Students connect their less formal language to multiplication expressions that represent the volume of rectangular prisms before they are introduced to more formal math vocabulary and procedures. How do the expressions 5 x 24 and 6 x 20 represent the volume of the rectangular prism? Explain or sh...
In each unit, we create vocabulary cards that can be displayed and used throughout the unit. We put the word and a model of that term on the card. If you laminate these you can save them for years to come! Some words repeat from unit to unit because we are trying to spiral through...
Talking about art while tracing shapes and lines My kindergarteners have been looking closely at the artwork of Wassily Kandinsky as we learn about geometry in math. We are using his art to explore shapes, lines, color and important vocabulary for positional words that are part of our state ...
Included in this bundle is 14 Addition & Subtraction anchor chart to put on your Math Vocabulary board to use as a reference. Also included is a24inch x 36inch (poster size) JPEG file, so you can get the actual poster printed. Just take to your local copy shop and have it printed in...
(tearing/cutting angles off the triangle & rearranging; proof by ‘walking around’ (tape a triangle to the floor & have students walk around to prove that the sum of three exterior angles is 360°); and of course, deductive proofs using a paragraph explanation, flow chart, or 2-column ...