Parallel Lines Project

Math Openers- no prep slides to use for math thinking and conversations

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Have you ever wished all your math starters were in one place? Here they are! These 220+ ready-to-use math slides are engaging, kid-friendly, and designed to spark curiosity in just 10 minutes. They encourage conversation, mental math, and flexible thinking. There are enough slides to last at least half a year. You’ll find a variety of slide types, including: Splat! Would You Rather? Which one doesn't belong? Guess My Rule More or Less? Math Task Number Lines Alike & Different? Esti-Mysteri

4th - 5th

Basic Operations, Mental Math, Place Value

Listening and Following Directions Activity Communication Skills Listen and Draw

Created by

Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

Build your students’ listening and following directions skills with this interactive and engaging listen and draw activity. Designed to strengthen both oral and written communication skills, this resource is perfect for reinforcing geometry vocabulary, spatial reasoning, and teamwork through a simple but powerful student-led activity. The activity:Students work in pairs: one creates & gives directions for their printed image, and the other listens and draws. Afterward, they compare the ima

3rd - 6th

Geometry, Speaking & Listening, Writing

CCSS

3.G.A.1

, 3.G.A.2

, 4.G.A.1

+2

Also included in: STEM Activities First Day of School - Beginning of the Year STEM Activities 4Cs

Listening and Following Directions Activity - Communication Skills Listen & Draw

Created by

Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

Build your students’ listening and following directions skills with this interactive and engaging listen and draw activity. Designed to strengthen both oral and written communication skills, this resource is perfect for reinforcing geometry vocabulary, spatial reasoning, and teamwork through a simple but powerful student-led activity. The activity:Students work in pairs: one creates & gives directions for their printed image, and the other listens and draws. Afterward, they compare the ima

3rd - 6th

Geometry, Speaking & Listening, Writing

CCSS

3.G.A.1

, 3.G.A.2

, 4.G.A.1

+2

Building Thinking Classrooms Tasks for 5th Grade - Numbers in Base Ten

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Mr. Herd's Magical Math Classroom

If you are incorporating Thinking Classroom into your math block here are 22 individual tasks written for your students to complete for 22 lessons that address the Numbers in Base 10 standard. Even if you are not implementing Thinking Classrooms, these tasks are a wonderful way to help your students think about numbers in base ten concepts in a deeper way and to collaborate and discuss these concepts before they complete their independent practice with that concept. These math tasks have chang

5th

Basic Operations, Numbers, Other (Math)

CCSS

5.NBT.A.1

, 5.NBT.A.2

, 5.NBT.A.3

+6

Also included in: Building Thinking Classroom Tasks for all 5th Grade Math Standards