A Sweet Fractions Activity

I found the FUNNEST fractions activity that also has a data component. Two for one! And best of all, it's FREE, and you can find it HERE.

Thanks to Buzzing with Ms. B for this activity!

Tableau

Want to get your kids really engaged in reading comprehension? Tableau is a terrific way to incorporate kinesthetic movement and art into reading. After reading Rueben and the Fire, students broke up into groups and created a tableau of their favorite scene. Other groups had to guess which scene students were choosing to tableau.

Read more about Tableau in the classroom HERE.

Angry Verbs!

The most excited my students have EVER been to do a writing activity? You won't be surprised to hear it involved the characters in the game Angry Birds. This idea originated from a second grade blogger. We started by talking about the game Angry Birds. I had a YouTube video all ready to go, but every single student, I kid you not, already knew exactly what it was, and could tell me every single detail about the game. We started generating a word bank of verbs that describe the actions of the birds- dive, soar, fling, bomb, crash, tilt, etc. Once we got a massive list, students began their Angry Verbs writing.

Students developed an Angry Birds story that incorporated the verbs from our list, or others they generated on their own. Typically, with most writing activities, I have the same few students who have to sit and think for some time about how to get started. Not this time! Every student attacked this lesson immediately. Some students wrote a narrative story about the characters in the game, and others wrote a descriptive detailing of how the game works. They all turned out great! Once we did a brief edit/revision, students went through and highlighted their verbs. Add on the coloring page of a character of their choice, and tada!

You can find my Angry Verbs writing template HERE.

The linke for the coloring pages is HERE.

Fractions, Fractions, Fractions!

We've started math stations in class, and I have to say, we love it! I get so much more accomplished, and it's nice to be able to meet with all students in a small group each day. One of the stations is content related games. I've found some fantastic fractions games that we are using at the centers. I did NOT create these, just passing them along.

Go HERE for a FREE fantastic spring fraction sort.

Go HERE for a FREE fraction spin game, and a really great FREE fraction ordering activity.

Go HERE for a FREE word fraction activity- a way to incorporate math and word work.

And HERE for a FREE activity- fraction avenue.

Enjoy!

Leprechaun Traps!

Things have been busy busy! To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, and to tie in with our third grade simple machines unit, students created Leprechaun Traps! The requirements for the project were that the machines include two of the six simple machines, and that they be workable! Here are some of the finished products:

This project is so motivating to students, and a perfect way to culminate the simple machines unit. This project is completed at home. You can find the instructions for the project HERE.