Online Geoboards

Mrs. Rivera's Class -Kindergarten Dual Language
Math: Shapes 
Kindergarteners are using - http://www.mathplayground.com/geoboard.html to create 2D shapes.

Input...Output

The students in Ms. Robinson's 4th grade class worked on their whiteboards first to help solve the Input/Output Table problem before choosing the correct answer with their interactive Promethean Activotes. 

In/Out Table TChart Lesson and Activity

GIRLSTART

Tonight at our Math & Science Night, you may want to check out the "Girlstart" table in the cafeteria.  This is an Austin-based organization that strives to encourage and empower girls in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Their activity will be for all of the kids!   They have some programs, resources, camps, etc. listed on their http://www.girlstart.org/ .  

Independent Work in TAG Math

Mrs. Jacks, our Talented and Gifted teacher, must be testing tomorrow. Her third grade students have been studying the critical attributes of 2-D shapes. Mrs. Jacks has shared this Google Slides template with her students for them to work independently to create  a 2-D Important Book slides.

Cover...Sample to follow...one of the 10 shapes to complete

The fourth grade has their own Google Slides template to work on too.  Theirs is with Perimeter and Area.

Cover...3 of 6 slides to complete

SHOW ME!

CHECK OUT THIS FREE App! IT's AWESOME! Mrs. Jacqueline Garcia was very excited for her class to use this with their IPads! It's a virtual whiteboard.  Students can write on the iPad using their finger or stylus.  This App gives the students the capability to audio record! The learning opportunities are endless!  Students can immediately play back a tutorial that can be used over and over. Great to use with students who have been absent and missed original explanations and examples. 

Mrs. Garcia's class was working on division and the algorithm steps the first day they tried this app.

Max Is At It Again!

Max, our energetic fourth grader, has created another great Google Presentation.  This time he has created a Math Presentation of the basic math processes: adding, subtracting, decimals, and fractions.  Please view and learn.  He has started our brains rolling because students are going to start creating other Google Presentations displaying visuals for students to learn other basic math skills.  These will help as they practice for the STAAR testing this spring.
Max's Math Presentation 

Math Measuring Concepts Demonstrated by Kindergarten

" Scavenger Hunt" and "Sole Mates" videos go with the following Kindergarten Math Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):

K.10A Compare and order two or three concrete objects according to length (longer/shorter than, or the same)

K.7B Compare two objects with a common measurable attribute to see which object has more of/less of the attribute and describe the difference

K.10C Compare two containers according to capacity (holds more, holds less, holds the same)

Kindergarten classes worked on Measuring, how and why we measure and had two activities.  First they went around the school on a scavenger hunt to find things to measure by comparing.  Next they compared their feet with others in the class to find a foot that was shorter, longer, and the same size.  This is what they shared.  
Mooney's Class / Rivera's Class

Mooney's Class / Miller's Class

Math Strategy Technology

Many different technology tools are used in Mrs. Scott's second grade class during math.  When technology is used everyday, it becomes a second skin, and you don't even think of all the technology the students are using to learn.  Here is a picture of one of the second graders on the Promethean interactive board demonstrating the bridging to ten strategy.   Mrs. Scott found this flipchart on Promethean Planet. 

Mrs. Scott said other activities to solidify the bridge to ten strategy she found at gynzy.com, a free site with good math manipulatives to be used on interactive boards. Mrs. Scott uses the Creating the Number line, Abacus, or the Bead Necklace sites within this program to practice this strategy and improve mental math.

Daily Use of the Promethean Board

The 2nd grade students have been enjoying using the Promethean Board to review fact family.

Students Create Math Problems on Promethean Board

Mrs. Garcia's 5th grade bilingual class are working with technology (Promethean Board) to create math word problems (subtracting with decimals).  The students were engaged and out of their comfort zones (from the day before's training).  The problems they created....were amazing!

The next day each group presented their word problems to the class to solve.  

Activoting Going Strong

After an Activote refresher training by Ms. Barnard, campus instructional technology specialist, Ms. Scott, a second grade teacher, created a Activinspire flipchart to engage all her students in answering money questions. Here are pictures of some of the students voting. Ms. Scott says now not two days go by without voting with the Activotes. If she is not creating flipcharts, she is finding places to vote in our district math program, Envision.