Mathematicians in "Almost 2nd Grade"

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Various Methods of Instruction

One of my favorite things about being a teacher is the ability to teach and appeal to various types of learners. Normally, I teach a mini-lesson on the math skill, and the students get to watch a pre-recorded video of me teaching the exact same lesson. After all of the students have had me teach them whole group, the students break up into groups. Some students work collaboratively together, some are with me, some are watching the video I created, and Ms. Bladon has a group. It's the coolest thing, ever!

Am I More Than...or Less Than...?

Since we are learning about more than and less than numbers, I had the kids stick a post-it on their forehead, and they couldn't see the number on it. They had to ask their classmates if their number was more than a certain number, or less than another number, etc. It was hilarious- but the kids did pretty good asking great questions!

Solving Math Problems/White Board Fun!

During Math today, I let them solve their subtraction/take-away/minus problems like a real Mathemetician! They were able to draw a picture, solve it, and show their white-board's with pride to the class, after they solved it!