kataline

This PowerPoint is designed to help students understand different ways of making combinations and organized lists, by presenting information in a visual, interactive format. Examples include making combinations involving shoes and socks, snacks and drinks, and number combinations.

I created this for an activity with probability. This can also be adapted to use with M&Ms. Using individual-sized bags of Skittles or M&Ms, students count out the number of candies total, and then record the number of each color of candy. They must then determine the probability of drawing each color from the bag. Students must determine which colors have the greatest and least probabilities of being drawn. They can then eat a few candies without looking at the colors, and determine what happen

I created this PowerPoint so that the students would focus specifically on the properties of polygons and using those to classify them. Students become detectives and use the clues (properties) to identify the suspects (polygons).

Similar to the Skittles Probability I also have for sale, this activity is designed to be used with individual size bags of candies such as M&Ms. Students are to find the fractional amount of the whole bag for each color. They are also to order the fractional parts from least to greatest, and compare fractional amounts of different colors.

4.NF.1 Basic introduction to equivalent fractions. Students experience different ways to determine equivalent fractions. It's not cutesy or anything, but it's very useful in helping students develop that conceptual understanding we need them to gain! If the fonts I used don't work for you, you can change them in 'Slide Master' view.

*Please note - the thumbnail image shows the formatting a little askew - the document actually consists of the text and picture box three times in three separate columns.* I designed this "birth announcement" for an activity on measurement. It's made to look like a birth announcement you might see in a newspaper. The bottom of the column includes a blank box for students to either paste or draw a picture of themselves as a baby. The students are then to fill in the information about themselves a