Math

Integrating technology with math makes learning meaningful and appeals to visual learners. Whether introducing fractions or reviewing geometric terms, the Smartboard is a valuable interactive tool.  Using Frontrow Math and learning management systems like Schoology customize learning and provide valuable individual practice and feedback to learners. Schoology allows teachers to create lessons with online assignments, instructional videos, and assessments.  Student response systems such as Socrative, Kahoot, and Nearpod, provide instant assessment and feedback about what concepts learners have mastered and which areas require remediation. A variety of stimulating websites and math applications are available to help learners practice and review math skills. Learners develop surveys and create graphs using Create-a-Graph. We investigated statistics with Pumpkin Seeds and made bar graphs. Our class investigated probability with candy hearts and created pie graphs.

media type="custom" key="6466021"   Taking digital pictures of geometric terms in the real world, and then creating an Animoto slideshow is an interactive activity. media type="custom" key="28629487" Students learn best when they can teach others! Using Educreations or ShowMe, learners created step-by-step directions for math concepts like long division. Learners worked with their third grade buddies on many projects that incorporated technology. They searched for solid figures and took digital pictures to create [|Comic Life "Wanted Ads"].

 They compared measurements of the average third grader and average fifth grader using a Google Docs shared spreadsheet. Then they created double-bar graphs to display the data.