Math Activities/Lesson Ideas
MN State Standards - Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards (Mathematics)
NCTM - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Math Activities/Games from the Math Ped. Course Page
- Math Activities - Pinterest page full of interactive math activities to do with your students!
- Math Activities - Education.com that has thousands of different math activities, lessons, games, worksheets, and more. You can also specifically look up a grade, math subject, or topic.
- Come on Six - Classroom activity that takes about 20 minutes plus discussion time.
- Fixed Areas - Classroom activity for grades 3-4 to work on the skills of area and perimeter.
- Place Value Yahtzee - Play Yahtzee to teach students about place value.
- Spoons - A variation of the game spoons for students to practice fractions.
- More or Fewer - Work with snap cubes to work on terms such as more, fewer, and equal.
- Target Number Work - Students get a target number, and make equations that equal the target number.
- Place Value War - Printable cards to help students practice place value.
Math Resources -
- Teaching ELL and SPED - Guide for planning and teaching mathematics to English Language Learners and students in special education.
- Alfie Kohn on homework - A talk by Alfie Kohn discussing views on homework.
- Alfie Kohn on Problem Solving - A talk by Alfie Kohn discussing views on homework.
- DOK Levels - Depth of knowledge when assessing students.
- Tiering and Scaffolding - Research article about the importance of tiering and scaffolding.
- Preparing for Problem Solving - Research article about the importance and use of problem solving in an elementary classroom.
- Timed Tests - Research stating how timed tests cause students to have math anxiety.
Year Long Outline - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F8qNW3pLlCnsOgr7WJij2PpQ_SEy6fqygqyWORrdNpA/edit?usp=sharing
Unit Plan - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ksx5p3bhYQBHnDvyfD1Khr84CNpGVydQIUY1Tt5zWRU/edit