Wednesday, April 10, 2013

I Heart Math Journals! (a quick little giveaway)

I have seen the light. I never did math journals before when I taught K or 2. This is a recent adventure for me, and I am SO happy I started them! I just got through 18/19 of my parent conferences, so excuse the quick post.

I am writing about math journals for 2 reasons: first, because I just had conferences and I was able to use my math journals to show student work, growth, and areas for improvement. We do math journals at least twice a week for morning work, and it is always a choice at the math daily 5. Journal prompts range from story problems to missing part problems, how many of each? problems to true/false problems. My kiddos have gotten so good at showing what they know! The thing I love the MOST is the sharing aspect of journals- everyday, my kids share what they wrote and how they solved it. I have my kiddos in pairs, we created a poster on math talk, and we are on a roll!



The second reason I'm writing is to show my April/May journal prompts that I just posted to TpT, and I would love to give 2 copies away tonight! The first two comments get these prompts free! :)

If you want to check them out on TpT, click the pic!







A quick freebie for my K pals (good early 1st grade review and intervention, too!) - this was a customer request and thought I'd share :)





10 comments:

  1. Thanks for the freebie! I have done math journals in the past and it was really fun to do with the kids. Also, Calendar Kids. My kids love both!

    Angela

    The Bilingual Teacher

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    1. Angela what's your email you're my first comment so ill send over the packet!

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    2. My e-mail is angelapr18@gmail.com

      Thank you so much!! I'm so excited!

      Angela

      The Bilingual Teacher

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  2. Aaaaah I love these prompts! These would be perfect with my kiddos and could be differentiated easily. I have actually been brainstorming about how I want to do math journals next year, so I appreciate this post!

    -Liz
    Love, Live, and Teach

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    1. Liz, what's your email? You're my second comment so you get this packet!

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  3. Your math prompts look awesome!! I'm your newest follower, drop by. =)

    Just Wild About Teaching

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  4. Love that anchor chart, Sara!!! Would love to pin it for you, but the only way I know how to pin is with the hovering P button. Here's the tutorial if you'd like to add it...if I figured out how to do it on my blog, ANYone can do it. :)
    Pin It Hover Button Tutorial

    Smiles - Lisa (Your newest follower) :)
    Growing Firsties

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    1. You are the best! Thank you so much! :) :)

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  5. Great ideas! I use Math Daily 5 also, but it is nice to see a different perspective. Thanks for sharing!
    Laura

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