I came across a new site (well, new to me) when I was reading Stephanie's blog 3rd Grade Thoughts.
It's the Teaching Channel. I love being able to go into other people's classrooms and see how they do things. I always get good ideas that way. The problem is I'm always teaching when they are so I don't get to visit very often.
I found this video that shows how to incorporate math into classroom management. I teach 3rd grade so my kiddos don't learn about negative numbers. However, a big push lately has been to find fractions on a number line and my kiddos definitely need more practice. I thought about using this idea to work on that skill. I still need to give this idea some thought but I'm thinking about awarding fractional points for their behavior (fourth a point,half point, etc). Of course, I would need to do A LOT of modeling. Any suggestions?
I'd never heard of Teaching Channel! So glad to find out about it.
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I love this idea! I play number line monster with my kids during the down time in the beginning of the year. They beg for it! Two kids each stand at one end of our 1-100 number line. The rest take turns guessing, but have to use is it greater than..., less that...odd number...have a 4 in the tens...and the two kids move closer until we can guess. It's a hoot!
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