Science Exploration

Students are investigating the science area.

Math Corner

Concentrating

The key to understanding math is making sense of it. Students are practicing their math skills

Writing number patterns

Math Stories to Read Aloud

Enlarge and laminate these numbers place in a row. (On top of desk) Digit cards.pdf like the following 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, use these numbers to follow along with a math story.  Begin with a easy story.
Example story one, place 5 on top and then add four. What does that equal? (9)

Optional: Plastic number tiles 
SampleGiantStoryProblems.pdf

Additional Math Stories

Interactive Math Stories page 1-82

Journal Writing: Think of a time Someone Overreacted

Prewrite/Narrative, Writing Prompt: Lois Lowry found a very cold mouse, asleep. I heard this in a literacy class. The Intermediate class responded after hearing this piece. The boys loved this!
Also: Excerpt from Bossypants by Tina Fey; Splash Mountain; Complaining Maya Angelou

Nonsensical Nonsense Poem

Morning group (1st-3rd grade) Students read aloud the following poem together. Then, students "echoed" as the boys/girls read the poem.

Nonsensical Nonsense

By Elroy Anderson

How far will you fall when you fall asleep?

Could you walk on the bridge of your nose?

Could you ever play the drums in your ears?

Or drive the nails of your fingers and toes?

Could you play ball with the ball of your foot?

Could your blood vessels sail on the sea?

Do you ever feed the calf of your leg?

Or try wearing the cap of you knee?

Could you walk under the arch of your foot?

Could you make hair fat if it’s thin?

If a king wanted a crown of your head ~ Do you think

You would give it to him?

Could your eyeteeth take the place of your eyes?

Could your shoulder blade be on a knife?

How would you shingle the roof of your mouth ~

If you tried for the rest of your life?

Why do you think the author wrote this poem? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Students shared, "because his funny."  "He wants to make people laugh."

Box of Raisins: Estimate, Count, and Graph

Give each student a small box of raisins.
First, kids estimate the number of raisins in their box.
Then, they count up their raisins and write down the number.
They graph their answer on a line plot.
You can create a line plot with post-it notes or have kids use round stickers to plot their number. Check out Teaching to Inspire to see kids in action!
Once all the numbers are on the line plot, find the mean, median, mode, and range!
How many raisins are more likely to be in a mini box?!
Then, observe your raisins! Do some boxes have plumper raisins? Why do some boxes have less?

Compare Raisins Divide students up into teams of 2. One member gets one brand, the other gets a different brand. First, kids estimate the number of raisins in their box. Then, they count up their raisins and write down the number. How did the brands compare? They graph their answer on a line plot (use 2 different colored stickers or post-its to keep track of each brand). 
Raisin-math

Never Poem

Directions  Never Poem

To write your “Never Poem,” you will write one sentence for each of the following, repeating your chosen consonant sound as many times as possible.

1. Something you would never eat.
2. Something you would never wear.
3. Something you would never buy.
4. Something you would never do.
5. Someplace you would never go.
6. Something you would always like to think about.
7. “And I promise I will never …”