Bee Spectacular

The activity can be as involved as you want. This is usually one of the favorite parts of teaching math for my classes. Children get to create a spy name, complete several activities related to time, and solve a fictitious crime. The lesson involves reading time, writing analog hands, solving elapsed time problems, 24-hour time, digital and analog time, time with words, and American time zones. Papers can be printed out into a packet for each child. The answer key is not included because it's

PULSE is an acronym that can be used to improve writing in math. Each letter corresponds to a specific technique. You can quickly implement your own questions into the format to individualize instruction for your classroom. When used across the grade levels, students will be able to formulate responses more thoroughly in math.

This can be used as a pre-test and post-test with place value. It is fast, easy, and thorough.

This is one of the best ways to teach money to children. It's important for them to understand that they already know how to skip count to find solutions. Now all they will have to do is mentally match the coins to the amounts to increase learning coins.

Get the students involved with their hands by using this activity. Students can use manipulatives or draw to solve the problems. This is a very basic introduction to multiplication to enhance the true aspects of the operation.

Students should be able to count coins before attempting this activity. It serves as a refresher about counting money and rounding to the nearest value. You can customize this quickly to suit your needs.

This activity is used to teach children how to find fractions on a number line. Children will be active throughout the lesson. With a small amount of preparation, you can teach how to find the number line fractions and play the game. Add a little tropical music to make the lesson even better.

This activity will likely require some teacher guidance and instruction. Some students may be able to complete independently. The lesson teaches how to compare like values of money and making change.

Roll two dice to create a subtraction problem and solve it. Students will get into the habit of putting the larger number first.