your students will be poking all year! (Just hopefully not each other! Dull points, teachers, dull points.) Check it out here.

So I hope you enjoy the poke freebie! Let me know what you think! Happy teaching!

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Hey, ya’ll! I’m really excited to share about my latest upper elementary QR code resource made especially with the busy teacher in mind. I’ve had several people ask for QR code worksheets, so I decided to create a worksheet pack and a math center that is very easy to put together. I’ve created a sample freebie for you to try it out and decide what you think!

I know worksheets have a bad rap, but with QR codes and a little fun, I think I’ve created a resource that will still provide maximum engagement for your kiddos.

One reason I have been hesitant about creating QR code worksheets is the difficulty of scanning QR codes when they are close to each other. To remedy that, I’ve created QR code blockers that will help kids easily scan they code they are trying to scan.

On most of the 16 worksheets included there is a fun writing prompt for your early finishers to work on. I’ve included writing paper that accompanies the worksheets to use if you wish with these prompts.

I love the roll and cover types of math games that are so easy to put together and are easy for students to play and practice skills. I tried and tried to think of a way to incorporate self-checking QR codes in a similar, simple game format, and I ended up coming up with a Tic-Tac-Toe version that I think will be easy to play yet mathematically engaging.

This elf mat involving prime numbers is actually included in the sample freebie. There are six mats included in the complete resource.

Each worksheet/game is common core aligned and reviews the 4th grade domains of Operations and Algebraic Thinking and Numbers And Operations In Base Ten.

Skills covered are:
Long Division with remainders
Long Division without remainders
Multiplication 1-digit times various digits
Multiplication 2-digits times 2-digits
Advanced Multiplication
Addition and Subtraction of up to 4 digits
Extended Facts
Missing Factors
Rounding
Estimation
Mental Math
Number Patterns
Representing Numbers
Multiples
Factors
Prime and Composite Numbers

So if you get a chance, please try out the freebie and let me know what you think. If you’re interested in the complete resource, just click here or on the image below. Happy QR Coding!!

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If you’d like to see how the whole bundle works, you can see my post on the English version, or go directly to the resource at my TpT store.

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POKE CARDS

 
Well, you also need to circle the right answer on the back to make it self-checking. A little more prep work is involved compared to Hot Dots.

QR CODE TASK CARDS

I placed these Funny Fall task cards around the walls of our portable and had students “Write The Room.” This active math keeps their little brains energized and ready to work!

 

PUMPKIN PATCH BINGO

It’s always nice to place a simple game in centers that you don’t have to explain. This set of multiplication fact bingo cards can be found in my Multiplication Pumpkin Patch resource.

Here’s another non-fallish resource that I have to share. I found these Jenga multiplication facts stickers from Rachely Lynette at least 3 years ago, and as you can see, I’m refusing to replace them. My students love these, but they know I better hear products being called out while they’re building the tower.

Here’s a game that’s really too easy for my 4th graders, but it’s still great addition review. Sunny Days in Second Grade’s Boo Bump Addition freebie always makes this season fun and festive in my math centers. She also has a multiplication version which I need to print out ASAP.

Ok, this is neither fall nor math related, but I’m just so proud of my students’ 30hands weather projects. I still have some management bumps to smooth out, but I hope to share soon how your students can create cumulative projects that they can place on a Padlet wall. With all of the projects together, it’s easy to present and use as a refresher all throughout the year. Click here or on the image to watch my kiddos share in their second language.

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Hey, ya’ll! I’m very happy to be apart of a fun blog hop on one of my favorite topics – teaching math facts. It’s hosted by the very sweet Joy Hall of Joy of Teaching. Be sure to scroll all the way down (and why wouldn’t you anyway?? :P), so you can hop on over to the next awesome tip for learning math facts.

 So let me share with you five fun ways that I have my students work and improve their math fact fluency.

1) Poke Cards

I create and use these guys all year long. Here is an example of how it works with my FREE Multiplication Beach Ball Poke Cards.

You print them out, cut and laminate them, and then hole-punch the plus signs.

Then taking a light-colored marker, you circle the correct answer on the back.

Students then take a coffee stirrer, a pencil tip, a cupcake pick, or in this case a cocktail umbrella (ok, I would not suggest the latter, but it’s all I had in the house and it makes for cute pics :P), and pick the right answer to the fact.

 

2) Arcademics Skill Builders

3) Math Fact Bottle Caps

4) Facts Ball

5) Ice Cream Party Motivator

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Hey, ya’ll! I’m happy to be apart of the May Bright Ideas Blog Hop! My bright idea this month is a fun activity my students did to practice ordering fractions. Here’s how it goes:

1) To prep, I cut 3 x 5 index cards in half. I hole-punched each card on each end. I made enough for each child to have one card.

2) My partner teacher gave me these cute little buckets. I’ve been looking for a reason to use them, and I finally found it with this activity.

My students are divided into six groups of four at six different tables. So for each group, I placed markers, the cards, and a bunch of Link n Learn Links from Learning Resources.

3) To begin the activity, I first had each child write a fraction on a card. Since we had already gone over mixed numbers, they could also choose to write a mixed number.

4) Then, on my command, each group of four students linked their fraction cards in order from least to greatest as fast as they could.

5) As soon as a group had completely linked the four cards, they would raise their hands, and I would check for accuracy. This is obviously optional, but I gave points to the first three groups to finish linking their cards correctly and we kept score.

 

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