Have you ever had a difficult time grasping a math concept? My students have. Goal: What if you could build, touch, examine, see, manipulate, problem solve, and prove your mathematical thinking utilizing concrete objects. Wouldn't that deepen your understanding of the math concept being studied?
I have 27 amazing third graders.
My students are in households where many of their parents aren't able to do the third grade math standards. My school is a Title I school. The students don't have math materials to work with at home. Many of the parents have told me that they are "bad" at math and so are their children. This is not acceptable to me. All children can learn if given the learning environment and materials that support their learning style. I want my students to leave my class knowing they are able to do math, think critically, and problem solve. I also want them to have strategies in place so that they are able to help themselves in the learning process even if they don't have support at home. I work with them to become math advocates and teach all family members what they have learned. We are a family in and out of school. My goal is for every student to know they are capable and are only limited by their effort and beliefs.
My Project
All of the third grade math resources are hands on and meet the varied learning styles of the students in my classroom. The materials align with the State Math Standards.The Build and Learn Area & Perimeter kit allows students to solve area and perimeter problems by building models. The Understanding Fractions Using Manipulatives kit utilizes 4 types of manipulatives that cater to different learning styles. The kit allows student to explore fractions in a variety of ways, so they can find the problem-solving method that makes the most sense to them. The Hands on Measurement kit allows students to gain a concrete understanding of weight with hands-on activities that cover customary and metric units. Utilizing the math discovery cans the students will practice identifying pattern rules with number tiles, determining unknown numbers in equations, create arrays with plastic chips and more. With the inverse operation wheels students uncover relationships between multiplication & division.
The resources will be used daily in our classroom for practice, remediation, enrichment, and spiral review.
The materials will also be checked out by students to use in the home environment. I want the students to become advocates for the math learning that is occurring in the classroom. I want families to start seeing their children as problem solvers, critical thinkers, and mathematicians.
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela
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