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Animate Notes in Math Class to Focus on the Process
As a teacher, I create videos to show the process of solving math problems all the time. Rather than referencing an image of completed notes, my students watch me model the process or play a video to…
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Use Badges for Formative Checks in Math Class
I assess my students formatively based on specific skills and award badges as they show their understanding. I know my students are ready to show mastery of certain concepts/skills at different times…
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8th Grade Math
Students were working on dividing numbers with exponents. The students created an animation in Keynote showing the steps to divide numbers with exponents. After creating the animation in Keynote, the…
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Create Short Math Instructional Videos for Instruction and Reference
I create short math instructional videos for my students to reference as needed. Though they could be used for initial instruction, I prefer to use them strategically for review or as part of interve…
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Help Your Students Organize Their Notes with Tags and Smart Folders
In my many years of teaching math, I have learned that I need to help build my students' executive functioning skills, especially those related to organizing, planning, and sorting information. Note…
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Students use Photography to Capture Math in the Real World
I love to read the book Math Curse by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith to my students to inspire them to see math in the world outside their classroom. Then, throughout the year, I challenge my students t…
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More Math Projects with iPads
Now that your students are starting to master how to use Keynote on their iPads, have them take their creativity to the next level with these projects! Easy to Follow Instructions Just like with …
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A New Look to Math Notes with the Drawing Tools on iPad
I remember a time in math class when I was a student, feverishly copying notes from the board, not knowing what it meant but determined to replicate every last number and variable into my spiral note…
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Display Student Work to Support Math Classroom Discourse
In my experience with classroom discussion, when students can see AND hear an explanation of how to solve a math problem, they have twice the opportunity to understand. Using AirPlay to show Classroo…
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Give Every Student an Opportunity to Discuss Math with Math Memos
I've always considered math classroom discussions more engaging for students when everyone has an opportunity to share their thoughts. Using Math Memos-or recordings of students' thinking through mat…
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No More Warm-Ups in Secondary Math, Use Retrieval Practice Instead
What if your students were able to recall information they were taught in the last lesson, what they were taught last week, last month, and even last semester? What if you were able to spark this rec…
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“Count with Me” - Using iPad to Create a Book with Early Learners!
Children LOVE to create things to share what they are learning with others. “Count with Me” is a Keynote template you can download and use with even the youngest of learners to help them create a boo…
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Multiplication and the Distributive Property
This activity applies the distributive property to decompose units in multiplication in alignment with Eureka MATH. Students will review step by step examples and engage in independent practice in a …
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Think Thank Thunk Podcast
Join hosts Dean, Maegan, and Kyle on the Think Thank Thunk podcast as they explore Building Thinking Classrooms by Peter Liljedahl. Through interviews with experts and teachers, they share practical …
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Remix Your Classroom: Create Songs with Students
This iPad lesson is a strategy you can use to make 3rd-6th graders into content creators, making those difficult vocabulary terms stick with a catchy beat. Students can make concepts come to life by …
