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

This is a chart I use with every reading story to help the students to learn their vocabulary words. In the first column, they simply write the word. The second column requires them to write what they think each word means by reading it in context. Once they have used context clues to write what they think it means, then they fill out the third column, which is where they write the actual definition, and then compare it to what they thought it meant. In the fourth column, students use their thes

No one knows your students better than their first teachers - their parents! This survey is designed to be sent home to parents at the beginning of the year to gather more information about students and their home lives - specifically, information that could affect his or her school life. All questions are optional for the parents! The survey asks the parent to provide information regarding: willingness to volunteer in the classroom, concerns about the student, goals the parent wishes for the ch