Camera Roll (Full of Freebies!)

I think I should make this an ongoing series...

cleaning off my camera roll and offering freebies!

I don't know how I functioned before using my iphone to capture learning moments! My students ask me to snap a pic when they feel extra proud of their work - they ♥ it!

If you've been following me on instagram, you already know we are knee-deep in place value Common Core-style. I am LOVING it! I still wish we taught it earlier in the school year...but this has been the "easiest" place value unit I've ever experienced 

(maybe because we waited?).

Here's what we did yesterday:

I'm sorry it's sideways!

We've been representing numbers with snap cubes (SO much easier than those tiny base ten blocks!) for a couple days now using these freebie cards.

Yesterday we moved onto expanded form using number bonds and number sentences.

You would have thought we were having a welcome back party - my students were SO happy to see number bonds again! I couldn't believe it, after all the struggles in fall and now they ♥ them? 

Not that I'm not complaining ;)

We did a check for understanding using From the Pond's Show Me the Number! and Stephany Dillon's Place Value Printables:

Darn it, my new iphone is already taking blurry pictures?!

We also did some quick matching using my 

Place Value Activity Packet:

Our math block is 90 minutes (!!!) from 1:30-3:00 with a class bathroom break (10 minutes) at 2:45.   I work with one small group the entire time and use this agenda to break it down:

Fact Fluency (using this freebie to track our growth!)

Application (story problem - used to either check for understanding of previous lesson OR activate prior knowledge)

Guided Practice (the main lesson - we follow Engage NY)

"Independent Practice" - I use a mock-Guided Math model for students to work independently while I'm checking individually for understanding. 

"Assign Yourself" - my small group has their own "math bags" they can use to work independently if they finish early. There's a variety of station-style activities, including:

Number Bonds! 

Every bag has a plastic baggie with a set of themed number bonds and mini-erasers to use for counters. I've had so much fun coordinating holiday and themes for independent math stations. Someday soon I'll be posting a mega-pack of math goodies...I always make sure they are student-tested and approved first!

Tomorrow, we'll be ready to play a few rounds of this:

Place Value Blast (freebie!)

If you are looking for more cards and activities to use with your mathematicians, please check out the freebies at my store!

There's also a HUGE sale at TPT to celebrate 3 MILLION teachers!

                                                                                                                     

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(I know this from experience)!

Thanks for reading - Have a wonderful Wednesday!