Barbara J
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Cary, North Carolina, United States
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I have taught 12 years in Wake County School System, Raleigh, North Carolina, teaching 4th and 5th grade in elementary school and 6th grade math and science.
In 2005, I earned my National Board Certification for K-6.
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Word Problems - Solve Them With 7 Simple Strategies
Forty-two colorful, real-life word problems that can be solved using one of seven basic strategies: Guess & Check, Make a List, Make a Drawing or Diagram, Work Backwards, Use or Make a Table, Use Logic, and Look for a Pattern. These strategies will give students added skills when attacking word problems in the future. They are great for overheads or working in groups!
You can find separate lesson plans for each strategy on this website, but this includes them all.
4th - 6th
Applied Math, Other (Math)
Baseball Stats (Finding range, mean, median, and mode)
Using statistics from the 2012 World Series Champions, the San Francisco Giants, students calculate range, mean, median, and mode.
Common Core Standards:
4.MD.B; 5.ND.B; 6.SP.A; 6.SP.B
4th - 6th
Applied Math, Basic Operations
Investing in the Stock Market
Students will learn about the Stock Market by investing “mock” money and monitoring the ups and downs of their investment. They will identify the stocks by their symbol and learn how to interpret daily stock market reports in the newspaper. In addition, they will create line graphs to display their stocks’ progress.
Common Core Standards: 5.MD.2 & 5.G.1&.2; 6.SP.1-.5 & 7.SP.B.1-.4
5th - 7th
Applied Math
The State Fair - Finding Mean, Mode, Median, and Range
Students will read and interpret tables having to do with happenings at the state fair. The will compute mean, mode, median, and range based on the facts in those tables.
Common Core Standards: 4.MD.B; 5.ND.B; 6.SP.A; 6.SP.B
4th - 6th
Applied Math, Statistics
Managing Your Own Finances
Students will understand money and personal finance by posting entries into a check register. They will determine whether unexpected events are negative or positive and show how their finances are affected by these events. At the same time, they will be reinforcing the adding and subtracting of decimals.
Common Core Standards: Math.5.NBT.B.7; Math.6.NS.B.2;
Math.6.NS.B.3
4th - 6th
Applied Math, Decimals
Back-to-School Shopping
A real-life math activity in which students go back-to-school shopping on a budget. They must compute and compare prices for clothes and shoes that are on sale (marked down by a certain percent or marked down by a certain fraction.) They will also compute discounts for buying in bulk, all the while keeping track of the amount they have already spent and the amount they have left.
Common Core Standards: Math.Content.5.NF.B.6; 5.NF.B.7;
5.NBT.B.7; 5.NBT.A.4
4th - 6th
Applied Math, Decimals, Fractions
Your Trip to the Zoo
Students will use data from a trip to the zoo to solve problems of area, perimeter, percents, fractions, and points on a grid system. Students are provided with a grid map of the zoo and a key to read the map. That makes this a challenging exercise since students must constantly be moving between the map and key in order to find answers.
Common Core Standards: Math.4.MD.A.3; Math.5.NBT.A.3; Math.5.NBT.B.7; Math.6.RP.A.3.C
4th - 6th
Applied Math, Decimals, Geometry
Baseball Math - New York Yankees
Students respond to questions by analyzing, comparing, and performing simple computation on data provided in a table of statistics based on the New York Yankees 2012 baseball season.
Appropriate for Grades 4 & 5
4th - 5th
Applied Math, Statistics
Company's Coming for Dinner - A Fraction Exercise
This activity provides students with real-life practice at converting
recipes containing fractions. Four dinner recipes are written to serve either 4, 6, 12, and 16 people. Students must convert all four recipes to serve 8 people.
Lesson Includes: ? Step-by-Step Directions and Printables
? Grading Rubric
? Ideas for Extension
Common Core Standards: Math.Content.5.NF.A.2.3.4.5.6 &.7
4th - 6th
Applied Math, Fractions
Lucy's Catering - A Lesson on Ratio and Input/Output Tables
A real-life math lesson in which students are required to compute ratios, post to input/output tables, read and interpret tables, and respond to questions.
Common Core Standards: 6RPA.1; 6RPA.2; 6RPA.3
5th - 7th
Applied Math, Other (Math)
A Common Core Lesson in Perimeter and Area - Designing the School Carnival
Students use data provided to measure and cut out "carnival booths" using given measurements of either perimeter or area, then glue them onto construction paper according to directions.
Common Core Standards: 3.MD.5,6,7; 4.MD.3
3rd - 4th
Applied Math, Measurement
CCSS
3.MD.C.5
, 3.MD.C.6
, 3.MD.C.7
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Movin' On - A Lesson on Decimals
Students complete an activity the requires them to use of logical reasoning, decimal multiplication, and two and three digit multipliers. They will answer real-life problems about renting an apartment and creating a budget.
Common Core Standards: Math. 5.NBT.A.3 & 5.NBT.B.7
4th - 6th
Applied Math, Decimals
Math Bowling - Common Core
Students roll 3 dice and using any combination of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, parentheses, and exponents to write numerical expressions to which the answers are numbers from 1-10. Those answers “knock down” that number pin. Each player takes turn rolling until they have “bowled” all ten frames. Good for centers too.
Common Core Standards: Math.Content.5.OA.1&2
Math.Content.6.EE
5th - 7th
Applied Math, Basic Operations
The Candy Store - Fraction Word Problems
Students answer word problems requiring them to calculate fractions of prices of candy.
Common Core Standards:
Math.5.NF.B.6
Math.6.NS.A.1
4th - 6th
Applied Math, Fractions
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About the store
Experience
I have taught 12 years in Wake County School System, Raleigh, North Carolina, teaching 4th and 5th grade in elementary school and 6th grade math and science.
In 2005, I earned my National Board Certification for K-6.
Teaching style
I prefer to create my own lesson plans, using real-life, hands-on activities when possible. I have tons of experience in curriculum mapping, differentiation, and accommodations for varied learning styles and special needs.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I have been nominated for teacher-of-the-year for 11 of my 12 years teaching..
My own education history
I went back to school in mid-life to become a teacher. I feel fortunate to have attended California State University in Dominguez Hills, California. CSUDH began as a college for training teachers for the Los Angeles School System, so the curriculum was specifically designed to give teachers a broad education across all subjects in addition to regular teacher instruction classes, incorporating the latest pedagogy and methods. I graduated Summa Cum Laude and was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award for my graduating class. In 2005 I earned my National Board Certification.
Additional biographical information
For two years, I wrote and reviewed questions developed at North Carolina State University that were to be used for standardized test questions throughout the state, meeting state curriculum goals and objectives..
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