Talking Math with One Basic Teacher

This past summer, I was scrolling on Instagram, and these Pop-It Bubble Poppers came up on my feed a lot. I was drawn to them because I’m that person who loves those packing bubbles and popping them. There’s just something relaxing about them. So, I found myself heading over to Five Below and bought a few Bubble Poppers. I started thinking about great ways to use them for math. So, I will share how Bubble Poppers help with math and 5 great ways great ways to incorporate them into your math centers.

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Addition and subtraction are fun and easy to teach, though as a teacher, you might be wondering when you might incorporate them into your math centers. There are so many activities, and games that you can easily use that require very little prep time. And that my friend is worth its weight in gold.

There are plenty of ways to teach these skills and make them interactive and fun for your students when teaching addition and subtraction. 

This episode will share five easy and fun math center activities for addition and subtraction that are quick and easy and involve little to no prep time.  

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We use measurement in our everyday lives. Think about the simple task of making your dinner for the evening. You use weight and capacity to determine how many ingredients to put into the meal you are preparing. It is an essential skill that we use every day, and it is an integral unit that we need to teach our students. Measurement is also one of the most fun and engaging units in math. There are so many different hands-on activities that you can use with your students to measure objects in the classroom. 

So, in this episode, I will share with you four ways you can incorporate measurement in your math stations that your students will love.  

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Number talks are the perfect warm up for any math workshop! It is a great way to get students thinking about the math unit that they are learning. Measurement is no exception! We use Measurement in everything we do. Measuring is a math skill that students will use a lot in their lives. Teaching measurement skills allows students to grasp the basics to build upon those skills later. They will use these skills for everyday cooking, organizing objects, understanding time and money! Teaching them measurement also increases their critical thinking and problem-solving skills. 

So in this episode I am going to share with you quick and easy number talk lessons you can use with your students that will get them thinking about measurement in a fun way!

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It’s no secret that I love math stations during my math workshop. They are a great way to engage students by using fun games, interactive notebooks, small group instruction; you name it! It is also similar to the reading workshop that students are used to in the primary grades, so they are familiar with the stations model’s expectations and routine. 

So, in today’s episode, I will share five math station games that are fun and engaging that you can place in your game center that is quick and easy. The best part is that you can use them with every math unit, so you just have to teach the game once, and then you are done! You may have to review the rules when you bring the fun back again, but you won’t ever have to reteach it! That right there is worth its weight in gold!

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Word problems are one of those terms that can strike fear in the hearts of teachers and students alike. Teachers wonder how to teach word problems focusing on those “key words” and students struggle to understand those “key words” and what they mean.  It can be a frustrating process for both teacher and student. 

Yet, it doesn’t have to be. I was that teacher who taught those “keywords” to look for and hoped that it stuck in the brains of my students. I knew that there had to be a better way. That was when I was introduced to numberless word problems. I am telling you right now, it was a game-changer. My students were able to understand what the word problem was asking, and had a better chance of solving the word problem. 

So in today’s episode, I am going to share with you how to use numberless word problems to help your students solve without having to focus on those “keywords”. In just a few steps your students will have a better understanding of how to solve a problem, and not dread trying to solve them.

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I have many different Number Talks activities that I do with my class to get them thinking. One of my favorite out-of-the-box Number Talks activities is Notice and Wonder. 

So in today’s episode, I am going to share what a Notice and Wonder activity is, share how I use it during math and how you can use it in other parts of your day.

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Positional words are fun and easy to teach, though as a teacher, you might be wondering when you might incorporate them into your math lessons. There are so many objectives to teach throughout the year, when can you fit in positional words? Simple answer, during your geometry unit. 

When I teach geometry, I also teach positional words as well. Geometry and positional words do go hand in hand. It is an important skill for kindergarteners to learn, and there are plenty of ways to teach these words and make them interactive and fun for your students. 

In this episode I will share with you 5 easy and fun kindergarten activities for positional words.

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Geometry can be a fun unit because it requires a lot of hands-on activities which are perfect for primary grades! Teaching 2D and 3D shapes in kindergarten can be fun and engaging. Students can sort shapes by attributes, they can find shapes in the real world, identify vertices, positional words, the list goes on! I find that my students love geometry because it’s so interactive for students and they have that concrete example that makes geometry so accessible. 

So in this episode, I am going to share with you 5 fun and engaging shape activities for kindergarten.

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Geometry can be a fun unit because it requires a lot of hands-on activities which are perfect for primary grades! Teaching 2D and 3D shapes in kindergarten can be fun and engaging. Students can sort shapes by attributes, they can find shapes in the real world, identify vertices, positional words, the list goes on! I find that my students love geometry because it’s so interactive for students and they have that concrete example that makes geometry so accessible. 

However, having Number Talks with a geometry spin can be tricky. I still do number talks with my students and I focus on geometry when I am teaching this unit. So I am going to share with you ideas that you can use to incorporate your number talks lesson into your everyday geometry unit. 

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